Vanshi Vat
Shri Balgovindji was born
in the Shukla family of Ladukheda village in Agra district. Around the age of
sixteen-seventeen he had come to Vrindavan for studies. He was a priest in the
Gwalior Mandir facing Vanshivat. After renouncing home when I had come to
Vrindavan in 1945, I had stayed in this temple for some days. Staying here Shri
Govindji would study Sanskrit and live on the income of his priestly duties.
Taking Refuge in Shriji's Feet
After taking refuge in Shriji's feet, I would
go and see Shriji, every day. Off and on, he too would keep coming to Shriji at
the Ganga Mandir.
Mandleshwar
He went to Mandleshwar after some time and began living among
Shriji's parikar or inner circle of associates. There is a secluded site
endowed with a charming waterfall on the banks of river Narmada, a mile away
from Mandleshwar. He would go there and chant the Mahamantra, three lakh
times every day, from morning to evening. He would do bhiksha by begging
for alms from some or the other devotee of Shriji. Balgovindji would take part
in the night sankirtan held at
the residence of some devotee of Shriji's group of bhaktas, and sleep here or
there.
Vrindavan
He came to Vrindavan later on after spending ten years in Mandleshwar in
this manner. Staying in a hut of Kaladhari Bagicha, he began doing bhajan by
expressing his love for the Divine.
He kept studying the Shrimad Bhagwat
simultaneously from Shri Shukracharya. Thereafter, he acquired a praiseworthy scholarship in it
and constantly read through the Shrimad Bhagwat, a hundred and eight times.
During this span he had come into the sole refuge of Shri ji's feet.
Davanal Kund
Bathing parti at 3 o'clock
in the morning, he would read the Bhagwat and do naam japa till one o'clock in the afternoon at the
Davanal Kund. Then he would cook his own meal and eat it. Besides, he would
listen to satsang or holy discourses, at the feet of Shriji as a daily routine.
The felicitous verses composed by him for Shriji's birthdays would be extremely
emotional.
Sandhya Arti of Shri Balkrishna Das ji Maharaj (Shriji)
The very charming arti[1]
composed by him was sung on Shriji's birthdays. The same ceremonial song is now
sung at Shriji's samadhi sthal , daily in the evening.
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