The savior Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Mardana Ji were walking when one trader met them on the way. He carried a bundle on his head and in his hand was a weighing scale and weights. Guru Ji saw his face and in delight, kept on looking towards him.When he came near, then, he asked: O pious man, what are you carrying?
He replied: I have yarn and threads that I sell. In my hand is a weighing scale as well as weights. I have to weigh and sell by weight. Guru Ji smiled and said: O man, show me your merchandise and the weighing scale and weights. The trader happily opened everything and put it in front of Guru Ji. The beloved Guru Ji first read the words and then asked him: What are the weights of these? The trader told all the weights. When for one weight, he said 'pao' meaning quarter, then, Guru Ji said: O Lord, shower your grace (pao also means shower). O Lord, shower your grace. On listening to this, the trader was amazed. He saw that the eyes of Guru Ji were looking towards the sky, his face was giving a dazzle and he was uttering 'O Lord, shower your grace'.
Mardana Ji, who was standing close by, was dazed to see Guru Ji in wondrousness and the sweet tune going in the ears of the trader was giving a feeling of wonder to him. It had such a magical effect that the trader's eyes closed, his heart melted and the words, like a sweet music, enchanted the mind of the trader, who had hardly ever experienced any effect of music. He was so much charmed that he could not control himself and fell at Guru Ji's feet. The same words that were coming from the godly throat in a tune: 'Shower, shower, shower', started coming from the trader's throat: 'Shower, shower, shower'. The trader said this, in a tune, with utmost humility. His head still at
the lotus feet and his self spread under Guru Ji's feet like a carpet. After some time only, Guru Ji looked downward, he listened to the words of the trader, 'shower, shower', in tune and felt a love coming from his head that was on Guru Ji's feet, and his humble prayer: 'Shower, shower, shower', that gave a sensation of love. Guru Ji was gracious. He touched the trader's head with his loving hands, looked towards the sky and said: 'Shower, shower, shower your grace, grace, grace.'
O! What was the effect of this godly grace? The trader got the sensation of the Lord's name in his mind, heart and body cells. His soul met the Supreme soul. He got ecstasy and rapture. The trader, who, a few moments earlier, could not perceive anything beyond running after money with his weighing scale and weights, now, has sensation of the Lord in his mind and body. In his mind now, the Lord is being weighed. In his mind love and waves of love are being weighed. He has become a trader of the Lord's name. He is now, trading the Truth. He has a sensation of the Lord's name in his body cells. His heart has a love sensation of the Lord and his head is in ecstasy and rapture. The utterance of the tune 'shower, shower, shower', from Guru Ji's throat has given its touch to him. His prayer 'Shower, shower, shower' reached the godly ears and the Lord's name came to his lap. He filled his mind and body with the Lord's name and got intoxicated. What wondrousness? Who can gauge the 'Grace'? On a question: Why so much grace was showered on him? What endeavor he had made earlier?
Guru Ji said: He had made a lot of endeavor and he did lot of service to holy people in his previous birth. Like, a touch of spark lights an earthen lamp in a moment, when the earthen-pot, oil and wick are already ready, similarly, he has got a shower of love and his mind and body are now overflowing with the Lord's love. In a holy company, the dirt of the mind is washed and the Name settles in the mind quickly. So, when for some reason, say, if one is in deep prayers, or some miracle happens and the grace comes, then, the Name straightaway settles in the mind. With Name, the mind gets rid of fear arid anxieties and one feels the ecstasy. The trader came across the benevolent 'Prophet of the heavens' whose magical touch blessed him. So, endeavors or no endeavors, no one will ask? The Lord's spark burnt the mounds of sinful deeds. The trader, after getting blessings from Guru Ji, went to his homeland and started preaching the Lord's name. He recited the Lord's name and made others recite the Name.
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