The Saints of Maharashtra (Namdev, Tukaram, Eknath)

संतजनांची आरती (आरती संतमंडळी)

(Santajananchi Aarti)

Also known as hatim gheunim puspamjali omvalina pamcapranem

A Marathi arati not to a god but to the whole company of saints, and its body is a roll of names — some fifty of them, said straight through. It begins with the Nath line, Machhindra and Gorakh and Gahini and Nivrittinath, and goes on to Jnanadev and Namdev, Visoba Khechar, Sopan and Changadev, Gora and Kabir and Chokha; then Bhanudas and Krishnadas, Mukundaraj and Keshavswami and Surdas, Ranganath and Vamanswami; then Eknath and Ramdas, and Mirabai and Muktabai and Bahinabai, Narahari the goldsmith and Savata the gardener, Rohidas and Janabai and Kanhopatra's companions. Shekh Mahammad is in the list too. What the arati is for is stated in its first line: to wave five vital breaths as the lamp before their feet, and it makes no distinction of caste or of creed while doing it.

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Script: Devanagari (देवनागरी) — also the script of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Konkani.

आरती संतमंडळी।
हातीं घेउनिं पुष्पांजली ओंवाळिन पंचप्राणें॥
त्याचे चरण न्याहाळी॥
मच्छंद्र गोरख। गैनी निवृत्तिनाथ।
ज्ञानदेव नामदेव। खेचर विसोबा संत॥
सोपान चांगदेव। गोरा जगमित्र भक्त।
कबीर पाठक नामा। चोखा परसा भागवत॥१॥
भानुदास कृष्णदास। वडवळसिद्ध नागनाथ।
बहिरा पिसा मुकुंदराज। केशवस्वामी सूरदास॥
रंगनाथ वामनस्वामी। जनजसवंत दास॥२॥
एकनाथ रामदास। यांचा हरि पदीं वास।
गुरुकृपा संपादिली। स्वामी जनार्दन त्यास॥
मीराबाई मुक्ताबाई। बहिणाबाई उदास।
सोनार नरहरी हा। माळी सांवता दास॥३॥
रोहिदास संताबाई। जनी राजाई गोणाई।
जोगापरमानंदसाल्या। शेखमहंमद भाई॥
निंबराज बोधराज। माथा तयांचें पायीं।
कूर्मदास शिवदास। मलुकदास कर्माबाई॥४॥
नारा म्हादा गोंदा विठा। प्रेमळ दामाजी।
तुकोबा गणेशनाथ। सेना नरसी महत॥
तुलसीदास कसांबया। पवार संतोबा भक्त।
महिपती तुम्हां पासी। चरणसेवा मागत॥५॥
॥ इति संपूर्णंम् ॥

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