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58 / Bhai Vir Singh
Or midway between earth and the heavens.
Or to fly inthe air or to sink in the sea.
Iworry not for any of these.
Indifferent to happiness, unafraid of suffering,
Unconcerned about the state in between happiness and
suffering,
Indifferent to where happiness and suffering be mixed,
And to where they be absent altogether,
Wherever I may live and in whatsoever condition,
Never absentfrom my remembrance may be my lord!
This is my paradise, my salvation.!
The long-sufferingsearchfinally endedwhenanoldman
found her lying exhausted and senseless in front of a remote
mountain-cave and took her to a satsang, holy company
engaged in prayer and devotion. She was told that by her
immaculate love she had become worthy of satsang. The old
man who was the leader of that sacred fellowship. started by
Rana SuratSinghhimself, instructedherinthewayoftruth. To
recognize one's duty in the world, "to stay firm in it like the
mountain," to overcome one's ego and give oneself to deeds
of service and love "like the cloud expending itself in rain," to
accept the Divine will as the principle of all things, to
"harmonize consciousness with Word" and to remain everin
unionwiththe CreatorthroughNamwasto attainSach Khand
while still alive--a consummation which was the happylot of
Rana Surat Singh in this world.
Raj Kaur was a changed being. Prayers of thankfulness
arose out of her heart. She took the reins of government into
her hands and yet daily shared in the satsang. Rejoicing in
God's will, attached to Nom and diligent inherdaily duty, she
was united to her lord as never before. She had reached the
state of grace and equipoise.
Rana Surat Singh, puhlished in 1905, is among Bhai Vir
Singh's earlierworks. Yet it marks in severalways the highest
pointinhis longandprolific literarycareer. His poeticprowess
1. ibid., p. 83.
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