Eknāth (1533-1599) was a prominent Marāthi religious poet in the Hindu tradition in India. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
Eknath was born and lived most of his life in Paithan in Mahārāshtra, India. Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He was a Kulkarni of that Village. Kulkarni (कुलकर्णी/कुळकर्णी/ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ is a common Family name in the Karnataka and Maharashtra states of Eknath's family name is almost unknown. In accord with a tradition in India of assigning the epithet "sant" (संत) to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, Eknath is commonly known in Maharashtra as Sant Eknath (संत एकनाथ).
At age 25, he married Girijābāi, and the couple had three children.
Eknath was well-versed in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Hindi languages besides Marathi. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India.
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Brotherhood concepts
Saint Eknath is believed to first person in Middle-age Maharastra who have abolished concept of Untouchably by his actions. Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. He saved the life of a Mahar child flowing is flood water of Godavari. The Mahars are an important Social group within the Indian state of Maharashtra state and surrounding states This article is about the river Godavari in India. For other uses see Godavari (disambiguation The Godavari ( Marathi language:गोदावरी He also behaved very politely and gently with untouchable people. His well described poem describes and advocates soft corner and equal treatment among all living beings even with animals. His one poem is famous in Marathi literature like- जे जे भेटे भुत, ते ते मानिजे भगवंत. 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 Janārdan Swāmi. A guru (गुरु গুরু is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge wisdom and authority in a certain area and uses it to guide others At the suggestion of this Guru, Eknath wrote as his first composition a Marathi commentary in verse form named Chatushloki Bhāgwat based on certain four verses (shlok: श्लोक) in Sanskrit Bhāgwat. The elaborate commentary consisted of 1,036 owees (ओव्या).
About 230 years before the birth of Eknath, Dnyaneshwar had written an important commentary in verse form (ओव्या) in Marathi named Bhāwārth-Deepikā, (popularly known as Dnyāneshwari) on Sanskrit Bhagawad Geetā. Sant Jñāneshwar / Sant Dnyāneshwar (1275-1296 ( ज्ञानेश्वर in Marathi) (also known as Jñanadeva - ज्ञानदेव The Dnyaaneshwari (or Jñaneshwari is the commentary on Bhagavad Gita written by Marathi saint and poet Dnyaneshwar during the 13th century 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, Eknāthi Bhāgawat, on the Eleventh Canto of Sanskrit Bhāgawat Purāna. The Bhagavata Purana (also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, or simply Bhāgavatam) is one of the Puranic texts of Hindu literature The commentary involved 18,800 owees.
His worte the first 25,000 owees of his another major work, Bhāwārtha-Rāmāyana. 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, Hastāmalak, compised 764 owees, and it was based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankarāchārya. Shankaracharya, ( IAST: Śankarāchārya) is a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries in the Advaita tradition
He further wrote Shukāshtak (447 owees), Swātma-Sukha (510 owees), Ānanda-Lahari (154 owees), Chiranjeewa-Pad (42 owees), Geetā-Sār, and Prahlād-Wijaya.
Eknath introduced a new form of Marathi religious songs called Bhārood (भारूडे), writing 300 of them. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. He wrote 300 religious songs in the Abhang form (अभंग).
In his adult life, Eknath gave many lucid religious public discourses (कीर्तने).
Eknath initiated in Maharashtra a movement called Wāsudewa Sansthā. It involves house-to-house visitations by individuals known as Wāsudewa, who, standing in front of people's houses, spread religious messages through bhajan chants (भजने).
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