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GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II
Bhai Mansukh comes to our country off and on for business. He sells his
goods here and goes back. He neither talks to the king nor the poor regarding
relihrion. He never said anything against any religion nor he ever said that he
was a preacher. This time, because he did not worship the idol and a complaint
was made to me, I called him as a culprit. He came to my court as a culprit,
but he had some spiritual strength in him that he did not display any fear. He
was serene and composed. He replied to my questions with due respect and
love. When I was impressed by his utterance, then I asked him some more
details of his faith. He gave replies to my queries in your presence. Then I
asked him to tell the name of his spiritual mentor.
He said: Guru Nanak, the godly soul, the saviour, the benevolent Guru
and the redeemer of sinners. He said this with tears of love in his eyes. The
name Guru Nanak was like an arrow of love that he shot. My heart got
pierced with his love. It was like a seedling ofthe Lord's name planted in my
mind. I was ready to renounce the kingdom and go and live in the service of
the Guru. But he said there is no need to renounce the family, palace or the
kingdom. Detachment of worldly desires has to be of the mind only. The
mind has to be attached to the Lord.
He said: You rule the kingdom, live in the family and palace. The true
Guru will come and meet you. It is his natural habit that he reaches where
there is love. I did not see any desire in him as such. He did not require any
wealth from me. He did not accept even a penny from me. My kingdom
cannot be ofany use to him at Lahore and then what is my kingdom? He did
not require my intellectualness. He did not like the lifeless intellect that one
crams like a parrot. There are plenty of intellectuals waiting at the Guru's
door. He considered all knowledge without the love ofthe Lord as worthless.
Then I do not have so much power that I can shunt out the invaders from
Punjab. So, he did not require my money or intellectualness or power.
In fact it was his benevolence and hJTace that my mind has been elevated
and is in tranquillity.
(Looking towards the heavens) 0 dear Mansukh, you live for millions of
years. a dear Mansukh, you always remain in ecstasy.
a dear Mansukh, you always be in rapture. You have given me ecstasy
and salvation forever.
Saying this, the king was overwhelmed and for a long time he said: Thanks
o Lord, thanks a Lord and had tears of love in his eyes.
When he opened his eyes he saw the pandit was also crying.
King: a pandit, I was mad in love. Why did you cty?
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