कूर्मदास

koormadas jnanadev-namadev ke samakalin ek brahman the. ye paithan mean rahate the. janh‍m se hi inake hath-pair nahian the. jahaan kahian bhi p de rahate, aur jo koee kuchh bhi lakar khila deta, usi se nirvah karate the.

panh‍dharapur jane ka nishchay

ek din paithan mean kahian hari katha ho rahi thi. inh‍hoanne door se usaki dhh‍vani suni aur pet ke bal reangate hue vahaan ja pahuanche. vahaan unh‍hoanne panh‍dharapur ki ashadhi-kartiki yatra ka mahath‍mh‍y suna. kartiki ekadashi mean abhi char mahine ki avadhi thi. koormadas ne pet ke bal chalakar tab tak panh‍dharapur pahuanchane ka nishh‍chay kiya. bas, usi kshan vahaan se chal p de. ek kos se adhik ve din bhar mean nahian reang sakate the. rat ko kahian thahar jate aur bhagavan ki upasthiti se koee n koee unh‍hean anh‍n-jal dene vala mil hi jata tha. is tarah char mahine mean ve lahul namak sh‍than mean pahuanche. bas, ab kal hi ekadashi hai aur panh‍dharapur yahaan se sat kos hai. kisi tarah se bhi koormadas vahaan ekadashi ko pahuanch nahi sakate the.

vitthalanath ke darshan

jhuand ke jhuand yatri chale ja rahe haian, par koormadas lachar haian. "kh‍ya is abhage ko bhagavan ke darshan kal nahian hoange? maian to vahaan tak kal nahian pahuanch sakata. par kh‍ya bhagavan yahaan tak nahian a sakate? ve jo chahean, kar sakate haian." yah sochakar unh‍hoanne ek chitthi likhi- "he bhagavan! maian behath-pair ka apaka das yahaan p da hooan. maian kal tak apake pas nahian pahuanch sakata. isaliye ap hi daya karake yahaan ayean aur mujhe darshan dean." yah chitthi unh‍hoanne ek yatri ke hath bhagavan ke pas bhej di.

doosare din, ekadashi ko bhagavan ke darshan karake us yatri ne vah chitthi bhagavan ke charanoan mean rakh di. lahul mean koormadas bhagavan ki pratiksha kar rahe the. jor-jor se pukar rahe the- "bhagavan! kab darshan doge? abhi tak kh‍yoan nahi aye? maian to apaka hooan na?" is prakar ath‍yanh‍t vh‍yakul hokar ve bhagavan ko pukarane lage. paramakarunik panh‍dharinath shrivitthal jnanadev, namadev aur saanvata mali, in tinoan ke sath koormadas ke samane akar kh de ho gaye. koormadas ne unake charan pak d liye. tab se bhagavan, jab tak koormadas vahaan the, vahian rahe. vahaan shrivitthal bhagavan ka jo mandir hai, vah inh‍hian koormadas par bhagavan ka moort anugrah hai.