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Eknath (1533-1599) was a prominent Marathi religious poet in the Hindu tradition in India.
Eknath was born and lived most of his life in Paithan in Maharashtra, India.He was a Kulkarni of that Village. Eknath's family name is almost unknown. In accord with a tradition in India of assigning the epithet "sant" to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, Eknath is commonly known in Maharashtra as Sant Eknath (??? ?????).
At age 25, he married Girijabai, and the couple had three children.
Eknath was well-versed in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi languages besides Marathi.
Brotherhood concepts
Saint Eknath is believed to be the first person in Middle-age Maharastra who have abolished concept of Untouchability by his actions.
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Eknath (1533-1599) was a prominent Marathi religious poet in the Hindu tradition in India.
Eknath was born and lived most of his life in Paithan in Maharashtra, India.He was a Kulkarni of that Village. Eknath's family name is almost unknown. In accord with a tradition in India of assigning the epithet "sant" to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, Eknath is commonly known in Maharashtra as Sant Eknath (??? ?????).
At age 25, he married Girijabai, and the couple had three children.
Eknath was well-versed in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi languages besides Marathi.
Brotherhood concepts
Saint Eknath is believed to be the first person in Middle-age Maharastra who have abolished concept of Untouchability by his actions. He saved the life of a Mahar child flowing in flood water of Godavari. He also behaved very politely and gently with untouchable people. His well described poems advocate soft corner and equal treatment among all living beings even with animals.His one poem is famous in Marathi literature like- ?? ?? ???? ???, ?? ?? ?????? ?????.He also started activities related to reading of Dyaneshweari which was sidelined due to Islamic invasion.
Religious Writings
For his spiritual development in his youth, Eknath had accepted the discipleship of a Guru named Janardan Swami. At the suggestion of this Guru, Eknath wrote as his first composition a Marathi commentary in verse form named Chatushloki Bhagwat based on certain four verses (shlok: ?????) in Sanskrit Bhagwat. The elaborate commentary consisted of 1,036 owees (?????).
About 230 years before the birth of Eknath, Dnyaneshwar had written an important commentary in verse form (?????) in Marathi named Bhawarth-Deepika, (popularly known as Dnyaneshwari) on Sanskrit Bhagawad Geeta. After elaborate research, Eknath meticulously prepared an authentic edition of Dnyaneshwari.
Almost all of Eknath's writings were in verse form in Marathi.
Eknath wrote a scholarly and lucid commentary, Eknathi Bhagawat, on the Eleventh Canto of Sanskrit Bhagawat Purana. The commentary involved 18,800 owees.
His worte the first 25,000 owees of his another major work, Bhawartha-Ramayana. A disciple of his had added 15,000 owees to complete this work.
Eknath wrote Rukmini Swayamwar comprising 1,711 owees; it was based on 144 shlok from Bhagawat Purana. His work, Hastamalak, compised 764 owees, and it was based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya.
He further wrote Shukashtak (447 owees), Swatma-Sukha (510 owees), Ananda-Lahari (154 owees), Chiranjeewa-Pad (42 owees), Geeta-Sar, and Prahlad-Wijaya.
Eknath introduced a new form of Marathi religious songs called Bharood (??????), writing 300 of them. He wrote 300 religious songs in the Abhang form (????).
In his adult life, Eknath gave many lucid religious public discourses (???????).
Eknath initiated in Maharashtra a movement called Wasudewa Sanstha. It involves house-to-house visitations by individuals known as Wasudewa, who, standing in front of people's houses, spread religious messages through bhajan chants (????).He spread bhagwat dharma from village to village in detail and in a simple manner
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