Question

Write about personalities and their work in your own word.

Sant Eknath

Answer 1

1. He was a great Sant of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.
2. He demonstrated by his own actions that there is no need to renounce worldly matters to attain the highest truth, Paramarth.
3. He composed many abhangas, gavalana, bharud, etc. His abhangas show the warmth of devotion.
4. In Bhavarth Ramayana, he has shown the story of the common man through the story of Ram.
5. He believed that Marathi was not inferior to any other language, including Sanskrit. He explained the Bhakti part of the Sanskrit word ‘Bhagwat’ in Marathi.
6. He also stated the Bhagwat Dharma in a simple and detailed manner.
7. He criticised those who hated other religions.