Kumbhandas (कुम्भनदास)

Bhaktmal: Kumbhandas
Real name - Shri Kumbhandas Ji
Guru - Vallabhacharya
Aradhya - Srinath ji
Born - 1499, 11th day in the month of Chaitra
Death - 1583, Govardhan
Place of Birth - Jamunavto Village, Govardhan, Mathura
Marital Status - Married
Language - Braj Bhasha
Famous - Devotion to Srinath ji, Devotional PoemsShri Kumbhandasji was a Kshatriya and his father was a man of an ordinary class and used to live by farming. Lack of money always troubled him in his life but he did not spread his hand in front of anyone. His only quality was devotion to the Bhagwan. The family of Kumbh Das was very big and he used to nurture his family only by farming.

Kumbhandas believes that the supreme devotee was a devotee of the Bhawgan, an ideal householder and a great man, and at the same time he was a renunciate and a man of great contentment. The specialty of his pious character was that Bhagwan Himself appeared and used to play games of friendship with him. Vallabhacharya ji had initiated him and he was his guru.

Compositions of Shri Kumbhandasji
Shri Kumbhandasji had composed compositions like 'Raag-Kalpadrum', 'Raag-Ratnakar' and verses found in Kirtan-collections of the sect, their total number of verses is about 500. Big kings and emperors used to consider it their good fortune to have darshan of Kumbhandas. Big fans and saints of Vrindavan had a great desire for his satsang. He always kept the fame of Bhagavad Bhakti intact, never allowed it to be tarnished by economic crisis and poverty.