Guru Nanak Chamatkar (Part 2)-Bhai Vir Singh English ... - Vidhia.com

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Saidpur - Liberator of Captives
the Guru came to Eminabad. At that time this place was known as
Saidpur Sandyali. The Pathans were the rulers and administrators here.
Their population was quite large. The town was hustling bustling and it was a
trading centre. A fort was there. The rulers here were under the command of
Sikander Lodhi, the Pathan ruler at Delhi. Many Sayyads and Muslim saints
lived here. Hindu population was also large. Hindus also occupied some
government posts.
Malik Bhago was a government official here on whose invitation Guru
Nanak did not go for the feasting and when he was asked to come under an
order, then he held a loaf of course grain from Bhai Lalo's house in one hand
and a fried bread from Malik Bhago's house in the other hand and squeezed.
Milk squeezed out from Bhai Lalo's loaf of coarse grain and blood from the
fried bread from Malik Bhago's house. Then he said: See, the milk is honest
earning and the blood is earning by taking bribes by threat and force.
After that, he travelled far and wide to allay the suffering of the people.
Now, again he came to meet the honestly earning man, the beloved Bhai
Lalo who was now dyed in the love of the Lord. The tyranny, that he had pinpointed
and preached the path of love of the Lord to the people, had not
diminished. The Lodhi king at Delhi was not so strong that he could establish
strong domination all over India. So, in most of the states the rulers had
become independent and their allegiance to the rulers at Delhi was in name
only. Instead, they fought some wars with them. That is why they treated their
subjects with cruelty. The officials and their subordinates were cruel and took
bribes and gave suffering to their subjects. This was the plight that was talked
in every house and was a cause of worry. The west noticed it and some
hTfOUps of rich and poor even sent emissaries to ask other kings to help.
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