आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

(16th c.) Gujarati poet-saint who was a
well-known figure in northern Indian
devotional life. Narsi was a devotee
(bhakta) of the god Krishna. His poetry
describes the love affair between
Krishna and his consort Radha.
According to tradition, Narsi’s poetry
was rooted in a vision of Krishna’s ras
lila, or great circle dance, in which Narsi
was privileged to stand as attendant
holding a torch to light the lila. Narsi is
one of the devotees profiled in the
Bhaktamal, a text that gives short biographical profiles of more than 200
devotional (bhakti) saints; in the text
Narsi is portrayed as a paradigm of generosity, an earthly imitation of Krishna
himself. For further information see
John Stratton Hawley, “Morality Beyond
Morality in the Lives of Three Hindu
Saints,” in John Stratton Hawley (ed.),
Saints and Virtues, 1987.