Eknath Maharaj, born in 1533 AD, at Pratisthan (Paithan), the capital of Chalukyas, on the banks of Godavari, was a famous saint poet of Maharashtra. His abhangs carry the universal teachings found in Hinduism. He was an ardent devotee from a very young age. Eknath was a poet who felt the pulse of the common man. He exhibits a keen observation of all that went on around him and paints them in vivid pictures. His works are enlivened by humor. Eknath defines Bhakti as the recognition of the divine nature of all beings. To utter the name of God is bhakti. It fulfills all desires of the mind. The name of God gives us divine happiness. His mystical experience is of the highest order. He gives notes of all the physical and psychical marks of the realization of God. Eknath Maharaj was the grandson of popular saint, Bhanudas, who brought back the murti of Vithoba from Vijayanagar to Pandharpur. Suryanarayana and Rukmini were Eknath’s parents but he lost them early in his life and