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Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 1→Opens with an invocation to Shri Sahajanand, described as son of Bhakti and Dharma, dwelling in Akshardham within Goloka, and identified with names including Pu…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 2→The author (Nishkulanand Muni) opens by bowing to the saints, stating that their grace brings happiness, fulfills one's purpose, and leads to the abode of Purus…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 3→This chapter is an invocation and statement of purpose rather than a narrative episode, titled "The Greatness of This Scripture."
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 4→Describes the Himalaya (Himachal) mountain in the north: beautiful caves shining like dwellings, rows of gems, silvery peaks resembling Mount Sumeru, and rivers…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 5→A long roll-call of named sages travels to the hermitage of Nar-Narayan, drawn by its renown, and beholds the garden/forest there, likened to the very form of A…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 6→A long hymn of praise ("Victory, victory...") is sung by an assembly of sages, glorifying the Lord as king of Badri, friend of the humble, and protector of dhar…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 7→The chapter opens with Nar (the hero-sage) resolving that he must take incarnation to overthrow unrighteousness and comfort the grieving sages.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 8→After Durvasa's curse, the sages grieve at having to leave their sacred abode for the mortal world; Narayan tells them not to grieve, explaining the curse happe…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 9→Demons defeated by Krishna in earlier ages, and those slain in other battles who were not liberated, are reborn still nursing enmity toward him as the age of Ka…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 10→Describes the land of Sarvar and the town of Raikhatta on the bank of the Devha river, home to all four castes living harmoniously.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 11→The chapter locates the village of Chhapaiya in "the beautiful land of Sarvar," near the river Manorama and the Makhoda tirtha, home to a Brahmin named Krishnas…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 12→Bhakti asks her father-in-law Balashrama about the duties of a woman's devotion to her husband; he answers citing the Sati Gita and instructs the couple to keep…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 13→Ramanand Swami instructs Dharma(dev) in an "exclusive path of dharma" -- a detailed ethical code for renunciates and householders covering prohibitions on anima…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 14→Dharma recalls his father's parting advice to call on the family deity Hanuman (son of the wind) in times of hardship, and goes to Ayodhya to pray to him standi…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 15→Krishna, pleased by Dharma and the sage's praise, grants Dharma a boon; Dharma explains that he, Bhakti, and the sage are suffering at demons' hands because the…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 16→After an earlier setback leaves Dharma downcast, Hanuman appears to him in the guise of a Brahmin, reassures him that Krishna's incarnation is near, and promise…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 17→After reassuring his mother in a brief divine vision, the infant (named Hariprasad) resumes acting as an ordinary child; the family and townswomen hold elaborat…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 18→The sage Markandeya visits Dharma's home; Dharma honors him and asks him to cast the child's birth chart and give him a name
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 19→During the hair-cutting (mundan) ceremony for the young Lord (about age three), held with a feast for invited Brahmins and devotees of Hari, the child is taken…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 20→Due to repeated demon-related disturbances in their village, Bhakti and Dharma (named here as Premavati and Hariprasad) decide to relocate with their two sons t…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 21→Premavati gives birth to a second son, Ichcharam, described as Maharaj's younger brother.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 22→At age eight, Dharmadev arranges the sacred-thread (janoi) ceremony for his son, consulting astrologers who set the date as the tenth of the bright half of Magh…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 23→Hari (as a boy) inwardly resolves to eventually renounce the household, but decides to wait, out of concern for his parents' grief and until a brahmin's curse u…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 24→Premavati (called "Bhakti," the mother) falls gravely ill on the eighth of the bright half of Kartik; her son tries remedies and medicines, none of which work
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 25→Dharmadev lives an ascetic life of Sankhya-yoga, constant remembrance of Krishna, and bodily austerity, served by his son.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 26→Dharmadev, nearing death, calls his two sons and tells them that the Radha-Krishna they worship as their family's chosen deity is in fact "this Shri Hari here,…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 27→Children Hari's own age come to his brother's house asking where "Hari Maharaj" (Nilkanth) had gone, having searched all morning without finding him.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 28→Continuing north toward the Himalayas, Hari crosses the Kala (Black) mountain's dense, wildlife-filled forest completely alone, unafraid of "ghosts, spirits, or…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 29→Ghanshyam, showing complete detachment from his own body, crosses the Ganga and travels alone and fearlessly northward through mountains, waterfalls, and stream…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 30→Continuing his travels north from Muktinath, Ghanshyam (the young Swaminarayan) crosses a dense, wildlife-filled Himalayan forest alone, unafraid of the animals…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 31→Gopal Yogi, taught yoga by Hari, attains realization of Brahman and recognizes the visiting brahmachari (called Nilkanth here) as Nara-Narayan manifest; absorbe…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 32→The brahmin Pibaik, once pure but corrupted by left-hand tantric practice (having studied the Koularnava) and worship of Kali, arrives intoxicated and armed to…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 33→Hari travels alone into a difficult mountain range to see "nine lakh yogis," finding naturally-burning sacred fires and many pools; he meets and converses with…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 34→Hari travels south, preferring solitary wilderness to cities, keeping company only with Bhakti, Dharma, and other devotees.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 35→Continues Hari's pilgrimage narrative: at Bhutapuri, ascetics grow angry over an unanswered question and nearly strike him, but he responds with patience and de…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 36→Chapter narrates the account of Swami Ramanand, described as Uddhavji incarnate, born due to the curse of Durvasa.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 37→Describes the yogi Muni Atmanand, capable of extended samadhi and self-mastery by his guru's grace; the seeker Uddhav becomes his disciple to learn yoga and is…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 38→The chapter narrates the account of Swami Ramanand, beginning with his meeting Ramanujacharya, after which he finds the fivefold sacrament marks and a garland o…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 39→Hari, in the guise of the ascetic Nilkanth, is seen bathing at a well by the sadhu Sukhanand, who is struck by his renunciation and asks who his guru is; Hari r…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 40→Muktanandji tells young Nilkanth (Hari) his own account of devotion to Krishna and his guru Ramanandji
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 41→Muktanandji, fearing that the visiting ascetic's (Nilkanth's) extreme renunciation means he might soon depart, persuades him to remain until the appointed time…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 42→Presents a letter written by Nilkanth Varni to Swami Ramanandji in Bhuj, opening with praise of Ramanand as Uddhav manifest, said to be born in Ayodhya to the b…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 43→Ramanand Swami reads letters describing the young ascetic's (Nilkanth's) arrival and is moved to tears by his devotion and austerity, then shares the account wi…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 44→The ascetic (Varni, i.e. Nilkanth) grows restless awaiting Swami's arrival; Swami departs Bhuj by chariot, comforting weeping well-wishers and promising to retu…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 45→A young ascetic of extraordinary austerity comes to Swami Ramanand; his fame draws visitors "by the thousands" for darshan, who marvel at his youth and appearan…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 46→Describes the Varni (later Narayan Muni) as Swami Ramanand's close, virtuous disciple who travels with him around Girnar spreading devotion.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 47→Swami Ramanand answers the Varni that he has weighed the decision carefully and that the Varni alone can bear the burden of dharma once he himself departs for t…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 48→Describes an assembly seated in order (brahmacharis, sadhus, Brahmin men, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, then women led by Ladki) who ask Narayan Muni (Hari, st…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 49→Ghanshyam (Sahajanand) sits among the sadhus teaching meditation and concentration; in meditation they behold his radiant Krishna-form (yellow silk garments, pe…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 50→After a display of Swami's power, sadhus publicly proclaim Swami as the only true guide and expose the marks of false gurus and false sadhus using scriptural te…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 51→The compassionate Lord travels through Kutch (Adhoi, Sapar, Kot, Kantha, Bhachau, Bhuj -- where Swami Ramanandji had lived -- Mankuva, Mandvi, Gajod, Punadi, Do…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 52→The chapter states that certain sages, transformed into human bodies by Durvasa's curse, had by this point joined Maharaj as devotees with great love, and that…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 53→Continues an extended list of names given to companies of paramhansas (renunciant monks), most ending in the suffix "-anand," stated to be too numerous to fully…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 54→Describes the extreme renunciation of the paramhansas: minimal possessions (water-pot, loincloth, patched garment), begging only at midday, and indifference to…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 55→The Lord travels from Kotharia (home of devotee Anandibai) through Bhel, Mali, and across the Rann desert, performing acts of grace along the way
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 56→Hari travels from Kutch through Halar to Sardhar (meeting Kathi devotees), Piparadi, and Botad (staying with Ade Bhaga's household), then to Kariyani, staying f…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 57→Wicked men in Shrinagar repeatedly beat sadhus who went daily to beg for alms, striking them with clubs, sticks, staves, and whip-like weapons, and dragged weak…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 58→After the destruction of a group of hostile men, Hari travels through Velal, Salki, and into Kutch, sending a conciliatory letter to a demon-chief proposing the…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 59→Maharaj instructs Brahmins that one of two overseers should hold a staff and strike anyone who serves unfairly, favoring their own people over others, while car…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 60→After a sacrifice, richly dressed Hari travels by horseback from Jetalpur westward through Panchal, giving darshan in a long sequence of villages including Sara…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 61→The Lord travels to the Panchal region among renunciate devotees, granting darshan to all including the blind, crippled, aged, young, and shy women, and answeri…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 62→The Lord travels widely through Kutch and Saurashtra (Budhej, Zinzar, Kundal, Sarangpur, Nagadka, Piparadi, Bhoyra, Gokhlana, Kariyana, Kotda, Nadal, Bandhi, Va…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 63→Prabhuji travels through Gujarat and Panchal, showing compassion to the satsangis of Sorath and Halar, seeking out devotees' villages himself to give them darsh…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 64→Maharaj travels an extended circuit through Gujarat -- Dabhan, Vartal (staying five nights with the sadhus), Budhej, Bochasan, Bamangam, Ekalbara, Umreth (welco…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 65→After the sadhus disperse to Gujarat, the satsangis remain deeply moved by the divine plays they witnessed, and the text states that satsangis who keep the five…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 66→Opens at Gadhada (Hari there, sadhus in Gujarat) with an extended passage praising the boundlessness of Hari's divine deeds, radiance, compassion, patience, and…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 67→After a previous gathering, the sadhus disperse and recall among themselves that they have found the very Lord desired even by Brahma, Shiva, and countless gods…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 68→At Gadhada, Muktanandji asks Maharaj what practice would please him; the Lord answers that worshipping the guru and sadhu is worship of Hari himself, since he i…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 69→After the sadhus disperse to Gujarat, they spend their time recalling and meditating on the many forms in which they had seen the Lord (in gold brocade, playing…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 70→Returning to Gadhada, Nath tells the local devotees about the deep devotion of the people of Gujarat during his time at Vartal -- singing night and day, standin…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 71→Sadhus traveling and talking recall the joy of Hari's recent Holi play, then gather at Vartal for Janmashtami after roaming through Charotar.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 72→At Gadhada, Nathji (Maharaj) praises the assembled Paramhansas' renunciation and conduct as unmatched anywhere; devotees, hearing of this, set out with him.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 73→The Beloved (Hari) comes to Vartal, stays two days, then sets out for the Panchala region; sadhus tell devotees in Gujarat to finish household duties for a comi…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 74→Hari stays mostly at Gadhada while sadhus wander other lands teaching; devotees eagerly await festival days (Ashtami, Ekadashi, Fuldol, Diwali, Ramnavami, Vasan…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 75→Traveling through Saurashtra (Khambhalu, Raypar, Pimpal), the Lord reaches Gondal, where King Hathibhai welcomes him; he tells the king that just as the king ta…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 76→Sadhus wandering in Gujarat wonder why Hari has not yet come to them; several share a dream in which Hari appears in white garments as though riding a horse, an…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 77→Jagjivan (Hari) comes to Vartal for a lamp festival on the new-moon day of the dark half of Aso, giving a discourse beforehand describing a hierarchy of beings…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 78→Bhagwan announces that, having held many separate festivals (Holi, Diwali, Ashtami, Ramnavami, Shivratri, several Ekadashis), one great annual festival will now…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 79→Maharaj sets out from Gadhada on horseback (his mare named Mankhi) with a large company of companions on elaborately described horses; he rides so fast that his…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 80→A renunciant devotee at Gadhada asks Hari to hold a festival there as he had done in Gujarat, requesting permission to prepare a feast over twenty days with the…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 81→After earlier festivities, the Beloved instructs the sadhus to disperse and wander, promising future festivals, and sends groups to Gujarat, Kachchh, Vagad, Sau…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 82→After staying at Gadhada, Hari travels to Ahmedabad (Shrinagar) to give darshan to devotees who had long been without it; the city's ruler bows to him, and he s…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 83→After the four months of Chaturmas at Gadhada, the Immortal One asks the sadhus which gift is greatest; they answer the gift of fearlessness (abhaydan), which o…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 84→Hari arrives in Gadhada and engages in daily play: bathing with sadhus in water, then sitting on a veranda for extended question-and-answer exchanges with the a…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 85→The Lord (called Pranajivan/Jivanpran in this chapter) stays at Gadhada about two months and ten days, eating and conversing with devotees, then tells the sadhu…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 86→Hari sends the sadhus out to wander with instructions to remain obedient and never forget his form; the sadhus depart joyfully and Hari stays at Gadhada, praisi…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 87→Narrator introduces more pastimes of Hari staying with the sadhus for six months
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 88→Hari departs for the Fuldol festival toward Panchala village, telling the sadhus to follow behind while he goes ahead by chariot into the Sorath region
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 89→Hari travels through a sequence of villages (Manavadar, Ganod, Jaliya, Dudhivadar, Bandhiya, Pipaliya, Raypur, Vankiya, Gadhada, Kariyani), eating meals prepare…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 90→The Lord travels from Gadhada through Botad, Sundariyana, Vagad and Aniyali, Jasak, Rojak, Kamiyala (visiting an injured devotee), Boru, and Galiyana, arriving…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 91→People from Ayodhya, relatives of Shrimaharaj's own family (Hariprasad's household), arrive and are received by Shyam at Gadhada with lodging and a meal
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 92→Shyam sits in an assembly giving darshan, pleased with his devotees' faultlessness
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 93→A sadhu sent by his guru on pilgrimage to Dwarka is refused darshan and the sacred bathing mark at the Gomati (Arambhda) unless he pays money; rather than pay,…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 94→Hari decides an annual Ekadashi festival (bright half of Kartik) should be held at Vartal and sends written invitations to satsangis and sadhus
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 95→Prabhuji arrives near Surat and lodges in a garden with flowing water; devotees, who had long awaited his visit, bring worship offerings and a meal, which he an…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 96→In spring, moved by the devotion of the people of the Valak region, the Lord (Shyam) joins a wedding procession as a pretext to visit them, quickly arranging fo…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 97→At Vartal, the Beloved sends sadhus out in groups of five to look after people along the way, then calls them back together for a festival
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 98→Tells of a devotee-merchant of Sundariyana who was ostracized by his Vaishnav relatives for years -- including exclusion from his own father's death rites -- fo…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 99→Opens noting that demons and powerful worldly figures conspired against Hari's devotees but were defeated in an actual battle with Hari's aid; the demon-lord an…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 100→Prabhu returns to Gadhada after touring Gujarat, is welcomed by devotees, and stays roughly three months before moving on toward Vartal via Kariyani
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 101→States Purushottam manifested with the purpose of forcefully bringing souls to refuge, redeeming even great sinners (adulterers, drunkards, meat-eaters, thieves…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 102→Opens with an extended reflection that Maharaj's pastimes, power, glory, and miracles are infinite and beyond any poet's ability to fully record, using comparis…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 103→All the sadhus gather before Prabhuji and offer him an extended hymn of salutations and praise
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 104→Nath tells the assembled sadhus not to call him Bhagwan, listing the deeds of past incarnations (Matsya recovering the Vedas, Kurma churning Mount Meru, Varaha,…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 105→The assembled sadhus address Shri Bhagwant, reviewing a sequence of past incarnations and the demons each one overcame: the Fish recovering the Vedas and slayin…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 106→Describes the sants who have attained the manifest Purushottam as free of poverty, unattached even to all fourteen worlds, and free of lust, anger, greed and de…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 107→Describes the sants' vow of freedom from greed and attachment to wealth, paralleling their renunciation of attachment to women, presented as teaching among gath…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 108→Describes the sants' vow of indifference to taste, teaching that one who has "drunk" devotion to Hari no longer craves any other flavor, citing Shukji, Sanaka a…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 109→This chapter is a teaching discourse (not narrative) on the "way of the unattached" -- freedom from worldly attachment -- describing how sants sever attachment…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 110→Praises the Lord's humility despite being all-powerful (Purushottam, "cause of all causes"), citing avatars who displayed humility -- Rishabhdev, Kapildev, Vama…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 111→The chapter presents the "way of Hari's devotees" among Sankhya-yogi (renunciant) women, described as women who have given up worldly life and fixed their devot…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 112→Lists the names of "Sankhya-yogi" devotees -- described as highly renunciant attendants who live close to Maharaj, dress in white, and are free of lust, anger,…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 113→Chapter is a roll call of Hari's devotees across the Sorath region, framed as bringing sanctification to whoever hears the names, organized village by village.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 114→Opens by honoring the devotees of the Valak region as generous, guileless, and unwavering in their devotion to the manifest Lord
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 115→The chapter is a roll call of named devotees across many villages and towns of the Kathiyawad region (including Kariyani, Jhamarale, Lathidad, Sarangpur, Botad,…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 116→The chapter is a roll-call of Hari's devotees across the Halar and Kachchh regions, introduced as "the devotees of Halar, and of Kachchh."
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 117→The chapter is a roll call of named devotees of the Saubhir region across numerous villages and towns (including Vadhvan, Bhadreshvar, Sitha, Lakhtar, Methan, H…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 118→Names devotees of the Bhal region as exceedingly pure and renunciant, who "discerned truth from falsehood" and thereby took up satsang.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 119→Introduces a listing of devotees of the "Dandhav" region, describing them broadly as people of firm resolve who set aside body, mind, and wealth to become Hari'…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 120→Names devotees of the Maru region as people of "great mind" who discerned good company from bad, though born in a land with little understanding of such matters…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 121→Introduces devotees of the Gujarat region, praising first the people of Jetalpur, where Hari "performed a great sacrifice," and lists many named devotees there…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 122→Introduces devotees of the Charotar region as radiant and pure in heart, who "offered body, mind and wealth" in taking refuge in Swami Shriji.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 123→Chapter lists devotees of the Bara region who held love for Purushottam (the manifest Lord), organized by home village and occupation or caste (Kshatriya, Brahm…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 124→Describes the devotees of the Vakal and Kanam regions as generous, trustworthy, and without deceit, with deep love for Hari and his devotees
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 125→The chapter is presented as a devotional roll-call, recording by name the devotees of several regions who served and worshipped the Lord.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 126→Names devotees of the Nimad region, described as harsh-bodied and rough of speech, who would "give even their heads for satsang."
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 127→Chapter records devotees of Bundelkhand who came to recognize Hari as directly present, describing how they held feasts, applied perfume/sandalwood, worshipped…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 128→The chapter opens by asserting that in the Lord's greatness nothing is truly astonishing, since he is Purushottam, complete in every power; it notes that food n…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 129→Introduces the sadhu Santdas, described as having lost bodily awareness through trust in Maharaj's word while wandering alone in the northern lands.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 130→Introduces the sadhu Vyapakanand, one of Maharaj's foremost sadhus -- free of lust, anger, and greed, unmoved even by the offer of the eight siddhis and nine tr…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 131→Muktanand, though having personally met Shri Maharaj, retains an inner ache while giving discourse; the Lord shows him an inward vision of Swami Ramanand, who c…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 132→Introduces devotees whose bodies were devoted to austerity and renunciation, focusing first on Jivu Bai and Raj Bai.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 133→At a great sacrifice held at Dabhan, richly adorned Maharaj gives darshan to attendees, but Saurashtra devotees are left out; regretful, they set out (led by Pa…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 134→Opens by saying Hari always comes to a devotee's aid in trouble, keeping satsangis fearless and joyful even facing hardship or death.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 135→False ascetics conspired with demons against the spreading satsang, resolving to kill sadhu leaders like Muktanand to weaken it.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 136→Brahmin devotee Jivaram of Vankaner sails to Sindh to trade grain; on the return voyage thieves attack his boat, bind his hands, strike him on the head, and thr…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 137→Devotee Kalo, a farmer in Kundal, openly proclaimed Swami as directly manifest, provoking envious brothers who seized his farmland; when local court justice fai…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 138→Jetalpur village is described as specially blessed by Hari; Brahmin devotee Dayaram receives an unexpected personal visit from the Lord on horseback, who gives…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 139→Goldsmith devotee Nag of Rajala falls off a boat into the sea on a return trading voyage; he prays to Swami and is held up out of the water until the boatmen, r…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 140→In Nardipur (Dhandhavya region), Brahmin devotee Titaram was mocked by villagers who joked a "plane" (vimaan) would come for him; when he died, a radiant plane…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 141→In Rajpur (Dhandhavya region), Kanbi devotee Jekaran is told by Maharaj a year, then a month, in advance of his coming death; he has a temple built for sadhus a…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 142→The chapter tells of the devotee Khushal, born into a Brahmin family in Todla village (Idar region), described as detached from worldly things from childhood an…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 143→In Vadodara, Brahmin devotee Sadashiv's daughter Urmaiya Bai attains meditative concentration (samadhi) in which she sees and can name various divine abodes --…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 144→In Vadodara, Brahmin physician-devotee Ramchandra longs for inner darshan while resting; Bhagwan calls to him to open the door and enters his house in radiant f…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 145→In Vadodara, Brahmin state-administrator Narupant Nana takes up satsang and regards Swami Sahajanand as true; when his son Bapu falls seriously ill, his mother…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 146→Continues the Vadodara devotee-miracle accounts: at devotee Nathji's wife's death, Maharaj personally came with sadhus and planes to fetch her, witnessed public…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 147→Chapter recounts miracles the Lord performed for devotees in Vadodara, opening by praising Hari's continuing aid to his people "even now."
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 148→Nagar Brahmin devotee Monghibai of Vadodara worships with unwavering faith, regularly entering samadhi to see Hari; when she asks to see his four-armed Krishna…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 149→Continues the Vadodara-miracles account: Kshatri devotee Shyambai remained in samadhi most of the day and received food (rotis and dal), flour, eggplant, and ne…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 150→Kanbi devotee Jijibhai of Intolu village nears death; Maharaj arrives at midnight in a golden chariot with sadhus, and Brahmin devotee Bapubhai persuades him to…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 151→In Uttarad village, Kanbi devotee Sakarbai is told by Bhagwan four days ahead that her body will be released; he then visits her niece Kesarbai's home, eats a m…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 152→In Burhanpur (Khandesh region), a non-satsangi Brahmin named Divandada, who once fed two of Swami's sadhus, dies together with his wife (who becomes sati).
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 153→Describes devotees in Burhanpur as deeply immersed in satsang, singing Govind's qualities and experiencing meditative visions of the Lord's festivals.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 154→In Dhuva village, blacksmith-caste devotee Binda's aunt is hostile to satsang and continually abuses him; at her own death she sees Yama's messengers coming for…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 155→The chapter records several reported miracles of Maharaj toward devotees in Dhuva village.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 156→Thieves raid Gudel village (Bara region); Kshatriya devotee Jibhai and fellow villagers fight them off, killing one raider
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 157→In Amod, a Brahmin, Bhatt Dinanath, is led into doubt and away from satsang by a rival teacher, Nirvikalpanand; after he abandons Maharaj's shelter, a ghost tor…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 158→Set in and around Kariyani village, the chapter recounts several instances of Hari personally intervening at devotees' deaths.
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 159→Opens praising devotees who attained Maharaj as never truly unhappy in life and losing nothing at death; those who had his darshan, touch, or worship and kept t…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 160→Hari reflects that his glory has spread widely and that the work of his incarnation -- establishing dharma, countering the vices of Kali-yuga, and freeing souls…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 161→Describes a series of ominous natural calamities preceding Maharaj's passing: violent winds, fires, rains of stones and blood, thunder and lightning destroying…
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 162→The chapter opens declaring this incarnation of Hari as unprecedented, stating "never has such an incarnation been seen or heard of before."
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 163→This chapter is itself a chapter-by-chapter table of contents summarizing the entire Bhaktachintamani, listing the subject of each of the 164 chapters in order
Bhaktachintamani Prakaran 164→This closing chapter praises the Bhaktachintamani scripture itself, describing it as centered on the "manifest" (directly present) form of the Lord -- manifest…