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

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now made prisoners to carry the looted material to their camp. Princesses and
rich women with clothes tom, body covered with dust and ash, wounded and
injured, molested and raped, tied with ropes were made to carry the materials
on their heads.
Atthis time, the Guru had ahJQin come to Saidpur. The Guru and Mardana
also became prisoners. Mardana was told to escort a horse of Mir Khan, an
army officer. The Guru asked Mardana to leave the horse and sing the divine
songs while walking.
With the other prisoners, the Guru also walked dyed in the love of the
Lord. It is written that he was also asked to carry one item on his head but the
item remained a little above his head and went along as if carried.
The Guru saw the suffering of the people. The women were pushed
around and were walking tied to ropes as slaves. The town was devastated,
looted, people killed and blood spilled. It was calamity. At this time, Mir
Khan, army officer, while on duty came to the place where the Guru was
walking. When he became attentive to see, what he saw was that two Indians
who were in captivity were exceptional. The weight being carried by one of
them was being carried about six inches high from the head and was going
along. The other was playing the rebeck while walking and the horse that he
was supposed to escort was follOwing him without being held by a rope and
he was singing a divine song that was enthralling.
Now, all the prisoners including the Guru who were walking towards the
camp of the invaders reached the camp. There, the prisoners were put on
different jobs. Grinding wheels were put in front of the Guru and Mardana
and they were told to grind wheat.
Here, Mir Khan went and told Babar thattwo saints have come as prisoners
but they are walking in delight and their faces are lustrous. The weight is
being carried sixinches high from the head by itself and the horse is follOwing
without being held by the rope and they are singing some divine songs.
Babar said: Alas! Ifthere was a saint like this in town, why did we attack?
Saying this, Babar himself came to the camp. Here he saw that Hindu,
Muslim and Pathan women were hJTinding wheat and very wealthy people
were doing hard jobs. Then he walked ahead and saw that two saints are
sitting but the grinding wheels are moving by therrtselves. Babar was amazed
to see that. Then he wished to talk to the Guru but the Guru was in wondrousness
in meditation. He opened his eyes after sometime and sang a song in praise of
the Lord. The effect of the melody and tune of the song was such that Bahar
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