Eknathi Bhagwat is a book written by Sant Eknath of the Marathi faith. This is major work of Varkari Sampradaya. Eknath had begun writing the Eknathi Bhagwat in Paithan finishing it in Varanasi.

एकनाथी भागवत हा एकनाथांचा एक महत्त्वाचा ग्रंथ असून वारकरीपंथास आधारभूत आहे.

Sant Eknath Maharaj, considered the Spiritual successor to the work of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Namadev, was a great Saint from Maharashtra. Sant Eknath was known for His spiritual prowess as well as His immense efforts in awakening people and safeguarding Dharma. Sant Eknath id the author of numerous hymns and books on Bhakti and Spirituality, including the famous Eknathi Bhagwat, the spiritual essence of the Bhagavad Geeta and his magnum opus Bhavarth Ramayan.


Mahatma Eknath was a Gyani saint and a great devotee, as well. He was a contemporary of Goswami Tulsidas. He wrote commentaries on both Ramayan and Srimadbhagvad. He was born in a pious Brahman family. His ancestors were devotees and Vaishnav. Bhakt Bhanudas was his great grand father, who was a devotee of Lord Pandharinath. Mahatma Eknath has mentioned about his great grand father in the commentary on Srimadbhagvad that it was because of him that their family received trhe grace of Lord Krishna. Chakrapani was the son of Bhanudas and Surya Narayan, the son of Chakrapani was Eknath’s father. His mother was Rukmini. He was born in the year 1590 Vikram Samvat in Mool-Nakshtra and his father died at the time of his birth. After a few days his mother also died, as a result he was brought up by his grandparents, who named him ‘Eka’.

Right from his early childhood, Eknath showed great spiritual inclination. He not only used to assist his grandfather Chakrapani in Pooja but used to himself do Kirtan. His grandfather used to say that Eknath would one day bring glory to the name of his great grandfather Bhanudas. At the age of six his sacred thread ceremony was performed. The neighbors were very affectionate to him. Every evening various scriptures were read over at their residence. Thus he was deeply rooted in bhakti right from the childhood.

Gradually he felt the need of a Guru to guide him. One night while he was doing Kirtan in a temple, he heard a divine voice asking him to go to Devgarh to take shelter at the feet of Mahatma Janardan Pant. Eknath sat on the journey by foot and after traveling for two nights reached Devgarh and became a disciple of Mahatma Janardan Pant. He used to serve him whole heartedly. Once he saved Mahatma Janardan Pant from enemies by fighting with them for four hours. Mahatma Janardan Pant was very much pleased with Eknath. He deployed him for keeping accounts. One day the accounts did not telly as there was an error of one Pai. When ultimately the accounts tallied Eknath was overjoyed. Mahatma Janardan Pant remarked that if he was so overjoyed by finding the mistake relating to a Pai, how much he would be happy if he could understand the mistake one commits in the world. Mahatma Janardan Pant told him that the greatest purpose of life is to realize the Truth and wasting this opportunity was the biggest mistake. Eknath fell at the feet of his Guru Mahatma Janardan Pant and by his grace had a glimpse of Lord Dattatrey. He felt no duality between Lord Dattatrey and his Guru.

Eknath kept on getting glimpses of Lord Dattatrey. At one place Eknath has mentioned that ‘within or without, in the entire creation Lord Dattatrey is present; He has enchanted me; my feeling of duality has vanished.’ Once Dattatrey appeared before Eknath in the form of a Malang (an Avdhut) and blessed him that he would lead many people on the path of bhakti and would author an extra-ordinary commentary on Srimadbhagvad.

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