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DWITIYA PEETHADHISH SHRI HARIRAI JI MAHAPRABHU
S.V. 1647

CHILDHOOD:-
Shri Harirai Mahaprabhu was a great acharya in the devotional path of grace. He was the son of Shri Kalyanraiji and the grandson of Shri Govindraiji. He was born after Shri Gusainji gave a chewed betal leaf to Shri Kalyanraiji. Shri Hariraiji became a divine messenger of the devotional path and belonged to a family of great acharyas who were in themselves a column of devotion. Upon attaining some experience, he started a great movement in order to widely spread the devotional teachings of the Vallabh lineage. Shri Hariraiji was a prolific writer on the topic of devotion and traveled far and wide to give spiritual discourse and explain his views. He was an enthusiastic and emotional speaker.

EDUCATION
He studied the vedas, vedant, Bhagavat, Geeta and lineage texts from his father and Shri Gokulnathji (the fourth son of Shri Gusainji). He also received initiation, “brahmasambandhdiksha”, from Shri Gokulnathji.
By the grace of Shri Vallabh, Shri Hariraiji posessed supernatural powers. During his life he attained the final stage of the path of devotion. He realized the presence of Shri Krishna everywhere and he could speak to Him directly. He had perfected the state of "mansi seva".

LITERATURE &COMMENTARIES:-
In his literature we can see a cohesive presentation of Praman (law) and Prameya (grace), a sign of his erudition. He wrote many commentaries on Shri Vallabh's texts and explanatory notes in sanskrit prose. His prose works like the Brahmavad Nirodhlakshana commentary and others are the best combination of pure non-dualism and grace-filled devotion.
Similarly the Sahsribhavna text and the Shikshapatra are results of his graceful view.
He also wrote numerous texts in Vrajbhasha, Gujarati, Rajasthani and Punjabi.
He received the form (swarup) of Shri Vitthalnathji from his ancestors and served this deity with great love.

PRASANG(1)
He played a significant role in organizing the relocation of Shri Vitthalnathji, Shri Nathji, Shri Lalan from vraj (U.P) to Nathdwara (Raj) during the time of Moghul invasion. It is due to his great experience, maturity and realization of Shri Krishna that he was able to construct  Shri Nathji's temple according to the old custom of devotional architecture. Shri Vitthalnathji's temple was also constructed  nearby under his supervision.

PRASANG 2
He miracled when in desert place of jaisalmer in one empty well he make it full of cold drinkable water.looking at it king of jaisalmer become his follower.

PRASAN3
Once after bhagwadmandali all vaishnavs were gathered and started singing at night.then follower of jain religion complained shri hariraiji mahaprabhu and prayed him to stop them .he visited there and shrinathji dancing in mandali of vaishnav.he graced those jains with sight to look srinathji.thus they were pleased.

GREAT ACHARYA
Many ruling kings of the time were his disciples and were inspired by his mysticsm. The king of Udaipur was among them and out of his good will and devotion he donated land and allowed Shri Harirai to build temples in the Mewada region.

LINEAGE
Shri Harirai had four sons: Govindaji, Vitthalraiji, Chotaji and Goraji. Unfortunately all of his sons passed away before him. This is why Shri Giridharji was adopted from the house of the Tilakayat.

Shri Harirai lived a very long life of 125 years and spread the grace-filled teachings of his lineage in many parts of India. He was also known as Rasik, Rasikpritam, Haridas, etc because of his devoted nature. He established six seats in India where he spoke of the divine nectar of Shri Subodhini. These seats are Nathdwara, Khimnor, Gokul, Jaisalmer, Dakor and Jambusar.

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