Sunday, September 12, 2010

vijay kashyap


The Sai Satcharitra has numerous mentions of "Eknath Bhagwat" book and how sai baba asked his devotees like Kakasaheb Dixit, shama hemadpant and many others to relish this valuable book.....

Kakasaheb had just read hari-vrinda & came to baba to ask what he should read next.baba asked him to read Eknath's"Virndavan Pothi".kakasaheb didnot understand which book baba was referring to. He came with a copy of "Eknathi Bhagwat" & baba agreed that this was the pothi he was refering to.kaka still could not understand why baba should call it as 'Vrindavan Pothi'. He commenced reading and when he reached the end of the book, "know this (book) is not just eleventh canto (of Bhagwat )'. This is the vrindavan of 31 parts. here sri krishana always resides, in his own essence, Full of his own bliss'. Then kaka realized how much thoroughly familier baba was with Eknath Bhagwat.


After finishing reading bhagwat, kakasaheb asked baba whether he should read some other spiritual book given to him by his freind. Baba said " no. only these two book (Eknathi Bhagwat & Bhawartha Ramayana) are sufficient for us".

Now , both these books are written by saint eknath maharaj. sai baba's dependency on  these books for his best devotees is an indication how much he loved & admired Eknath maharaj & his works Eknath maharaj's another famous composition is the  book 'Rukmini Swayamvar' which describes how the preparations were going on for the marriage ceremony of Rukmini & how Krishana appeared in the marriage assembly & took away Rukmini after defeating the kings, when her marriage was about to happen with some other king against her wish.The life story Eknath maharaj is great in itself & devotees will love to hear in brief, how the composer of such great works, spent his lifetime.

vijay kashyap


The child Eknath was born in a brahmin family in the 16th century at Paithan, on the bank of Godavari river. He lost his parents even before he was three years of age. He was brought up by his grand parents. When he was only a growing child,one night he had a dream in which he was asked to go at one paricular place & need his guru janardan swami. When he woke up he was in two mind. How could live his grandparents alone and go on some remote spritual conquest. But he made up his mind & one night left secretly, leaving his grandparents & with in his eyes.

Later he met his guru janardan swami, who brought him up and initiated him spritually. after his spritual study was over, his guru asked him to return home,marry & lead the life of a householder. It is from here that his magnificent works began. In order to make his livelihood simple, he was given the jahagiri of some villages by the then ruler. Eknath maharaj lived the life of a pure brahmin, following all the regulative principles of religion. He was a great devotee & spent time contemplating on the Lord. The lord liked him so much that he decided to give him his company.