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GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II 147
Meanwhile, a servant came running and said: Your Majesty, one sadhu
has come in the old garden and says he is Nanak Shah.
The moment the king heard the name he walked fast. He forgot the horse
or the palanquin or protocol. He is walking fast. The queen followed but she
was not able to keep a man's pace. The orderlies however requested her to sit
in the palanquin. The pandit walked slowly up to his palanquin and went
home.
In the garden was sitting a stout sadhu in saffron colored clothes. The
king reached the garden and fell prostate on his feet. He was overwhelmed
and his eyes were shedding tears of love. His forehead touched the sadhu's
feet. The sadhu blessed him with his hand and asked his welfare. The king
replied with respect and sat down. By now the queen arrived and other
courtiers also reached.
The king then made a request: Please come to the palace.
Sadhu: I am a recluse. I do not live in houses.
When the king heard this, then he pondered: Nanak, my Nanak, my
Guru Nanak, my true Guru Nanak, I was told is a family man. This sadhu is a
recluse. Seeing my extreme love, am I not being deceived by somebody?
In this thinking, he bowed to the sadhu. He ordered his men to make the
sadhu stay in the garden. His body is aching, his mind is irritated, his eyes
have become dry and he feels some dirt has gone into the eyes. He sat in the
palanquin and reached his palace. It was night. He felt uneasy. He tossed and
turned.
Queen Chandrakala said: My beloved, many times I have told you not to
go into discussion with the pandit. What does he lose? He has a passion to
debate. You have to do official work in the day. At night you spend time in
recitrtion of Name. Your heart is kind and soft. Your mind becomes dirty by
discussing with the hard- hearted pandit. You better not talk to him. I got fed
up in listening. You were not tired in talking. It has no effect on him. Even
when he has no reply he doesn't leave his stubborn attitude. The flaw in mere
learning is that it does not imbibe good qualities in man. It makes a man
stubborn. Then you just walked fast in a hurry.
The queen's harsh but loving words were soothing to the king.
Queen Chandrakala: Excuse me but I must say that this saint is surely not
Mansukh's Guru Nanak. He has no such fraI,JTance that Mansukh had in him.
Whatever ecstasy I felt by seeing your love for Guru Nanak, I gotthe opposite
feeling by seeing this sadhu. Ifyou permitI shall find out in no time about this
sadhu's credentials. But I am absolutely certain that this sadhu can never be
Nanak. He can never be Mansukh's Guru Nanak whom you love.
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