The saint Pritamdas is believed to have been born between 1717AD and 1723 AD at village Bawala near Ahmedabad. He was blind since birth. His parents died when he was barely ten years age. He lived on alms and he was homeless. Subject to insults and humiliation at the age of ten years, Pritamdasji once perchance landed at satsang. He developed reverence for Sant Bhaidas. He took Mantra-diksha from Sant Bhaidas. He took Mantra-diksha from Sant Bhaidas and became a followers of his. He completely dedicated himself to the Guru and started living in the Guru’s Ashram. Being born blind, he had no attraction towards the world; so he was attracted to the Lord. This led him to divine experience and he became a saint. Wonderful mystical poetry emerged from his heart which evoked appreciation from even foreigners. The following devotional song is composed by him: Anand mangal karu arati, Hari guru santain seva……
‘I am moving the arati lamp which brings bliss and propitiousness; I serve the Lord, the Guru and the saints.’
Once he went for the darshan of Lord Dakorji (a temple of Lord Krishna). The priest at the temple ridiculed him by wondering as to what kind of darshan a blind man can have. At this he described the whole the colour of the Lord’s apparel in a poem. He described that the lotus flower that had been placed been on the right side; he also told that the flute had been placed in an inappropriate position and what should be the correct position; he described the Lord’s crown……Even though he was blind since birth, he described the clothes and ornaments of Lord Dakorji with amazing accuracy. The priest was wonderstruck and threw himself at Pritamdas’s feet. Those whose minds are completely engrossed in the Lord don’t need the physical eyes; they have the Lord’s darshan with their inner eyes.
One member of an organization founded by Romain Rolland came to India to see the spirituality of this great land. They found that even though Saint Pritamdas was blind, his poetry on devotional love was unsurpassed. They were so impressed that they carried back the poems with them.
Sant Pritamdas departed from this world in the year 1797. The mortal remains of Sant Printamdas were buried in the form of a Samadhi (a tomb or a monument) in Sandesar near Anand in Gujrat.
Describing the glory of Lord’s name Pritamdasji says:
Love and reverse the Guru’s feet
The light of wisdom will manifest
Says Pritam in the twinkling of an eye,
Nescience will be dispelled.
The pure-hearted one, who sees that
The Guru is greater than Govind,
Will escape the cycle of birth
And death, so says Pritam
He who mistakes the Guru for a human being
And analyses Him on the basis of His behaviour,
Says Pritam there is no doubt that
Such a one will fall into hell.
He who has no Guru, know him to be Nigura
Says Pritam thre is no sinner like him
Not a man but a stone is he.
As is night without the moon, wife
Without the husband
Says Pritam, so is the being an ignorant
Beast without the Guru.
Surrender your body, mind life and
Everything to the Guru
Says Pritam, you will be rescued from
The cycle of transmigration.
‘I am moving the arati lamp which brings bliss and propitiousness; I serve the Lord, the Guru and the saints.’
Once he went for the darshan of Lord Dakorji (a temple of Lord Krishna). The priest at the temple ridiculed him by wondering as to what kind of darshan a blind man can have. At this he described the whole the colour of the Lord’s apparel in a poem. He described that the lotus flower that had been placed been on the right side; he also told that the flute had been placed in an inappropriate position and what should be the correct position; he described the Lord’s crown……Even though he was blind since birth, he described the clothes and ornaments of Lord Dakorji with amazing accuracy. The priest was wonderstruck and threw himself at Pritamdas’s feet. Those whose minds are completely engrossed in the Lord don’t need the physical eyes; they have the Lord’s darshan with their inner eyes.
One member of an organization founded by Romain Rolland came to India to see the spirituality of this great land. They found that even though Saint Pritamdas was blind, his poetry on devotional love was unsurpassed. They were so impressed that they carried back the poems with them.
Sant Pritamdas departed from this world in the year 1797. The mortal remains of Sant Printamdas were buried in the form of a Samadhi (a tomb or a monument) in Sandesar near Anand in Gujrat.
Describing the glory of Lord’s name Pritamdasji says:
Love and reverse the Guru’s feet
The light of wisdom will manifest
Says Pritam in the twinkling of an eye,
Nescience will be dispelled.
The pure-hearted one, who sees that
The Guru is greater than Govind,
Will escape the cycle of birth
And death, so says Pritam
He who mistakes the Guru for a human being
And analyses Him on the basis of His behaviour,
Says Pritam there is no doubt that
Such a one will fall into hell.
He who has no Guru, know him to be Nigura
Says Pritam thre is no sinner like him
Not a man but a stone is he.
As is night without the moon, wife
Without the husband
Says Pritam, so is the being an ignorant
Beast without the Guru.
Surrender your body, mind life and
Everything to the Guru
Says Pritam, you will be rescued from
The cycle of transmigration.
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