Invocation

1. Obeisance to Shri Sarasvati ( goddess of speech ). Obeisance to my guru. Obeisance to Rukmini and Pandurang. Victory, Victory, to Thee whose place of  enjoyment is the bank of the Bhima river, Lover of Thy bhaktas. Ocean of mercy, Who, although pervading all the animate and inanimate, art different from them, and dost extend far beyond all existing things.

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2. Yet assuming the form of Ganesh and Sarasvati, Thou hast appeared as if existing in many forms. Therefore, at the beginning of this book I have bowed to Sarasvati and Ganesh.

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3. Let us bow to the sadguru Tukaram, who discarded the illusions of this worldly existence, showed me love for bis name ; and removed me from this earthly existence.

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4. Now let us bow to the great poets, Vyasa, the Muni Valmiki, Bhargav, Shuka, Narada, and the poets Ushana, and Jaimini, who are the first to be bowed to.

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5. Now let us bow to saints and good men, whom Hari ( God ) loves with all his heart, and who in this Kali Yuga came to save the dull, the fools and the ignorant.

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6. I have begun this book, the Bhaktavijaya, but in order that it may be carried to completion, all of you must help. Just as when in a poor man’s house some function is planned, his rich neighbours
assist him.

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7. Just as a man. full of kindness and endowed with sight, enables a blind man to visit sacred places, so do you by your gift of kindness make these verses acceptable to the hearers.

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8. I am mentally dull and ignorant. I have never studied the art of poetry. I have never read
the books known as Puranas. I do not know the divine ( Sanskrit ) language.

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 9. But here there is one special thing that Hari ( God ) is fond of, the stories of His
bhnkfas, so the God Shiva has said in the Bhavishyottar Parana.

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10. And therefore a desire has arisen in my mind out of intense love for the stories of the bhaktas, but
the attempt is like that of the water bird, the titavi, saying to itself, ‘ I will drink the ocean dry. ’

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11. Who am I to attempt to describe the attributes of Hari ( God ) ? For when the Vedas attempted to describe Him even they had to be absolutely silent. The attempt made the serpent Shesha’s tongue to be cloven, and it made itself into a couch for Hari,

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12. Since Brahmadev, Indra and Shiva do not know His limits, how can I describe His attributes, I
a poor miserable sinner ?

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13. When an infant obstinately insists on anything, the mother supplies it at once; so He, the Merciful to the Lowly, will grant me my obstinate longing.

14. The child Dhruva desired to sit on his father’s lap, and Hari gave him an everlasting seat.

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15. When Upamanyu asked for a cup of milk. He gave him the whole ocean of milk. So, I know that He, the Merciful to the Lowly, will supply my intense desire.

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16. The bhaktas who descended to the earth during the Krita, Treta, and Bvapara Fagos, they are the very ones who in this Kali Yaga have become manifest as saviours of mankind.

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17. 1 have felt intense joy in relating the stories connected with them, so now, my hearers, be careful to give close attention to me.

18. I am neither a clever nor a wise man. I have read but little of Vedantic books. Know nothing of the Sanskrit language. This the glorious husband of Rukmini knows.

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19. Long ago Eknath wrote his version of Bamayana at the inspiration of the saints, but I have
Here is Mahipati’s magnum opus, The Bhakla-Vijaya (Victory of the devotees of the Lord), so excellently rendered into English as Stories of Indian Saints by Abbot and Godbole.

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