Sant Namdev was one of the greatest saints ever. He was born in Narsi village of south
Hyderabad region of the modern India. He spent most of his life in
devotion in Pandarpur in Maharashtra. There are several stories of how
Namdev Ji saw God in both inert (Jad) and conscious (Chetan) entities in
the world. One such story is as follows -
Once Namdev Ji was travelling away from his village. On the way, he was tired and he settled down to rest in a deserted house.
A villager came to him and said - Maharaj! There is a belief that a demon (Brahm Rakshas)
lives in this house. The demon wakes up in the night and kills anyone whom he finds living in this house. Please do not stay here.
But Namdev Ji could see nothing but God everywhere.
Namdev Ji smiled fearlessly and said to the villager - I believe you brother. But only my Vittal would have taken the form of the demon. Isn't that true?
The demon came in the middle of the night. Namdev Ji saw him. The demon had a huge body and had a scary face.
Namdev saw God even in the demon and bowed down to him.
And then he sang these lines in keertan -
Bhale Padhaare Lambaknath!
Dharani Paanv, Swarg Lon Maath, Jojan bharke Lambe haath
Siv Sanakadik paar na paavein, anagin saaj sajaaye saath
Naamdev ke tum ho Swami, Keejai mokon aaj sanaath.
O God, today you have come as Lambaknath - the owner of a huge body. Someone who cannot be measured by even Shankar Ji or Sanakadik, has come to my corridor decorated in a new form. O God! You alone are the master of Naamdev. Please make me your own now, so I stop being an orphan.
The demon form immediately changed to the form of God.
The change of the form was for material people like us, Namdev Ji was seeing God in the demon right from the beginning.
A villager came to him and said - Maharaj! There is a belief that a demon (Brahm Rakshas)
But Namdev Ji could see nothing but God everywhere.
Namdev Ji smiled fearlessly and said to the villager - I believe you brother. But only my Vittal would have taken the form of the demon. Isn't that true?
The demon came in the middle of the night. Namdev Ji saw him. The demon had a huge body and had a scary face.
Namdev saw God even in the demon and bowed down to him.
And then he sang these lines in keertan -
Bhale Padhaare Lambaknath!
Dharani Paanv, Swarg Lon Maath, Jojan bharke Lambe haath
Siv Sanakadik paar na paavein, anagin saaj sajaaye saath
Naamdev ke tum ho Swami, Keejai mokon aaj sanaath.
O God, today you have come as Lambaknath - the owner of a huge body. Someone who cannot be measured by even Shankar Ji or Sanakadik, has come to my corridor decorated in a new form. O God! You alone are the master of Naamdev. Please make me your own now, so I stop being an orphan.
The demon form immediately changed to the form of God.
The change of the form was for material people like us, Namdev Ji was seeing God in the demon right from the beginning.
Moral Of The Story
The saints teach us that whether it is a Jeev or Maya, they are both powers of God and God resides in both of them.
The
story teaches us to raise our level of Bhakti by having the
consciousness that God is everywhere. He is omnipresent and if we
realize this fact all the time, we will get the Grace of God in no time.
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