6/24/2021 0 Comments Shivaji Maharaj Story In Marathi
Shivaji Maharaj went there and waited till evening, but could not meet Swamiji.Later Maharaj returned to Pratapgad and even in sleep the same thought about meeting Samarth Ramdas Swami was revolving in his mind.Actually, Samarth Ramdas Swami was purposely avoiding Shivaji Maharaj.
One day the longing to meet Samarth augmented so much that Shivaji Maharaj went to the temple of Bhavani Devi and at night, he fell asleep in front of the Devi. That night he had a vision of the radiant form of Samarth Ramdas Swami wearing paduka (wooden slippers), a saffron robe, a Japmala (Chanting beads) in His hand and a crutch under His armpit. Shivaji Maharaj bowed down to Samarth Ramdas Swami and paid obeisance to Him. Ramdas Swami placed His hand on Maharajs head and blessed him. From that day, Shivaji Maharaj started regarding Samarth Ramdas Swami as his Guru. Maharaj performed ritualistic worship of the Gurus feet; Samarth gave a coconut, a fistful of mud, horse dung and pebbles to him as a sacrament. At that time, Shivaji Maharaj had a thought of leaving his kingdom and serving Samarth for the rest of his life. On realising this thought Samarth said to Maharaj, O King, follow the path of Kshatriya (Warrior) Dharma. Later, Samarth taught Shivaji Maharaj an ideal way of ruling a kingdom. As mentioned earlier, Samarth had given a fistful of mud, horse dung and pebbles to Shivaji Maharaj as a sacrament. For Maharaj, mud meant earth, pebbles meant winning hill-forts and horse-dung meant an army of horses which was also rich. He used to preach the people to help Shivaji Maharaj in this noble task and to acquire strength to fight for self-rule and protection of Dharma. On many occasions, Maharaj used to consult Samarth Ramdas Swami and take his advice and blessings. Shivaji Maharaj Story In Marathi How To Behave WithThe preaching given by Samarth to Maharaj regarding how to behave with caution at the time of calamity is present in the Holy text named Dasbodh. Have a proper judgement to distinguish between a friend and an enemy. Always be on the move without getting bored, without losing hope and by making a lot of friendly contacts. Because of this yearning, Samarth gave a Divine vision to Shivaji Maharaj first in a dream and later, by actually visiting him. Thus, from this article we learn that we can achieve anything in life with such intense yearning.
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