Mangalmandir - Maruti Edition (PDF) - Sai Kirtan Group

command of the chief, the police readied to deliver the lashes. As if the destroyer of
difficulties – Maaruti was there, monkeys fell upon the police. The police ran to save
their lives. Tearing his clothes, the chief was left bleeding. The frightened chief fell at the
feet of the saint crying frightfully aloud ―Baba! Baba! Protect me!.‖ The compassionat
saint‘s heart shivered and he saluted Maaruti Hanumaan. All the monkeys thereupon left.
Honouring the saint, the chief took a vow to never in future harrass saintly persons..
[2] Saint Pyaaredaas Surat‘s Nawaab
Saint poet Pyaaredaas‘s period reigns from 1625AD to 1745AD. He was birn in a vanik
family in Kaashi. Alike his name, Pyaaredaas left a pleasing image in many hearts. In his
youth he fell attracted blind to a prostitute.. And that to the extent he even forgot his
parents to spend days in the prostitute abode.
In the third pilgrimage travels, true saint Maadhavdaas went to Kaashi, whereupon he
released the prostitute prone vanik and brwught him back to Surat with him.Pyaaredaas
had unparalleled love for for his true saint guru, so before taking the final departure
samaadhi, the true daint guru cleverly diverted him to Kaashi and departed for the great
journey. On the way Pyaaredaas got the painful news of his beloved guru‘s departure.
With agitated heart, Pyaaredaas returned to Surat. The true saint had already departed.
Upon his physical body, an inpenetrable stone grave had been erected.
Confounded Pyaaredaas wept relentlessly on the grave. Suffering from the separation,
Pyaaredaas became truly blind. Separation from true saint guru left his life poisoned. So
one moonlit night the blind Pyaaredaas looking for the way came out of aashram into the
outdoor, and tripping over fell upon his sadguru‘s grave. His head split like a coconut, the
grave stained red with blood. That very moment, sadguru came back from departure and
hugged Pyaare.
Thereafter bestowing him with sight gave him instruction.gaining vision of sadguru
Maadhavdaas, Pyaaredaas returned to the aashram. And with great pleasure he resided as
the Mahant (head). Time passed with serving saints and singing praises to SriHari. Like
sadguru Maadhavdaas, Pyaaredaas also became glorified.
Surat‘s Nawaab (muslim ruler) inaayatkhaan took him to test.and put him into prison. But
after harrassing the saint the Nawaab felt so tormented that on the third day Inaayatkhaan
himself unlocking the doors released the saint, even though the evil minded courtiers
were would advise the gillible Nawaab otherwise.
The saint‘s abode was very beautiful and scenic. It was a pilgrim centre fee dispensary
for many a cows and saints. One day Inaayatkhaan came to view the saint‘s abode. He
rested his eyes on the saint‘s had milkbearing cows. He ordered them to be released and
taken away.. looking at the cows being taken away, the saint‘s heart cried out.The great
guru Locan Swaami had consecrated Mahaavir‘s statue. Going near him, the saint let out
a cry ―Baba, you are the protector of this aashram. The cow welth is being looted from
the saintly abode, still you are sitting silent …..‖
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