INTRODUCTION :
Narsi Mehta, (15th-century) was a great poet and saint of Gujarat, India. He was talented in writing divine poems on Lord Krishna. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna.
LIFE :
Narsi Mehta was born in a Brahmin family at Gujarat. He lost his parents at his younger age. He was raised by his grandmother. After his marriage, he stayed at his brother’s house with his wife. Since he was ill treated by his sister in law for his great devotion on Lord Krishna, he left the house and went to a forest and meditated for several days. And after getting the divine grace of Lord Krishna, he sung in praise of him, and composed many divine songs. In Gujarat, Mehta lived in poverty with his wife and two children, but worshipped the god with full of faith throughout his life time. At Mangrol, Gujarat he died at the age of 79. He will never be forgotten for his great works and devotion to Lord Krishna.
DEVOTIONAL WORKS :
1. Chaturis 2. Sudama Charit 3. Dana Leela 4. Srimad Bhagwatam 5. Dana Leela 6. Govinda Gamana 7. Surata Sangrama
IMPORTANCE :
Narsi Mehta was a great poet and a devotee of Lord Krishna, has born in this earth in order to spread the bhakti of Lord Krishna among the devotees. He was an honest and a noble person, but suffered from poverty. Though he was poor, he has got the habit of providing food to others. He was interested in doing charitable activities to others and also spread the devotion on Lord Krishna to the people. He was a great scholar and studied the devotional texts of Hinduism. He was worried about the problems of the people in this kali yuga, and asked the people to chant the names of Lord Krishna and to sing in praise of him, in order to get relieved from their problems. It is believed that he has chanted Lord Krishna’s names for several lakhs of times during his life time. He also prayed to Lord Krishna, to reduce the problems of the people, and to make them as his devotees. He wants all the people in the world to live happily and peacefully, and he insisted the people to have bhakti on Lord Krishna, in order to attain SALVATION. Let us worship him and be blessed.
“OM SREE NARSI MEHTA MAMAHA”
“JAI KRISHNA”
SENT BY
R.HARISHANKAR
