With Shri Gusainji’s kripa the 8 friends of Shree Krishn from the incarnation 5000 years ago, appeared in this period of Shreeji’s appearance as great eight singer poets; known as the “Aashtchaap poets”. They wrote various poem-bhajans describing the Baal-Leela of Thakurjee from the Nand Rai days.
These Aashtchaap poets and gayak bhakts, as they are called were from every where; not limited to the Vallabh sampradai. With divine prerna[1] they were granted sakshat[2] darshans of Thakurjee and His Divine Leelas on this earth. With the divyata[3] granted by Shreeji Himself they were able to compose perfectly whatever Thakurjee desired and enjoyed.[4]
Names of Aashtchaap poets
The names of the Aashtchaap poets as the original Krishn’s friends in the earlier incarnation 5000 years ago are-
- Krishna
- Rishabha
- Arjuna
- Bhoj
- Tok
- Subala
- Vishala
- Shri Dhama
These same gwal friends took birth later in Shreeji leela in Mathura and were known as the 'Aashtchaap poets'[4]-
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