Navanath Bhaktisaar — the sacred text of the Nine Naths — prepared verse by verse with English transliteration.
The tradition speaks plainly of its fruits: read with faith and steadiness — often as a parayan of its chapters, and especially as a seven-day saptah — the Bhaktisaar is held to remove obstacles and calamities, grant protection, fulfill righteous wishes, and draw the Naths' living grace into the reader's life. We report these as the tradition's own testimony, held across generations of readers — that is their authority, and it is not a small one. And beneath all the stated fruits lies the quiet one every reader discovers: a text read slowly, in the company of masters, quietly burns what needs burning — the muck dissolves without you knowing how.
Traditionally the text is read as a parayan — a steady, devoted reading, often a chapter a day, at a regular time, in a clean and quiet place, beginning and ending with a moment of remembrance of the Guru. But do not let form become a wall: if all you can offer is ten sincere minutes, the Naths have heard readers in harder places. Steadiness matters more than ceremony.
For those who do not speak Marathi, we strongly recommend reading each chapter's verses a couple of times while listening to the singer, to grow used to the words and their pronunciation — and always, we send you to the singers with gratitude rather than imitating their work.
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The Navnath Bhaktisaar opens with a question asked at the edge of a yuga: as the Dwapara Yuga ends, Uddhava asks Lord Krishna how human beings will survive the hardships and false prophets of the coming Kali Yuga. In answer, Krishna summons the Nava Narayanas — the nine celestial sages of the Bhagavata Purana — and commands them to take birth on Earth to protect dharma and show the way. Those nine incarnations are the Navnaths.
The tradition names them: Machindranath, Gorakshanath, Gahininath, Jalandharnath, Kanifnath, Bhartrinath, Revananath, Vatsiddha Naganath, and Charpatinath. At the head of their lineage stands Adinath — Shiva himself as the first guru — and through their stories flows the grace of Shri Dattatreya, the Adi Guru whose stream they carry into the world. These are not distant mythic figures: their transmission runs straight into history. Gahininath was the guru of Nivruttinath, who was the Sathguru of Dnyaneshwar — whose Dnyaneshwari, composed in the 1290s, stands first on this site's own timeline of the word Sathguru. The Naths are the underground river beneath much of India's living spirituality.
Because reading it is not the gathering of information — it is the keeping of company. The tradition holds this text to be jagrut, awake: to read it with devotion is to sit in the satsang of the Nine, and the Naths are held to move toward the one who remembers them. This is the Reading Room's whole purpose: the Bhaktisaar is offered here as a way to connect with the Navnaths — the text is the door, and they are what stands behind it.
The tradition also speaks plainly of its fruits: read with faith and steadiness — often as a parayan of its chapters, and especially as a seven-day saptah — the Bhaktisaar is held to remove obstacles and calamities, grant protection, fulfill righteous wishes, and draw the Naths' living grace into the reader's life. We report these benefits as the tradition's own testimony, held across generations of readers — that is their authority, and it is not a small one. And beneath all the stated fruits lies the quiet one every reader discovers: a text read slowly, in the company of masters, quietly burns what needs burning — the muck dissolves without you knowing how.
This is an attempt made by someone who speaks neither Marathi nor Hindi — carried only by a strong pull toward this sacred text.
With the help of AI, and many rounds of listening and editing, we are releasing these chapters for the benefit of others. What began as a personal need — to prepare this text so that I myself could read it — is now shared so that more people may benefit. We will keep adding chapters every day. We are releasing what is ready now especially so that those who wish to take this up for Guru Purnima can begin.
Though many devoted YouTube channels have sung this text, some renditions have one or two verses missing. So for each chapter, we have checked and listed a video that sings the entire chapter without missing ovis. For those who do not speak Marathi, we strongly recommend reading each chapter's verses a couple of times while listening to the singer, to grow used to the words and their pronunciation — and always, we send you to the singers with gratitude rather than imitating their work.
And to Marathi speakers especially: if you find anything in these texts that can be made more accurate or more true to the original, we would deeply appreciate your input — please write to us. Your mother tongue is this text's home; help us honor it.
How to read. Traditionally the text is read as a parayan — a steady, devoted reading, often a chapter a day, at a regular time, in a clean and quiet place, beginning and ending with a moment of remembrance of the Guru. But do not let form become a wall: if all you can offer is ten sincere minutes, the Naths have heard readers in harder places. Steadiness matters more than ceremony.
