Bhagat Pipa
Bhagat Pipa Bairagi | |
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Personal | |
Born | 5 April 1425 Gagron, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India |
Died | Unknown (~early 15th century)[1] |
Religion | Hinduism |
Spouse | Rani Sita |
Children | Raja Dwarkanath |
Known for | 1 verse in Guru Granth Sahib. |
Other names | Raja Pipaji Pratap Singh Rao Pipa Sardar Pipa Sant Pipaji Pipa Bairagi |
Occupation | Ruler of Gagron |
Bhagat Pipa (born 1425[2]) was a Rajput ruler of Gagaraungarh who abdicated the throne to become a Hindu mystic poet and saint of the Bhakti movement.[3][4] He was born in the Malwa region of North India (east Rajasthan) in approximately AD 1425.[5]
Pipa's exact date of birth and death are unknown, but it is believed that he lived in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century.
Life
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Pipa was born into a
सीतारामसमारम्भां श्रीबोधनायमध्यमाम् । अस्मादाचार्यपर्यन्तां वन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम् ॥1॥ नत्त्वा रामं तथा रामानन्दाचार्य यतीश्वरम् । सर्वमङ्गलदं कुर्वे वैष्णवधर्ममङ्गलम् ॥2॥—Sri Vaishnav Dharma Mangalam[9]
According to Bhaktamal, a Bhakti movement hagiography, his wife, Sita, stayed with him before and after his abdication when he became a wandering monk.[7][10] The hagiography mentions many episodes of his sannyasa life, such as one where robbers tried to steal his buffalo that provided milk to his companions. When he stumbled into the robbery in progress, he began helping the robbers and suggested that they should take the calf.[11] The robbers were so touched that they abandoned their ways and became Pipa's disciples.[11]
In his later life, Bhagat Pipa, as with several other disciples of Ramananda such as
According to the records found with local bards, 52 Rajput chiefs from clans of resigned from their titles and offices and gave up alcohol, meat, and violence. Instead, those chiefs dedicated their lives to the teachings of their guru & former king.Pipa's dates of birth and death are unknown, but the traditional genealogy in Bhakti hagiography suggests that he died in 1400 CE.[1]
Key teachings and influence
Pipa taught that God is within one's own self, and that true worship is to look within and have reverence for God in each human being.[7]
Within the body is the god, within the body is the temple,
within the body is all the Jangamas[14]
within the body the incense, the lamps, and the food-offerings,
within the body is the puja-leaves.
After searching so many lands,
I found the nine treasures within my body,
Now there will be no further going and coming,
I swear by Rama.— Sant Pipa, Gu dhanasari, Translated by Vaudeville[12]
He shared same views as Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and Bhagat Pipa's hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.[6][7]
In popular culture
Shri Krishna Bhakta Peepaji (1923) by
See also
- Swami Ramanandacharya
- Vaishnav Matabja Bhaskar
- Valmiki Samhita
- Maithili Maha Upanishad
- Ramanandi Sampradaya
- Bhaktamala
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3447024136, pages 42-44
- ISBN 9788126018031.
- ^ ISBN 978-0520061637, pages 63-66, 53-54
- ^ Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 6, Cambridge University Press, pages 111–119
- ^ a b "Search Gurbani : Gurbani Research Website".
- ^ ISBN 978-0823931798, page 511
- ^ ISBN 978-0791446836, pages 181-184
- ^ ISBN 978-8190227261, pages 116-118
- ^ Pipa. Chatuḥ Samprdaya Digdarshan. p. 142.
- ISBN 978-0700713318, pages 277-278
- ^ ISBN 978-0700713318, page 285
- ^ ISBN 978-0700713318, page 292
- ^ Michaels 2004, pp. 252–256.
- ^ A term in Shaiva Hindu religiosity, referring to an individual who is always on the go, seeking, learning.
- ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
Further reading
- Michaels, Alex (2004), Hinduism: Past and Present (English translation of the book first published in Germany under the title Der Hinduismus: Geschichte und Gegenwart (Verlag, 1998) ed.), Princeton: Princeton University Press
- Encyclopedia of Sikhism by Harbans Singh. Published by Punjabi University, Patiala
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