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212 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II
ashamed. They exchangedgestures amongthemselves. Then they askedsome
questions. When they listened to the replies, they felt un-easy. They said: He is
not an ordinary man. Then they became soft and started conversation.
Sidhas: 0 dear Nanak, tell us something about the world.
Now, it was time to complete the mission for which Guru Nanak had gone
there.
Guru Nanak: 0 Sidhas, Truth is the moon. Falsehood is darkness. In the
world, it is darkness allover. The moon Le. the Truth is not visible. I am
travelling and searching for the moon Le. the Truth. It seems relihTion has
vanished from the earth and evil is the order of the day.
Sidhas: Is there no one to stop it.
Guru Nanak: Those who call themselves Sidhas or so to say sensible,
they make their aim 'Let us go to the mountains and live in peace', like you
are hiding here. Who should gUide the world?
Sidhas: Our disciples are going from house to house and spreading
religi0 usness.
Guru: Your disciples are without any relihTiousness in themselves. They
only know how to rub ash on their body and beg for food. There is no one to
gUide. No one is capable to show the true path to the people. There is no
consideration for right or wrong. Nobody follows one's faith religiously.
Like animals, everybody is running in greed.
Sidhas: Are the rulers not looking after the welfare and rights of their
subjects?
Guru: The rulers instead of looking after the citizens are eating them up.
They have become a source of suffering for the citizens. The rulers are
commonplace run-of-the-mill.
Sidhas: Why don't the citizens get together and select a competent ruler?
Guru: The citizens are un-educated, without knowledge and have become
powerless and hypocrites on account ofslavery and cruelty. Under the influence
of fear, man becomes weak and hypocrite.
Sidhas: What about the priests?
Guru: They are in dance and merriment. The diSciples play the music
and the priests dance. They enact theatrical performances depicting Shri Krishna
and Shri Ram. It is a sport and merriment. They are not in religiOUS teaching.
Sidhas: With each learned scholar, two hundred to four hundred families
were allotted and they gave gUidance. Are those old people not doing anything?
Guru: They have become like beggars. The families are busy in their
worldly chores and the scholars go to their houses once a year to collect
money and hTive them amulets to wear and come away.
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