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260 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART - II
brought me here for hriving salvation to such people. He is doing such hard
ascetic practice with so much eagerness. But it has borne no fruit. His hard
endeavour has brought no result.
Then he looked towards the man and called him near and said: 0 friend,
what for are you undergoing so much hardship?
Khatri: 0 Lord sent! You seem to me as an image of the Lord. I am
afraid of death. I want to get out ofthe cycle ofbirths and deaths. I take a bath
early in the morning. One recluse sadhu had said: It is piousness to have a
bath in cold water in the morning.
Then I keep reciting Sita Ram, Sita Ram and go home. In my home, I sit
in a lonely comer and worship the idol. Then I go for my work. I have
endeavored a lot but I am still in despair.
Listening to this, the Guru looked towards the Khatri with merciful eyes
and said: Without the Lord's Name all endeavours go waste.
Only those who tread on the path shown by the true Guru are respected
in the Lord's palace.
On listening to the words of the Guru the Khatri pondered: Is it so that
without the Lord's name all endeavours go waste? He is above rituals and his
words are having a magical effect. They are going deep in the heart. Who is
he? Thus amazed, he felt attracted and he came forward.
The benevolent Guru asked him: Who are you?
Then the Khatri trembled and said: I am a Khatri here in this Kandhar
city and doing business of bUying and selling and I am a seeker of the Lord.
Guru: To keep going on the path is reaching the goal if one treads on the
right path. When the path reaches the goal, then that end of the path is called
the goal.
Khatri: 0 beloved of the Lord. Then you make me tread on the true
path. I have been longing to meet a real saint. I have got faith in you. You
bless me by your supernatural powers.
Guru: By having a bath, the body becomes clean. Cleanliness does have
an effect on the mind butjust undergoing hardship of bath in cold water does
not help on the spiritual path. Remember the Name. Recite the Name. This
will reach you to the Lord.
Khatri: I do recite but I do not know what happens?
Guru: You have done penances and Hath yoga. You have kept fasts.
You have done recitation but your ego has not gone. You throw yourself at
the Lord's feet. Be a servant to Him. Let the Lord's Name be your support.
Leave everything else. Say, '0 Lord', '0 Lord'.(WahehTUru,WahehTUru)
He said: '0 Lord', '0 Lord'. (Waheguru,WahehTUru)
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