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196 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II
Like, the rinhTing of bells of Laila's camel brought joy to Majnu's heart,
similarly the old man felt a jay and he said: Welcome! Old friend, you are at
an advantage. You have kept your beloved on your chest and always visible.
Whatever it is, but you have not spent your entire life in longing and yearning,
waiting for the beloved. Whatever you thought you got But, whatever I thought,
hoping and hoping, the hope vanished. For whom I hoped, it became despair.
The life is almost spent and life is almost gone. Still the grace of the glimpse is
not in my lap. Welcome! Braham Das, 0 friend, come. Today, I should
become your devotee and that should be all right. I quit this Islamic saintliness
and let us try this idol worship.
The old man said all this to the visitor, a handsome, healthy, pandit,
Braham Das of good age. He is wearing a long shirt, on his head is a yellow
turban and on his chest is hanhTing a stone idol.. Behind him are coming, two
camel loads with eighteen big scriptures and other religious books.
In the garden was placed another settee with a carpet spread on it that
was exclusively kept for this Brahmin.
So, he came and sat down there and greeted his old friend who was
sitting on another settee, whose name was Kamaal.
Kamaal returned the greetings and after asking about each other's welfare,
Kamaal said: 0 friend, I am in despair. I think I should get into idol worship.
Braham Das: What are you saying today? I was always telling you to do
idol worship. Worshipping the formless God mayor may not bring any positive
results. Better you get into idol worship.
Kamaal: 0 friend, you were born in a Hindu family. You are a born idol
worshipper. I was born in a Muslim family. I am born as non-worshipper of
idols. But we became friends, while in school in childhood only. You got
inclined towards spiritualism and so was 1. You got a stone god in your house.
I tried to find some formless living power. But alas! Almost the entire life
gone, there is no glimpse of the Lord of the heavens so far. Now, I see death
ahead. 0 friend, you tell if you have got some peace of mind, then I should
follow your path. See, my condition. I have renounced my house and family.
I have done austerities and penances. I have kept fasts. But despite the sufferings
that I have given to this body my boat is in the ocean and I cannot see the
shore. Today is the third day of my fast. Sometimes, thatJumma milkman calls
at this time and I buy some milk from him, but for three days he has not
come.
Braham Das: 0 friend, what are you asking me? My beloved is this stone
god. I worship this god twice, once in the morning and once in the evening.
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