Thread by @DharmaPen

How Lord Vittala saved Shivaji Maharaj from the tyrants💡💡

One Ekadasi day, Tuka was performing kirtans and Shivaji was listening to it with love. In the meantime, M.uzlim soldiers heard about the whereabouts of Shivaji and a big troop of 2000 soldiers came to arrest him.

They surrounded the house in which bhajans were performed and dint let anyone go in or come out of the house.

Shivaji's informers came and whispered about the situation to him. Hearing this Shivaji was worried and one of his bodyguards asked Tukaram if they could leave now.

Tukaram then told him that no one should leave till the kirtan is over. Hearing this Shivaji sat down and continued to listen to the abhangs. He thought to himself that none other than Vitthal can save him now and if he doesn’t, he would be fortunate to die on an Ekadasi day

listening to abhangs and in the company of sadhus and saints.

One of the M.uzlim spies came into the house to check if Shivaji was there and couldn’t find him. He went back to his commander and told him that he couldn’t recognize which one of them was Shivaji.

Vitthal immediately took the form of Shivaji and came out of the house on a horse. He then started riding his horse. The soldiers who saw this started chasing him but no one was able to catch him.

The army was chasing him for several hours and finally, they had traveled to a jungle about 40 miles trying to catch Vitthal who looked like Shivaji. Vitthal suddenly disappeared and the soldiers blamed one another for not being able to catch Shivaji.

The commander just could not understand how an army of 2000 soldiers could not catch one person. Vitthal then came and whispered to Tuka what had happened and asked him to continue his abhangs without any fear.