Bhaktamal in English
Shri Bhaktamal (Bhaktamal in English) is a famous text of Indian devotional poetry and saint literature, composed by Acharya Nabhadas ji around the 16th century. Acharya Nabhadas ji was a famous Vaishnav saint, who was associated with the Ramanandi tradition. He was born in 1539 AD. He was a disciple of the great saint Acharya Agradas ji and with the blessings of his guru, he composed this unique text based on devotion.
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Shri Bhaktamal Granth collects the great stories of Indian saints, devotees, seekers and their lives. It is not only a saga of devotion, but a wonderful compilation of the Indian saint tradition. This text tells that devotion is the simple and direct path to reach God.
Goswami Nabhadas ji was born in Awadh region (Uttar Pradesh). He was a contemporary of Goswami Tulsidas ji and had deep respect for him. Nabhadas ji was a follower of the Vallabh sect and composed Bhaktamal with the aim of taking the path of devotion to the general public. The purpose of this book is to describe the glory of devotion and saints. In this, devotion has been presented as the highest sadhana of life.
Bhaktamal (Bhaktamal in English) is mainly related to the Vaishnav Bhakti tradition and the importance of the path of devotion has been explained through various forms of devotion and examples of saints. Shri Bhaktamal is written in the Awadhi language in the form of couplets and chaupais. It describes more than 200 saints, it describes the glory of those saints and devotees who dedicated their lives to devotion. These include stories of devotees like Tulsidas, Mirabai, Surdas, and Namdev. It has about 700-750 verses, which describe the glory of saints and devotees.
This book describes the inspirational stories of saints walking on the path of devotion and their amazing qualities. It is written in Awadhi language, making it easy and popular for people of all classes. Bhaktamal describes devotion as the best way to attain salvation. It is considered to be the authentic book of the lives of saints and their contributions. This book is not only of historical importance but is also a guide for seekers and devotees. The stories of saints contained in it inspire to establish devotion and religion in life.
The devotional stories described in Shri Bhaktamal (Bhaktamal in English) include various forms of devotion such as Navdha, Premlakshan, renunciation, austerity, sacrifice, virtue, truth, non-violence, forgiveness, kindness, equality and knowledge of sorrow, friendship and other divine emotions and compassion. The welfare qualities of God for his devotees, devotional love, kindness, accessibility, courtesy etc. have been beautifully described. By studying the lives of great men, man realizes his mistakes and gets inspiration to get out of Bhavatvi and attain real happiness.
By understanding the characters, all the defects of man, such as craving for sensual pleasures, tendency to do bad deeds, tendency to earn money through injustice etc. are eradicated from the root. All these benefits are obtained by studying the Bhaktamala Paath, however, the special gift of this Paath is the destruction of ego i.e. the attainment of sorrow. By reading and listening to the stories described in it with love, ego gradually gets destroyed and the great sorrow of the heart of the devotees starts getting transmitted to the heart of the reader, as a result of which he gets entry into the kingdom of devotion.
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