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Father of Modem Punjabi Literature / 55
Lovelomness was thus Rani Raj Kaur's fate. Her life was
onelong-drawnsigh. Shewepttears ofbloodfor herhusband.
The longing to meet him remained in her heart. She offered
flowers beforlB the sculptured image and she worshipped
enshrined ashes. But nothing seemed to assuage the pain of
separation. And, then, one day as shelayinertwithgrief, "she
felt she had stolen out of the body where it lay and started
soaring upwards like a kite in the skies... Like a bird flying in
the skies she saw with clear eyes all things below--the
mansion, the women's apartments, the whole palace indeed;
the forest, the pastures and the trees; the streamlet and the
shrine; gardens, and orchards, servants and retainers, maids
andhermother herself...the body layunconscious, andwideawakeshe...As
shesoaredfurtherheavenwards,theresprang
into sight spirits in myriads floating in the region effulgent.
Who could describetheirbeauty?The beautyoftheworldbelow
was as if soot, compared to theirs. Blithesome they all were
like to the lotus in bloom."!
One of those blithe happy spirits advanced towards Raj
Kaur from afar to lead her to regions beyond. Upwards they
went into subtler and more luminous spheres. They came to a
plane where "the grround shone like crystal."2 This was Gian
Khand, the Realm of KnOWledge. The residents here "were
without desire and of pure frame. Sustained by knowledge
they dwelt in continued felicity."3 Then they came to Saram
Khand, the Realm of Aesthetic Beauty. Here speech subtler
than thought took form most beauteous; and here
consciousness and intellect, understanding and reason were
re-formed andrefashioned. FurtheronwastheRealm ofGrace,
Karam Khand, peopled bythose of dedicated soul and power.
"Beyond words and beyond limit wasthe splendourthat here
prevailed. Here deathhadno access...Grace aboundingrained
here without cease."4
1. Rana Surat Singh. p. 23.
3. ibid., p. 25.
2. ibid., p. 25.
4. ibid., p. 26.
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