हरिदास ठाकुर

haridas thakur (janm- 1451 ee. ya 1450 ee.) prasiddh vaishnav sant the. ve roop gosvami tatha sanatan gosvami ke atirikt chaitany mahaprabhu ke priy bhaktoan mean se ek the. unhoanne 'hare krishn andolan' ke arambhik prachar-prasar mean mahattvapoorn bhoomika nibhaee thi.

parichay

haridas thakur ka janm khulana zila, bangaladesh ke boodhan namak gram mean sanvat 1507 mean ek brahman kul mean hua tha. inake pita ka nam sumati tatha mata ka gauri tha. ye chhah mahine ke the, tabhi pita ki mrityu huee aur mata sati ho geean. mrityu ke pahale balak ko pita ne ek kutuanbi ko sauanp diya tha, jo karanavash muslim ho gaya tha, kiantu usane sachchaee se inaki dharm raksha karate hue palan-poshan kiya aur kuchh b de hote hi pita ka aantim sandesh sunakar inhean vida kar diya.

namajap ka vrat

haridas thakur ne namajap ka vrat liya aur ekaant mean samay vyatit karane lage. kuchh samay bad inaki khyati badhi, jisase ek dusht dhani ne ek veshya ko pariksharth inake pas bheja. kiantu phal ulata hua. vah veshya svayan inaki bhakt ho gee. ye yahaan se anyatr chale ge, par vahaan ke navab ne ek yavan ko hindoo dharmanusar acharan karate sunakar pak d mangavaya aur beant marate-marate pran lene ka dand diya. haridas samadhi mean rat the, at: bach ge. is par navab ne kshama yachana ki. yahaan se ye phuliya jakar kuchh din rahe aur phir balaram achary ke pas chaandapur ge. yahian raghunathadas ne inake satsang se labh uthaya tha. yahaan se yah advaitachary ke pas shaantipur ge aur vahaan se gauraang ke bulane par nadiya pahuanche. nityanand ke sath ye 'hari' nam prachar mean lag ge. yahaan se ye jagadishapuri ge.

jagannath ji ke darshan

haridas bhaktochit dainy ke karan apane ko asprishy jan nilachal mean jan-sampark se door ek nirjan sthan mean rahakar nity tin lakh nam-jap tatha sadhana kiya karate the. darshan ke lie jagannathaji ke mandir n jakar vahian se mandir ke choona ke darshan kar jagannathaji ke darshan ki apani pipasa mita liya karate the. mahaprabhu ke darshan karane unaki kutiya par bhi ve isi bhay se nahian jate the ki kahian unake kisi bhakt ko unake apavitr deh ka sparsh n ho jay. mahaprabhu svayan unhean darshan dene ya unake darshan karane, nity upalabhog ke darshan kar mandir se lautate samay unake pas jaya karate aur unake tatha any aantarang bhaktoan ke sath isht-goshthi kiya karate.

roop gosvami se bheant

roop gosvami bhi bahut din muslim badashah ke darabar mean rah chukane ke karan mleksh-sparsh dosh se apane ko dooshit manate the. jab ek bar ve mahaprabhu ki ajna se nilachal pahuanche to haridas ne bahu pasar kar promaliangan dvara unaki antarik abhyarthana ki aur snehabhare shabdoan mean kaha-

"roop, tumhare ane ki bat hamean sabako jnat thi. tumhare bhagy ki sima nahian. mahaprabhu b de agrah se tumhare agaman ki pratiksha kar rahe the. bar-bar tumhari hi charcha kar atm-vibhor ho jate the."

roop gosvami bhi haridas ji ki tarah dainyavash apane ko mleksh aur patit manane ke karan jagannath ji ke mandir darshan karane n jate. door se mandir ke choo da ke darshan karate. prabhu ka bhaktoan ke sath kirtan-nartan aur bhaanti-bhaanti ki anand-lilaoan ka bhi door se hi darshan karate. jagannath ji ke bhogarag ke pashchat mahaprabhu donoan ekantavasi bhaktoan ke lie prasad bhej dete. prasad grahan kar donoan apani-apani sadhana mean lag jate, haridas nam-jap aur kirtan mean, roop granth likhane mean.

nidhan

pratidin tin lakh namajap ka vrat haridas thakur ne liya tha aur ye use aant tak nibhate rahe. sanvat 1582 (1525 ee.) mean jagadishapuri mean inaka sharir chhoota. samudr ke kinare inaka pakka gol samadhi mandir hai, jisake kuean ka pani mitha hai.