Satnaam Sahitya Sewa Sansthan - About Us
Shri Satya Samarth Baba Saheb Jagjiwan Das, Saheb Jagjivan Das, Samarth Saheb Jagjivan Das, Baba Saheb Jagjivan Das, Baba Saheb, Bade Baba, Samarth Sarkar, Satya Sarkar, Bharat Ke Mahan Saint, Satyanam Panth, Kotwa Dham
The great preacher of Satnam and founder of Satnam Sampradaya Samarth Sahib Jagjiwan Das of kotwa dham was born on Magh Shukla Saptami in samvat 1727 in brahammahurat at the remote village of Sardha situated on the right bank of holy river Ghaghera.
Has blessed parents Kamala Devi and Ganga Ram Chandel Vansh Kshatriyas was devotees having faith in the might of the supreme i.e. ‘Narain'. They were meek, passionate, considerate for the poor who were in miserable conditions.
As a boy Jagjiwan Das Sahib could not get his school education in formal ways due to adverse circumstances of the period he belonged. But the mercy of the supreme and his reverence to the Satguru made him learned and competent in spiritual attainments. His father managed a teacher for his schooling and he tried his best to teach the boy various things but the teacher himself come to his resolution that he was just revising the lessons which certifies that the boy has already been taught those facts. During the course of his schooling he uttered the following lines:-
“So sain samarath hai in yah saaji banaya chim manh saaji sabai rachi leenha nahi bilamb lagayo re”
keerat sagar having heard the above lines his parents and the pundit ji became stunned and the guru declared that he was already aware of the facts.
At the very early age of six months only there occurred and incidence which was for more surprising. His mother got him sleep in the bed and went to kitchen for preparations Suddenly the shiva shakti descended and taking the boy in his lap, showed him fourteen lokas and put a teeka on the bright forehead of the blessed baby and disappeared. After a short while the mother came back and saw the black symbol on the forehead. She feared the black magic and started weeping bitterly. She wanted to wipe out the mark repeatedly but could not succeed. She felt consoled on the consoling advices of village women miracles became the normal happenings in the life of Sain Jagjiwan Das Sahib.
The most revered satguru of sain jagjiwan das sahib, vishveshwar puri was inhabitant of Guru Sari Situated across the holy river in Gonda. As a matter of fact and bond of guru and disciple he stayed there for several months for deep knowledge. After getting the mandidale of his satguru ( spiritual teacher) he returned to this native village and his parents. He did his best to go under severe penance. But unfortunately the rude villages were not hospitable to sain jagjiwan das sahib and consequeully they hindered his worshipping and meditation. It resulted in his escape from them for the welfare of the mass. He choose a lonely and thick forest some miles away from sardoha now known as Kotwa Dham then called Kotak-Van or Kot-Van. It was quite appropriate for penance but full of mild beasts. He devoted himself to the higher spiritual attainments fearlessly in the adverse circumstances with great skills. Besides it he helped his father as a son and often went to grazing spols for grazing the cattle owned by his father. Never the less he continued chanting ‘Satnaam’ without any negligence. Here also occurred some miraculous incidents that made him famous all over the locality. His fame spread over far and wide with no pains taking efforts.
Now as a demand of the social setup he was married with Moluh who herself was religious. They both lived together and continued their worshipping the almighty with full devotion. He never linked the life of recluse and never allured any one for the same. He said “har jotai hari ka bhajai sat ka dana khay jagjivan sanchi kahai so vaikunth jaye“
During his domestic life he was blessed with five sons and two daughter and they also become famous for their wisdom and devotion. These were Shobha Das, Balla Das, Patta Das, Anant Das and Jalali Das Basanta and Bhag wanla were the daughter and barbere traditions as hecalomb etc. his kam was the almighty. During his daily routine he continued his efforts for the promotion of his faith and so he built up a structure mentioned below here in after.
4 Pawas – he appointed four pawas for the promotion of faith in different segments.
- Gosain Das - Kamoli Dham, Barabanki
- Doolan Das - Dharme Dham, Raibareli
- Devi Das - Purwa Dham, Barabanki
- Khyam Das - Madhana Pur, Barabanki
14 – Gaddis
- Ahlad Das - Sardaha Barabamki
- Udai Ram Das - Harchand Pur Faizabad
- Newal Das - Umapur Faizabad
- Bhawani Das - Bahrela Barabanki
- Medan Das - Atawa Barabanki
- Badali Das - Atawa Barabanki
- Ram Das - Atawa Barabanki
- Madav Das - Hathaundha Barabanki
- Shiv Das - Punjab
- Pyare Das - Jarauhi Barabanki
- Bal Das - Amra Nagar Barabanki
- Mansha Das - Mirchaur Gonda
- Kripa Das - Kharthari Gonda
- Kayam Das - Rasool Pur Faizabad
He never appreciated the domestic walls of caste and creed. He allowed the high and low for higher spiritual attainments with out any discrimination. His simplicity is apparently visible in this discourses with disciples and of quoted verses. His gospel of equality is the basic principle of satnamis. “hand mas ka pinjara tame kiyo achar, eik baran man sab ahai hindu turuk chamaar”
“allah alakh eikar ahi duja kahai na koy, Jagjiwan duja kahai dozakh parihai soy”
He also suggested his people to avoid
“ Madhu makhi aru bhantawa kundaru suti chun, Jagjiwan je mar khaihai jaihai nark satoon”
In the mean time his poetic genius mingled with wisdom resulted into some famous masterpieces in preaching his morals. Such these are as follows:-
- Agha vinas
- Sabad sagar
- Dohawali
- Manpooran
- Param Grath
- Gyan pragas
- Maha pralaya
- Mahavir astuti I, II, III
- Cchand viriti I, II, III
- Kakaharanama I, II, III
- Charan bandagi
- Saran bandage
- Buddhi briddhi
- Drirha dhyan
- Ugra gyan
- Sanyas yoga
- Aghor mantra
- Barahmaasa
- Sabda leela
- Mantrawali
- Jantrawali
- Baandawali
- Tantrawali