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1 Nilkanth Charitra (Bhagwan swaminarayan s pilgrimage of India as a young ascetic)Translation by: baps SadhusGujarati Text: Prof. Ramesh M. DaveSWAMINARAYAN AKSHARPITHA hmedabadA Textbook of the Satsang Examinations Series: 5 BLESSINGSThe youth movement established and nourished byBrahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj has been expanding at a very rapidpace. With a view to satisfying the aspirations and the thirst forknowledge of the youth joining the organisation, and also to enablethem to understand and imbibe the principles of Akshar andPurushottam expounded by Bhagwan swaminarayan , thepublications division, swaminarayan Aksharpith, organised underthe auspices of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar PurushottamSwaminarayan Sanstha, has produced a series of these books, it is intended to impart systematic.

2 Sustained and pure knowledge in simple language on a scholasticbasis to children and youth of the swaminarayan Sampraday. It ishoped that this Sanstha, established by Brahmaswarup ShastrijiMaharaj for implementing and propagating the Vedic idealspropounded by Bhagwan swaminarayan , will, through thisactivity, spread the ideals and noble traditions of the Sampradayand through it, the culture and heritage of the Hindu is the aim of this project to preach and spread the divinemessage of Bhagwan swaminarayan to all corners of the world.

3 Wehope that all religious-minded truth-seekers of the Sampraday andthose outside of it, will welcome this activity and be inspired by itsuniversal principles and order to encourage children and youths, annualexaminations are held based on the curriculum as worked out inthese books. Certificates are also awarded to successful bless Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami, Prof. Rameshbhai Dave,Kishorebhai Dave, and all others who have cooperated in preparingthese 2028 (1972 CE)AtladraNILKANTH Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra (English Edition)(Bhagwan swaminarayan s pilgrimage of India as a young ascetic)A textbook for the examination prescribed under the curriculum set byBochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam swaminarayan : HDH Pramukh Swami MaharajPrevious Editions: 1977, 1983, 1987, 1994, 1997, 20026th Edition 1st Reprint: July 2007 Copyright.

4 swaminarayan AKSHARPITHAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form orby any means without permission in writing from the publisher, except for briefquotations embodied in reviews and : 5,000 (Total Copies: 20,000)ISBN:81-7526-196-XPrice:Rs. & Printed bySwaminarayan AksharpithShahibaug, Ahmedabad-4, IndiaWebsites: Narayanswarupdasji(Pramukh Swami Maharaj)Jai SwaminarayanBLESSINGSThe youth movement established and nourished byBrahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj has been expanding at a very rapidpace.

5 With a view to satisfying the aspirations and the thirst forknowledge of the youth joining the organisation, and also to enablethem to understand and imbibe the principles of Akshar andPurushottam expounded by Bhagwan swaminarayan , thepublications division, swaminarayan Aksharpith, organised underthe auspices of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar PurushottamSwaminarayan Sanstha, has produced a series of these books, it is intended to impart systematic,sustained and pure knowledge in simple language on a scholasticbasis to children and youth of the swaminarayan Sampraday.

6 It ishoped that this Sanstha, established by Brahmaswarup ShastrijiMaharaj for implementing and propagating the Vedic idealspropounded by Bhagwan swaminarayan , will, through thisactivity, spread the ideals and noble traditions of the Sampradayand through it, the culture and heritage of the Hindu is the aim of this project to preach and spread the divinemessage of Bhagwan swaminarayan to all corners of the world. Wehope that all religious-minded truth-seekers of the Sampraday andthose outside of it, will welcome this activity and be inspired by itsuniversal principles and order to encourage children and youths, annualexaminations are held based on the curriculum as worked out inthese books.

7 Certificates are also awarded to successful bless Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami, Prof. Rameshbhai Dave,Kishorebhai Dave, and all others who have cooperated in preparingthese 2028 (1972 CE)AtladraNILKANTH Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra Nilkanth Charitra (English Edition)(Bhagwan swaminarayan s pilgrimage of India as a young ascetic)A textbook for the examination prescribed under the curriculum set byBochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam swaminarayan : HDH Pramukh Swami MaharajPrevious Editions: 1977, 1983, 1987, 1994, 1997, 20026th Edition 1st Reprint: July 2007 Copyright.

8 swaminarayan AKSHARPITHAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form orby any means without permission in writing from the publisher, except for briefquotations embodied in reviews and : 5,000 (Total Copies: 20,000)ISBN:81-7526-196-XPrice:Rs. & Printed bySwaminarayan AksharpithShahibaug, Ahmedabad-4, IndiaWebsites: Narayanswarupdasji(Pramukh Swami Maharaj)Jai SwaminarayanviINTRODUCTIONWe read in Ghanshyam Charitra about Shriji Maharaj'sdivine and miraculous childhood sports. After that GhanshyamMaharaj renounced the world and sojourned in the forests.

9 He wasthen known as Nilkanth Varni. He travelled to various pilgrimplaces in India for seven years. He undertook severe he met Ramanand Swami who initiated him into the sadhu-order and renamed him Sahajanand, and appointed him as hisspiritual heir. The account of the extraordinary life of the Lordnarrated in Nilkanth Charitra is based on the establishedscriptures of the swaminarayan Fellowship. For the convenience ofreaders, a map indicating Nilkanth 's travels has also interesting anecdotes found in the various accounts ofNilkanth's life, which may awaken the varied interests of youthsand inspire them to higher spiritual endeavour, are narrated present publication is a translation, with slightmodifications to suit the medium, of the Gujarati book NilkanthCharitra.

10 The book has been so designed as to serve part of theexamination curriculum for youths. More specifically, it is offered asa textbook for the second of the examinations, Satsang Pravesh , inthe is our earnest prayer that children, youths and aspirants ofknowledge will study these books carefully and pass theexaminations with flying colours and, above all, derive immensespiritual benefit and please Bhagwan swaminarayan and ourbeloved Guru Pramukh Swami Swaminarayano Vijayate*Ame sau Sw min b lak, marishu Sw mine m te.