चोखा मेला

chokha mela mahar jati ke the. mangalavedha namak sh‍than mean rahate the. bash‍ti se mare hue janavar utha le jana hi inaka dhandha tha. bachapan se hi ye b de saral aur dharmabhiru the. shrivitthal ji ke darshanoan ke liye bich-bich mean ye panh‍dharapur jaya karate the. panh‍dharapur mean inh‍hoanne namadev ke kirtan sune. yahian unaki shiksha-diksha huee. namadev ji ko inh‍hoanne apana guru mana.

parichay

chokha ji jnaneshvar maharaj ki santamanh‍dali mean se ek the. inaki bhakti par sabhi mugh‍dh the. niranh‍tar bhagavanh‍nam chintan karane vale chokha ji bhagavanh‍nam ki mahima gate hue ek jagah kahate haian ki- "is nam ke pratap se mera sanshay nashh‍t ho gaya. is deh mean hi bhagavan se bheant ho gayi." inaki path‍ni soyarabaee aur bahan nirmalabaee bhi b di bhaktimati thian. soyarabaee ki prasooti mean sari seva sh‍vayan bhagavan ne ki, aisa kaha gaya hai. inake bete ka nam karm mela tha, vah bhi bhakt tha. banka mahar namak bhakt inake sale the.

bhagavan vitthal ke bhakt

chokha ji bhagavan ke b de ladale bhakt mane jate haian. apane sab kam karate hue chokha mela bhagavanh‍nam mean rat rahate the. in par b de-b de sankat aye, par bhagavanh‍nam ke pratap se ye sankatoan ke oopar hi uthate gaye. panh‍dharapur ke shrivitthal mandir ka mahadvar inh‍hean apana param ashray jan p data tha aur bhagavadbhakh‍toan ke charanoan ki dhool apana mahabhagh‍y. us dhool mean ye lota karate the. inaki ananh‍y bhakti se bhagavan inake ho gaye.

ek bar shrivitthal inh‍hean mandir ke bhitar liva laye aur apane divh‍y darshan dekar kritarth kiya. apane gale ka rath‍nahar aur tulasi-mala bhagavan ne inake gale mean dal di. pujari jage, jo ab tak soye hue the. "chokha, ek mahar, bekhatake ghusa chala aya mandir ke bhitar. isaki yah himh‍mat aur bhagavan ke gale ka rath‍n-har isake gale mean? isane thakur ji ko bhrashh‍t kar diya aur rath‍nahar chura liya." yah kahakar pujariyoan ne use betarah pita, rath‍nahar chhin liya aur dhakh‍ke dekar bahar nikal diya. is prasang par sant janabaee ne ek abhang mean kaha hai- "chokha mela ki aisi karani ki bhagavan bhi usake rrini ho gaye. jati to isaki hin hai, par sachh‍chi bhakti mean to yahi lin hai. isane thakur ji ko bhrashh‍t kiya, yah sunakar to yah jani hansane aur gane lagati hai. chokha mela hi to ek anamik bhakt hai, jo bhakh‍taraj kahane yogh‍y hai. chokha mela vah bhakt hai, jisane bhagavan ko moh liya. chokha mela ke liye sh‍vayan jagath‍pati mare hue janavar dhone lage."

dehant

mangalavedha mean ek bar gaanv ki prachir ki maramh‍mat ho rahi thi. us kam mean chokha mela bhi lage the. ekaek prachir dhah gayi, kee mahar dabakar mar gaye, usi mean (san 1338 ee.) chokha ji ka bhi dehant ho gaya. bhaktoan ne chokha ji ki asthiyaan dhooandhian, namadev bhi sath the. inaki asthiyoan ki pahachan yah mani gayi ki jis asthi mean se vitthal-dhh‍vani nikale, usi ko chokha ji ki asthi janean. in asthiyoan ko namadev ji panh‍dharapur le aye aur mandir ke mahadvar par ve ga di gayian aur un par samadhi bani. jinaki asthiyoan mean se bhi vitthal nam nikal raha tha, un chokha ji ka sab bhaktoan ne jay-jayakar kiya.