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                Bhagatji: 
                  The Greatest Ekantik Saint:
 Having 
                attended the congregation in Vadtal Yagnapurushdas, Vignandas 
                and the other saints of the group reached Mahuva via Gadhada. 
                Purani Raghuvircharandas of the temple of Mahuva accommodated 
                Yagnapurushdas and Purani Keshavprasaddas in the temple. With 
                a view to eliciting the extent of their knowledge and understanding 
                he asked them: "What do you think of Pragji Bhakta."Yagnapurushdasji replied: "We understand that he is param 
                ekantik (God-intoxicated saint)."
 Purani Raghuvircharandas was satisfied with the reply. The same 
                question came up in the assembly of the temple the following day. 
                Yagnapurushdasji and Mahapurushdas Swami thought that this was 
                a unique opportunity for elucidating to all the eminence of Pragji 
                Bhakta. So they said that in their appraisal Pragji Bhakta was 
                an ekantik Satpurush (a most sublime saint). He was an ekantik 
                Satpurush as described in the Vachanamritam. Then they explained 
                on the authority of the twenty-seventh Vachanamritam of Gadhada, 
                First Chapter that an ekantik Bhakta should have the necessary 
                attributes of dharma (righteousness), Jnan (knowledge), Vairagya 
                (detachment) and Bhakti (devotion) etc., and that Shriji Maharaj 
                never detaches Himself from such a saint even for a moment.
 Having heard their divine speech supported by the authority of 
                the Vachanamritam, everyone in the assembly was convinced of the 
                exalted saintliness of Pragji Bhakta. They came to realise the 
                glory of Bhagatji Maharaj who was born in their very own village. 
                They also understood the doctrine that Shriji Maharaj cannot keep 
                away from such a saint even by a hair's breadth.
 The devotees of Mahuva were satisfied that the saints of Pragji 
                Bhakta were unequalled in their knowledge and in their love for 
                him.
 From this incident everybody got an idea of the param ekantik 
                state of Bhagatji Maharaj. Bhagatji Maharaj was very pleased with 
                Yagnapurushdasji for his proficiency in explaining the tenets 
                in accordance with the scriptures, and placed his loving hands 
                on his head. Thereafter the saints went to Vadtal.
 
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