O moon! You have not risen today. But O moon! Beauty is not dependent on you only! Beauty is divine splendour. Sometimes it glances through you. Sometimes it glances through the flowing waters, sometimes it springs forth from the mounts, sometimes it blossoms from the plants and flowers, sometimes it flashes as fearsome thunder, sometimes it swims on the sea waves, sometimes it gives Spiritual awakening from the divine songs coming from sweet throats and wires of musical instruments, sometimes it shows itself through the sound of bombs in the battle ground, sometimes it shows in marble, bricks, lime, wood or steel, sometimes it winks from the eyes of beautiful women, sometimes it springs up in bushy moustaches of handsome men or in elegant appearances.
O beauty! You are not material but you show yourself as splendour in material. Are you goddess or god or the Lord or the light of the Lord?
See! One sage has said that something that is beneficial is beautiful. But the appreciators of beauty know that you are a goddess from the heavens. You might be beneficial to one or many but your glamour is beyond beneficialness. Beauty is more beneficial than anything beneficial.
You live in the hearts of saints, poets, singers, artists and sculptors. O beauty! You show yourself in nature but sometimes your glitter concentrates the mind and soul and immerses it in the rapturous Supreme soul.
You are not superstition. You are not an illusion of the mind. You are an angel from the unseen world. Those who cannot see anything beyond the visible world, it is you who tells them: See! This is the unseen world.
People think that the things or materials that are beautiful, it is some
characteristic of theirs. Some think that things put serial-wise look beautiful. Some think beauty is in lines and colours. Some think that beaut /-is only sensibility of the mind.
Beauty is what has been said above but it is still more and it is not dependent on what has been said above. Whatever characteristics you mention about beauty, still more remain.
It appears that beauty comes from material objects but actually it is a goddess that belongs to another sphere. The effect of beauty is ecstatic. It elevates the mind. The ecstasy takes the mind out of fear and anxiety. Sometimes its effect is so strong that the mind and soul immerse in the Supreme soul and rapture is so much that the mind stops thinking, understanding and perceiving as if in trance.
Yes! Beauty takes us to the world of sensation in moments. The ecstasy detaches us from the visible world and immerses our body soul in the Supreme soul. The body soul meets the Supreme soul.
In the blinking of an eye it gives the sensation of the presence of Lord in the body that gives ecstatic pleasure that is different from the pleasures of the eyes, ear, nose, tongue and body. This pleasure comes when the mind is elevated and detached from worldly pleasures. Then it gets a sensation of the presence of the Lord inside the body and outside in nature.
While sitting in the house we listen to a melodious tune coming from the market. The beauty of the music influences our mind. Our mind is elevated. Our eyes close. We feel ecstatic pleasure. The beauty of the music elevated our mind. We got a sensation of the soul.
But our habits are our enemy. We are extremely in love of the seen world. The beauty of the melody elevated our mind and we went into the sphere of sensation that gave ecstasy. But we leave that sphere of sensation and run outside. We rush to open the windows and see the humans and the musical instruments of leather and wood and get engrossed in the visible world.
Beauty takes us into wondrousness. Wondrousness is a sensation of the presence of the Lord inside our body and outside in nature that gives ecstatic pleasure. We lose that. If we had kept ourselves looking inwardly, then the effect of beauty would have kept our mind in elevation. Then the sensation would have become incessant. Then our body soul would have met the Supreme soul and immersed itself in it. That would have given extreme rapture. But we nm after the things that are beautiful and get trapped in the worldly sights.
Since the world is perishable, everything perishes. We get separation, situations change. That is why one gets pain and suffering in this world. If man realizes that it is the goddess of beauty that gives a feeling of wondrousness, it has strength, it can give ecstatic pleasure, it can take us out of the 'sphere of fear and anxiety' to 'the sphere of tranquillity. Then to meet the Lord is a stone's throw.
But except those who are in recitation of the Lord's name none else would benefit from beauty. What people do is, to see beauty and run after the beautiful.
In the process of acquiring the beautiful the mind scattered. After acquiring the beautiful one ravishes. The ravishing makes the mind dirty. The scattered and dirty mind spoiled the beauty. Beauty was not spoiled. It slipped away. The beautiful withered. The scattered and dirty mind became weak and distressed.
The glimpse of beauty should have concentrated and cleansed the mind. The concentration and cleansing would have given ecstasy and strength. The beauty would have turned the mind inwardly and transformed it into sublime mind. That would have given the sensation of the Lord that gives rapture.
The same glimpse of beauty kept you in the visible world. The glimpse of beauty that would have given you the sensation of the Lord becomes a trap to keep you in the worldly ocean of fire.
But this is not the fault of beauty. This is the fault of man. What should a man do when his nature has become like that? Whenever a man sees beauty he wishes to acquire.
How to change this nature? To change this nature one requires company of Holy people.
The Holy company teaches you 'detachment from worldly desires' and 'recitation of the Lord's name with love'. The recitation keeps you in the presence of the Lord who is more beautiful than anything else in the world. The recitation of the Lord's name concentrates the mind and one gets the sensation of the presence of the Lord that gives ecstasy. This is not a glimpse of beauty. This is a magnet of love. The Lord invites you to sit in His rapturous lap.
Ah ha! O moonless night! We have seen beauty in you. It is early morning. The sleep said: Go and play in the lap of awaken-ness. It is cold. But sitting on the roof one sees millions of stars twinkling in the dark blue sky. In moonlight one sees less stars and those are dim also. But today one can see millions and are lustrous.
A soft breeze is blowing from the west. Actually it was moonlight but the moon hid itself early. But beauty has sat in the glimpse of the twinkling stars.
The breeze from the west has made the sky clear. Everything is facing eastward. We have also been influenced to see eastward. We got up and sat on the settee. Our eyes were drawn towards another wonder. It is not the moon but not less than moon.
One star is shining bright. What is that? Ah ha! Ah ha! It is Venice. The Muslims and Christians have named it out of love. But the Hindus have made it a companion with delight. When Venus does not rise then no marriages take place. Al] auspicious occasions are forbidden when Venus does not rise. Whenever it rises, those are the auspicious days.
Today, this auspicious star is pulling us eastwards, It appeared we are rising but no we did not rise. We walked eastwards and reached a beautiful place. It is a scenic spot. It is the bank of river Ganges. Very clean and green water is softly flowing.
This river has the privilege that the biggest prophet of the world has put his sacred feet here.
On one side of the river bank exists a very big town. This town has the privilege of the birth of the biggest prophet of the world.
See! Early in the morning, one pious figure wearing a woollen shawl is seated on a carpet spread on the marble stairs of the bank of the river. He is sitting with eyes closed but the doors of his heart are open. One God of love is seated in his heart. He is in love with someone whom he calls Princebeloved. He is sitting and enjoying the ecstatic pleasure of love in this cool, soothing, and peaceful solitude.
Heavens are showering love. The stars axe showering brilliance. The breeze has become melodious and is singing: Night is sleepy but stars are awake World is sleepy but saints are awake.
Ah ha! Ecstasy! Ecstasy of solitude and calmness of the night! Ecstasy of the bank of the river! Ecstasy of the sweet breeze! Ecstasy of the natural scenic beauty!
It is giving rapturous sensation of the Lord to the saint.
More brightness came from the east, a golden brightness.
From the city side one couple arrived. They placed a packet of cardamom as an offering in front of the meditative, bowed in extreme reverence and sat down at a little distance in humility. After sometime the meditative opened his eyes. The eyes that were full of love-ecstasy charmed the newly arrived couple and they bowed their head again.
The meditative blessed the couple and said: Welcome! What brings you here so early?
The newly arrived replied: O Holy man! We respect you as a King and worship you as a Brahmin and love you as a Holy man. I have come to your door as a beggar.
Brahmin: O King! You are also a King. Do not say such humble words.
Newly arrived: O respected Pandit Shiv Dutt! You are a Pandit worthy of worship. You are the most sacred Brahmin. I am a Khatri. I have come as a beggar, reason being that I have no child. There is no one to take over the kingdom. Many families have got children by your blessings. You be benevolent on me and bless me a son.
Shiv Dutt: O King Fateh Chand Ji Maini! Your coming here is most welcome. But what you have heard that I have blessed sons to families is not true.
Fateh Chand Ji: O Holy man! The tree loaded with fruits bends down. The scale that carries the weight bends down. But as you have blessed Jagta Seth and many others, you bless me also. I desire one son and for that I have come to request you.
Shiv Dutt: O King! O my friend! O respected gentleman! These miracles, the Lord himself is doing. This is all in His power. What should I say? He Himself has come to eajth. These all are his miracles.
Fateh chand: But he does it sitting on your tongue.
Shiv Dutt: Himself, he has come in human form. To me, he is blessing his rapturous glimpse. I tell you the truth. I am not trying to put you off. I am fully convinced that the Guru-soul from the unseen Spiritual sphere that comes to save the earth when there is great suffering on earth has come. I put him to test. Whatever way I tested he responded with love. On the day when I prayed that I should see him in the form of Ram, then he appeared as Ram. When I prayed that he should appear in the form of Krishna, then he appeared in the form of Krishna. When I wished the form of Budha, then he appeared like that. By himself, he blessed the Lord's name that has gone deep into my heart. Now I live in the recitation of the Lord's name and a longing for his glimpse. This is my meditation. This is my worship. See! The sun is rising in the east and my 'Bala Ji Pritam'-Trince-beloved' is standing on the sun disc with a bow and arrow. O dear! If you take his refuge, then what to talk of son you shall get eternal happiness.
Saying this, tears started flowing from Pandit's eyes. His body trembled and he got engrossed in the love-pull of the beloved. He opened his eyes after a long pause.
Fateh Chand Ji: O Gracious! Then you take us to him. We both shall fall at his feet.
Shiv Dutt: This is the way of love. You sit in your house. Have a longing in your heart that the saviour of the world should come and give a glimpse. Remember him with love. Remember him from the core of your heart. Be in pangs of love. Love should swell in your heart. Then my wondrous Gobind, my 'Bala Ji Pritam'-'Prince-beloved' will come to your house and will bestow all your wishes. But be careful don't consider him as a dry skinny, sad and sorry figure. He is the Master of the Spiritual sphere of the unseen world. He is a blossom, blossoming like a lotus, has a magical pull in him, he is ecstasy, he is a swelling sea of happiness. He is embodiment of love, charm, delight, bliss, happiness. He is a spell binder. He is vivacious. He is heart pleasing. He elevates your mind with love of the Lord. He is fountain of ecstasy always exuberant. His glimpse drags you but you do not know how it happens. His voice is enthralling. He is enchanting. One feels enamoured. He is sea of rapture. He is lake of exuberance. He is inspiration of the spring season. His smile is a blossom of rose. He is river of joy. His laugh is blossom of fall garden. He is more handsome than the moon. He is radiance. You will see but you won't be able to bear his dazzle. But your inner vision will open. Then you will see Spirituality in him.
On listening to these words, a longing developed in both husband and wife. They felt a wavy sensation of wondrousness, a wavy sensation of ecstasy. Their mind got elevated.
Shiv Dutt: Please! You may go now. People are thronging for a bath. If they see you here, it will become a talk of the town. No doubt I am a king but being a Brahmin and a regular visitor my presence does not become hearsay of the town.
Fateh Chand Ji: You are right. O gracious! It appears it is for this love that you have abandoned idol worship.
Shiv Duttwith tears in eyes): Lord is neither in wood, nor in stone, nor in metal. The living God, God who gives life, the true God has come to earth. Now my Lord lives in my heart, my mind. It is not an imaginary figure created by my own mind. The living Lord is now really living in my mind, heart and body. I have got the sensation of the Lord in my body, 'My Prince-beloved5, 'My Prince-beloved'.
Saying this, love-tears flowed from his eyes in torrents. The love-tears from the saintly eyes, the love drops, fell in the cool water of the Ganges.
King Fateh Chand Ji and his wife departed.
The sun disc rose high. "Die sunrays are falling on the water of river Ganges. What a colourful wavy sensation are they giving?
Here, on the bank of the river people are thronging. It has become crowded with bathers, the ascetics, the idol worshippers.
Shiv Dutt Brahmin has no wish to go despite of this rowdy crowd. In this - din and uproar he is sitting engrossed in some love. In this commotion he is in some yearning.
Suddenly, a sound was heard as if something heavy has fallen in the Ganges and the water swelled as if an earthquake has come in the sea. It has overflowed so much that even the bank is overflowing with water. All ascetics, all idol worshippers are running away. They are uttering Gobind, Gobind from their throats.
Within moments the bank became empty. The entire crowd ran away and vanished. No sooner than the bank became empty the flood stopped.
Soon, the Godly soul from the heavens was seen standing between the sun-disc and the yearning and thirsty eyes of Shiv Dutt.
The Pandit fell flat on the ground. The handsome Lord's beloved meditative touched his forehead softly with his toes and said: Get up.
Was it a touch of feet or the sea of rapture?
Immense sensation of the Lord's name went into the mind, heart and body cells of the Pandit. He got up and sat on his knees in great reverence. He is uttering Prince-beloved, my Prince-beloved. When he sees, he sees two suns one a lifeless sun and another a living sun and his eyes close.
Prince-beloved: Pandit dear! See! All idol worshippers ran away.
The sun worshippers could not withstand the hardship of a little water. The ascetics left their worship in the middle so that their clothes do not get wet. The meditative became restless with the sound of water. The love for religion has gone so low. This is the reason why the country is not prospering. People have become lifeless. Only the rituals remain. Bodies have become like statues with no life in them. Bodies have become like covers with no soul in them. Body is there but without remembrance of Lord. Pandit! Renounce. But what you renounce do not throw it in the river. Give it to some needy person. Meditate but do not meditate for thoughtlessness. Meditate to meet the Lord. Do not renounce the world. But let your mind rise above the world and do goodness to the world. Sing the praises of the Lord but do not renounce the family. Recite the Lord's name with love but do not leave your work of earning for the family. The body is perishable. It has to die one day. But do not become lazy in this thinking. Put it in doing service to the people. Spiritual
strength is that the mind is in the incessant recitation of Names. The body soul is immersed in the Supreme soul and is in ecstasy and rapture.
Saying this, Prince-beloved jumped into the water. After him, eight to ten of his companions jumped. Softly, he is swimming. Handsome body, loving body, Trince-beloved* is swimming softly. The flow of water is taking the body far. Pandit is standing and looking. He bows his head, has tears in eyes, then a smile and feeling of rapture.
O fortunate Pandit! You have got a glimpse of the Lord. Feel yourself in high spirits on the top of the world.
After sometime Prince-beloved was far off and was not visible to the eyes,
Here stands a delightful and captivating palace decorated in different kinds. One beautiful lady of middle age, serene and comely is sitting and talking to herself: O Prince-beloved of Pandit Shiv Dutt! Please give a glimpse to this humble lady also. O Eradicator of sufferings of the world! Pleasegive a glimpse. We are full of vices but for the sake of Shiv Dutt, please do give your glimpse. You bless him every day. Sometime you bless us also. O Princebeloved! Pandit has not given us your address that we may find out and present ourselves there. We have been told only this path i.e. to sit at home and remember you. We should imbibe love for you in our heart. That is why we have no option but to put you in this trouble. Please give your glimpse. The path we have been told is recitation of name. The onus of coming is on you. Please be gracious O Prince-beloved of Pandit Shiv Dutt. Give your glimpse.
Meanwhile King Fateh Chand Ji Maini came and asked: Darling: Did Princebeloved come?
Queen: O my Master! He is in my heart He is in my mind. His remembrance gives ecstasy. He has not given a glimpse to these thirsty eyes. We are not sacred. We are not High Brahmins. We are poor Khatris. O Master! We are not meditative. We have worshipped idols. We have not done any service. Pandit Shiv Dutt is a meditative since birth. We are sinners and full of vices. It is his grace that he has asked us to remember him. It is his grace that we feel his presence in. our heart.
King: Darling! Today, it came to my mind that we remember him with a desire we are greedy for a son. That is why we remember him. If we remember him solely for lovers sake, then he might come. Yesterday Pandit Shiv Dutt said that the mind that has desires is not clean,
Queen: It is true. What shall we do if we get a son? What shall he do? What benefit will we get? If by the blessings of Shiv Dutt we get a glimpse of Prince-beloved, what else is left worth desiring?
King: Darling! We are very fortunate that we are born in a time when the Lord himself has come to earth in human form to allay the suffering of humanity. The Lord is gracious that He has come in body form and we can see Him with these eyes.
Queen: O Master! It is true. We are bom in a fortunate period. Then why should we desire a son? Why not we consider Prince-beloved as the saviour, father and mother, giver of bliss, Lord of the heavens, giver of life eternal? We must remember him in this way.
King: Then what should we do?
Queen: O Master! As you say.
King: Desire for a son. Let it go. But it is not going. The desires make a dent in the mind. ■
Queen: 'Detachment from worldly desires in the mind5 is the wand to push them out. King: It is true. Where is King Dashrath who committed suicide in separation from son? Where is Havana who was father to a thousand sons and grandsons? All perish. The world is perishable.
Queen: But they say, son saves you from hell. One is saved from going to hell if one has a son. What shall we do? O 'Desire for son5 get away from my mind. By any means get away from my mind so that my entire mind becomes a room for Princebeloved.
King: Why should we bother about hell now? Prince-beloved shall save us from hell. When one takes refuge with the lion, then why be afraid of the jackal.
Queen (in happiness): Yes. You are right. It is true.
King: But O darling! Who will look after our treasures?
Queen: When the fear of hell has gone, then let the fear of treasures also go. When the Prince-beloved shall save us from hell, then he will look after our treasures as well.
King: Yes darling! These treasures are all his grace. He is the Lord. He is the giver. Queen: When he is the giver, then he will look after also. Why should we put our 'I and me' and suffer. We should become his beloveds and enjoy the ecstasy of his love.
King: That is fine. O 'Desire of son', O 'thorn in the heart', go away. You leave us today. We leave you. It should be us and Prince-beloved. Princebeloved of Shiv Dutt shall be our Prince-beloved. No. No. We should belong to him. He should be the Master and we should kiss his feet.
Queen: O 'Desire for son', go away. O 'Desire for a heir', away. O Pandit Shiv Dutti Please cleanse cur mind so that we remember Princebeloved with love and without desires.
Saying this, eyes of both of them closed but their inner vision is with Shiv Dutt on the bank of the Ganges. Shiv Dutt looked towards the sun and said: See the Prince-beloved is standing on the* sun-disc. Both saw. What did they see? They saw that Prince-beloved is standing on the sun-disc with a bat in his hand. His companions throw the ball and he hits back. They are playing bat and ball.
Ah ha! It is wondrousness. The mind is feeling the sensation of the presence of the Lord in the mind, heart, body and soul. Their soul has got a touch of the Supreme soul.
In their courtyard a knock-knock is going on. The bats are hitting the ball. The boys are making so much noise but they are not listening. Their eyes do not open. There is so much noise that one would wake up even from a deep slumber but their bodies are motionless. The glimpse of the Prince-beloved that they had with their inner vision has put them in trance.
Now see! The empty lap becomes full, like dry wood becomes suddenly green.
See! The grace comes. See they get Super consciousness in their mind.
See! The company of Holy men makes you meet the Lord.
O Queen! See! Your lap becomes full. See! The saviour of the world, the child of seven years, no, not a child, the Master of heavens has come. But you are in your trance. He is busy in play. Now see! The play stops. How the miraculous enters the room? How softly he keeps his feet? How softly he sits in your lap? How lovingly he puts his hand around your neck and looks with a loving glance towards your face and says: Mother! Mother! Mother!
Nobody had earlier listened to anyone addressing the Queen as Mother. She is still in trance. The word Mother has gone deep into her heart. It has gone further deep into her soul when she was in trance. She perceived resonance of Mother, Mother. The Queen who had renounced the desire of becoming a Mother is listening to someone saying Mother, Mother. Startled! She opened her eyes.
The word Mother, sweet, soft, giving ecstasy, full of pull, is going in her ears. Her eyes opened. She saw intently. She sees her lap is full. The Godly soul that she saw with her inner vision sitting on the sun disc, is sitting in her lap. His eyes are looking at the Queen's face and his: lips are saying Mother.
Oh! Queen! You were in longing for decades. You have got a son. Which
son? Whose dust of the feet, the meditative are thirsty for. See! He is addressing you Mother! Mother! A six lettered word. What was it?
She is in a hurry to bow her head to his feet but the Godiy soul did not let her move and again said: Mom!
O Mother! He blesses sons to others but for your pure love is giving himself to you. He says: You Mother and I son.
Fateh Chand Ji now felt a sensation inside. He had also not noticed the Master of heavens entering the room. He saw Prince-beloved sitting in the lap of the queen and uttering Mother. He wondered! O Who is that who is calling Mother to my son-less wife?
O Fateh Chand Ji! See intently He is the same. The big that he is. He can give you a gift as big as he is. The desires keep you away from the Lord. The desire of son vanished. Lord himself came as a son.
The King opened his eyes fully. Ah ha! My wife's lap is full. The Lord of the heavens, the Heavenly soul, Master of radiance, miraculous, with such love is sitting absorbed in motherly love and the mother is in ecstasy.
Yes King! He is the Prince-beloved.
The King remembered the words of Pandit Shiv Dutt; You remain in his remembrance. He shall come himself. Truly he has come.
The King got up with the intention of falling at his feet but see how swiftly 'the would be General5 of the Army hugged the mother tightly and looking at her eyes again' said: Mother!
The intensity of love was so much that it did not let Fateh Chand Ji move a
bit
He went into deep trance.
Mom sees her husband in a trance and herself she is getting an echo of Mother in her ears.
So much time passed in this Godly rapture.
In the door, other companions are standing like dumb statues of stone.
Meanwhile, Pandit Shiv Dutt entered and in extreme gladness uttered: You! O Lord, You! O Lord, You! O Lord, You! O Lord.
Prince-beloved got up and joined in the chorus of You! O Lord, You! O Lord, You! O Lord, You! O Lord. Everyone got dyed in the love of the Lord. The house became a place of worship of the Lord. Was it a room or a sphere of divine Spirituality?
When the recitation of the Lord's name finished, then Prince-beloved in a lovingly voice said: Mother! We are hungry. Give something to eat.
Queen called her servant to bring some delicious sweets from the market but the miraculous said: We shall have fried grams and fried round bread.
See! By chance the cook had finished making both these items just then and they were hot. The queen went into the kitchen and she herself brought in a tray.
Princebeloved gave some to Shiv Dutt, then, to his companions, then to the king and queen and then he himself ate.
After this, Prince-beloved along with his companions ran to the courtyard and played for full two hours before returning to his home.
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Padiputra, in olden times it was Patliputra and now it is named Patna. How fortunate is Patna? In this Patna, sitting in a beautiful hpuse Mother Gujri Ji sat reciting the scripture 'Sukhmanf (Pearls of Peace) when Maternal uncle Kirpal Chand Ji came in and placed jewellery, money and sweets in front of her and said: Sister! Keep these.
Mother Gujri Ji: From where have you brought these?
Kirpal Chand Ji: The princely child went to King Fateh Chand Ji's house and charmed them with his miraculous-ness. He addressed Queen as Mother and blessed her with the Lord's name. If I am not mistaken he is not an ordinary child. He is the Lord Himself. We should not see to his playfulness or miraculous-ness. This comes from him naturally. His Spiritual dazzle is so much that one cannot bear.
Mother Gujri Ji: That is why I never stop him from doing what he likes to do. When he broke the pitchers with his pellet-swing then I bought new pitchers. When he pierced the pitchers with his arrows, then I prayed to the Lord to make the water of the well saline so that nobody shall come to fill water but I did not say anything to dear child.
Kirpal: Yes. You did well.
[This well exists inside the Gurdwara. Initially, the well water was sweet. But later it became saline.]
Kirpal: Whose earthen pitchers broke, their bad deeds were washed. Whose metallic pitchers broke, their vices vanished. Whosoever he loves or teases, he is fortunate. He will get eternal blossom. Whatever he does, is for the benefit of others. See, Raja Shiv Dutt. He is a renowned Pandit with a large following. He has so much devotion for him that he will not hesitate to sacrifice his head for him. He has left his idol worship and now he is in recitation of the Lord's name with love as preached by Prince-Guru Ji. He even thinks that Prince-Guru Ji is the Lord Himself. Jagta Seth, Madho Seth, Ralla Seth and many others have got sons by his casual blessing. So many people
have been cured of their maladies. Yesterday, he pushed one leper into the Ganges. When he came out he was hale and hearty. When you look at his miracles then you feel he is the Lord Himself. It is wondrous to see his miraculous-ness. Let us pray for his long life.
Meanwhile a sound like the sound of drums was audible. Prince-Guru Ji is walking in the front with a bow and arrow in hand. Behind him a hundred companions are walking as if in a march past drill. It looked as if a Commander is leading his army for exercises. The moment he entered, he said: Mother! Bring sweets. My army shall have food here. Mother got up and hugged Prince-Guru Ji, then kissed his forehead, loved him and said: Yes dear! Food is ready. You took so long.
Prince-Guru Ji: Mother! Today, I adopted one more Mother.
Mother: How shall you be son of two Mothers?
Prince-Guru Ji: like, two eyes have one vision.
Mother: But you are one. How will you play in the lap of two?
Prince-Guru Ji: As the moon plays in two lakes at the same time.
Mother: How shall you give eternal blossom to two Mothers?
Prince-Gum: Lord's Name is the son who shall play in the lap of all Mothers. Lord's scripture is the daughter who shall play in the lap of all Mothers. Everyone shall have sons and their sins shall be washed. They will get eternal blossom. The Lord's name will never die nor shall it make any lap empty. It will ever remain and blossom.
Mother: Something more?
Prince-Guru Ji: The body soul immerses in the Supreme soul as the moon immerses in water. Now you serve food quickly. We all are hungry.
Soon, everybody sat in rows. The servers brought food. The Prince served food to all hundred companions and felt delighted. Then he said Bye! Bye!
When everyone had left, then Mother and Prince sat together.
Mother: Darling son! I hope none shall cast an evil eye on you. You have become a talk of the town.
Prince-Guru Ji: Well! At present I am blessing the people. Whoever is blessed starts reciting the Lords' name. Who is above Guru Nanak Dev Ji? Those whom Guru Nanak Dev Ji loves the Lord loves them.
Mother: It is Muslim rule. Nobody should become envious.
Prince-Guru Ji: Muslim rule is rule of tyranny. We shall finish that.
Mother: How shall you do that?
Prince: With sword and with heads.
Mother got startled. She got scared. She felt afraid and became quiet.
She thought: This is a house of power but carefree. I do not understand what he has uttered. But whatever he says has to happen. It cannot alter.
Then Mother changed the topic and asked: Son darling! Haven't you blessed the Queen for a son?
Prince-Guru Ji: Both have become meditative without desires. In Guru Nanak Dev Ji's house people who come with desires are blessed the desires but those who come without desires, they are blessed 'recitation of the Lord's name with love5. They become our own. They are in : Guru-love now.
It became evening. The stars twinkled. Prince-Guru Ji jumped up from the bed and ran fast. Soon he was out of sight.
He went and stood in the house of an ascetic. He blessed the ascetic with the Lord's name and then went to King Fateh Shah's house.
In this way, the Godly soul in the Prince body blessed everyone and put them on the path of recitation of the Lord's name with love.
King and Queen recited the Lord's name incessantly and they got the sensation of the presence of the Lord in their mind* heart and body cells. Their body soul immersed in the Supreme soul and they got ecstasy and rapture. They drank the Name nectar all twenty-four hours.
Prince-Beloved loved them much. Almost every evening he went with his companions and played there in the courtyard. Sometimes he would go into their garden and pluck and plant flowers. One fruit ; tree 'Carissa carandas' planted by him exists even now. It gives fruits round the year. Nowhere else this type of fruit tree gives fruit for twelve months in a year. Prince-Beloved would play in their house till late evening and eat fried grams and fried round bread every evening. This food was kept ready for the Prince-Beloved every day. He would serve the same food to his companions also.
After sending off his companions, Prince-Beloved would come and sit with King and Queen.
At that time Prince-Guru Ji's radiance could be felt. His graciousness could be felt as if a wavy sensation of the Lord's name is .coming from him and entering everyone's body. The Lord's name is entering the mind, heart and body cells. It appeared as if somebody has put the Lord's name on their tongue. Everybody recited the Lord's name: O Lord! O Lord! O Lord! O Lord!
Vfaheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru Shiv Dutt often came in this time. Prince-Guru Ji sat for an hour or more. Sometimes he sat in meditation and sometimes he gave a short discourse. In whatever way, everybody felt ecstasy and rapture. Sometimes his radiance
was so much that it was difficult to bear but it gave extreme ecstasy. Sometimes he looked towards everybody graciously. His look filled everybody with extreme ecstasy and rapture. Everybody went into trance.
Sometimes, he recited the scripture and sang divine songs in such sweet melody that a flying bird would stop to listen.
In this way everybody got so much dyed in the love of the Lord that is beyond words. It became a Holy congregation.
Everybody recited the Lord's name:
0 Lord! 0 Lord! 0 Lord! 0 Lord! Waheguru! Waheguru! Waheguru! Waheguru!
On the other side, Mother used to feel lonesome in waiting. Then maternal uncle or some other relative would come to take him. Then he went home.
In the house the congregation assembled in the evening in the presence of the Holy scripture Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and recited the scripture 'Rehras' and sang divine songs (Kirtan). But everybody waited for ?rince-Guru Ji before beginning the recitation. Quite often he used to come late accompanied by King Fateh Chand Ji and the Queen and also Pandit Shiv Dutt. Then only the recitation began and after the assembly food was served. As per the old practice even now in the Gurdwara the recitation of the scripture 'Rehras' begins late in the evening.
His miraculous-ness was a talk of the town. Almost every house got his blessings in some way. That is why the assemblies in the mornings as well as evenings were very large.
He became a beloved in Patna in childhood. Shiv Dutt had deep love and named him Prince-Beloved. In this way, he became known as Prince Beloved by everyone.
Maybe he joked with people sometimes but there was none who was not blessed by him. He blessed everyone.
Nawab Rahim Baksh and Xarim Baksh two prominent Muslims loved him. Land and gardens donated by them are even now a part of the Gurdwara. Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji had put them on the path of 'Recitation of the Lord's name with love5 but by the blessing of Prince-Beloved they got the sensation of the Lord in their mind, heart and body. They became 'Idea! Men' and lived a life in Blossom of mind. .
As the rose blossoms, with recitation of the Lord's name the inner mind blossoms. Amongst his congregation, Prince-Beloved loved King Fateh Chand Ji and the Queen much. The Queen was like a Mother to him.
According to Hindu religion it is the son who saves the parents from
going to hell. Here, Prince-Beloved blessed them so much that not nly they were saved from hell but were saved from the cycle of births and deaths. He blessed them inner blossom of mind while living. They were intertwined in his love so much that there was not even one day when they did not have a glimpse of Prince-Beloved. In case the Prince-Beloved qould not come to their house in the evening, then they did not care for what people will say and themselves walked down to Guru Ji's house and h; ave his glimpse in the assembly there. But this happened a few times only. Otherwise, Prince-Beloved almost every day went to their house along wdth his (Companions and made them delighted.
Prince-Beloved loved Shiv Dutt also quite much. Initially, Shiv Dutt had some doubts but later his devotion increased day by day and his love became a bee poised on a lotus. Early morning he waited for His glimpse. Then again in the evening he would attend the assembly at Kin^ Fateh Chand Ji's house where divine songs were sung. Many ascetics spoke tp him against changing his devotion but he satisfied them saying that the Prince-Beloved has come from the heavens to allay the suffering of the people.
In this way, Prince-Guru Ji spent his childhood in play, drill, marching, singing of divine songs, blessing the Lord's name and showing the true path of 'recitation of the Lord's name with love' to people at Patna.
Now sometimes, his heart wished to meet his loving dad. Sometimes, he expressed so much pangs of love that would melt hearts who listened.
In view of this, the family sought permission from dad Guru-Tegh Bahadur.
When the permission came, then preparation^ started for going to Anandpur.
It is difficult to imagine the feelings of the congregation at Patna when they came to know of his preparation to depart.
Everyone was in emotion, in pangs of love. The; thought of separation was killing. The disciples come with tears in eyes. Sometimes tears flow in torrents and they pray, sometimes to Mom, sometimes to Mati Das and sometimes to maternal uncle Kirpal Chand Ji, "Please be gracious, stay on here. Whatever service is required we are at your service in mind, body, heart and money."
But every one of them said it is Prince-Guru Ji's wish and command. When people prayed to Prince-Beloved, then his i outwardly appearance of a playful child vanished. Immersed in the Lord's love he said, "The Lord is
always with you. You are now immersed in His love. You are living in ecstasy. Bodily separation does not separate souls. My body has not separated me from my beloved Lord. You are not separated. Your soul is immersed in the Supreme soul."
Prince-Guru Ji explained to the congregation that it was the Lord's will. The congregation listened but when they reached their homes they felt the separation. For many days whenever the congregation assembled everybody became emotional and prayed to him to stay on. Sometimes he himself felt a pang and his eyes filled with tears.
This is true love. This is the congregation's true love. This is the support of the soul. This is the happiness of the soul. This is salvation. This is the true love. True love is Godly.
But he has to sit on the Guru-seat. That is the seat of graciousness.
In graciousness he gave such a discourse that everybody went into trance.
But O love! You are strong. Your strings are too strong. The devotees wished for his glimpse. .
In this way, to accomplish the gigantic task for which he has come to earth as per the Lord's command and for which the time had come, Prince-Guru Ji at the age often, meditative, ascetic, saviour, nourisher, yogi, prophet decided to depart from the comfortable living at Patna.
The day came when he had to depart.
At that time King Fateh Chand Ji and Queen could not bear the separation. They prayed: How shall we live without your glimpse? Prince-Beloved had tears in his eyes with emotion. But since it was time to leave they started.
At that moment King and Queen broke down in tears and fell unconscious on the ground. Prince-Guru Ji with his Spiritual power woke them up and profusely blessed them with the Lord's name.
But even after being blessed so much, Queen said: How shall we live without your bodily glimpse?
Prince-Guru Ji then, gifted a dress and a sword and said: Whenever you wish for a bodily glimpse, you see me in this dress. You will get my glimpse. For my love, you serve fried grams and fried round bread to my 'Lord's-love immersed' companions. Then it shall be deemed that I am eating and you will get my glimpse.
Nawab Rahim Baksh prayed for a bodily glimpse. Prince-Beloved said: Whenever you will recite the prayer Japuji, you will get my glimpse Jaato meditative who meditated for long hours prayed for a glimpse. Prince-Beloved said: You will get my glimpse while reciting the scripture.
Shiv Dutt Brahmin stood speechless with hands folded. In his mind he prayed.
Prince-Beloved said: You shall get my glimpse at tlfte bank of the Ganges. To Jagta Seth he said: Recite the Lord's name witlji love incessantly. You will get ecstasy.
Jagta Seth said: I have branches in all towns and njiy Managers are there. If you permit I shall send letters to provide you all coijnforts of stay.
Then Prince-Beloved said: I have got a letter fijom the Lord. That is respected everywhere.
But despite of that he sent instructions to his Managers to be at the service of Prince-Guru Ji.
The entire congregation prayed.
Prince-Guru Ji said: Whosoever comes to the morniiig assembly to listen to the divine songs will get my glimpse.
In this way, he blessed everyone and then departed. The entire congregation accompanied till Danapur. Here one humble lady served rice and lentil cooked in an earthen cooking pot.
Later, she converted her house into a Gurdwara that exists. The earthen cooking pot is there as a memento.
At Danapur, with great difficulty, Prince-Guru Ji persuaded the congregation to return to Patna. Then he moved ahead.
King Fateh Chand Ji and his Queen converted tte room where Prince Beloved used to sit into a Gurdwara and programmed; singing of divine songs in the morning as well as in the evening. A large number of devotees assembled. Pandit Shiv Dutt attended the evening assembly without a break.
Time passed. Situations changed. It is over a decade, almost twelve years since 'Queen Mother's beloved son, godly son, savioijir son blessed her with the Lord's name and she spent time in ecstasy and rapture of Name. She is fully immersed in the love of the Lord. Her soul has flourished by recitation of Name. She is extremely devoted. She is in the incessant recitation of the Lord's name with love. She has a glimpse of Guru Ji every .day. She is immersed in Guru-Love.
Yes! Now Prince-beloved has become Guru-beloved. Those who are in extreme love get pangs of love. Love is life. Love is the support. The craving to meet is increasing day by day. Her heart swells with longing. She tries to control but the heart listens not. Once the hearts meet, then the love goes on
increasing and increasing. Even death cannot stop it. She tried to control the pangs of love by meditation, by divine singing but now it crossed limits.
Finally, the King and Queen departed towards Anandpur. The congregation accompanied.
Brahmin Shiv Dutt followed and joined them at Danapur and said: O King Fateh Chand Ji, my well wisher, how you forgot me in my old age? Take me along to the beloved's town. My bones are old, my flesh is old, I have no strength but my love is young. O my friend! You know my love. Take me along. At least once I should have the glimpse of 'Guru Ji with the Plume'. I should lay my head on his sacred feet. Then he prayed: O 'Guru Ji with the Plume'! Be gracious and let me fall at your feet.
The prayer of Shiv Dutt melted King Fateh Chand Ji's heart.
Fateh Chand Ji had no objection of Shiv Dutt's coming with them but considering his old age he did not ask him to come along. Now when he heard the pangs of Shiv Dutt, then he touched his feet and said: You are the one who got me the first glimpse of Prince-beloved. If I get the privilege of taking you to meet Guru-Beloved, then what better way can be to make this life fruitful? You are welcome with love to join us. You shall be my master. I shall be your servant.
Then Shiv Dutt accompanied the party. He sat in a palanquin.
See! How much esteem Shiv Dutt has for Guru-Beloved? He says: O sinful body! Why have you given me defeat at this time? I should have gone on foot to meet Guru-Beloved. I am going in disregard by sitting in the palanquin.
But the Queen said: O godly soul! Do not say like that. Great is this body that we are going to have a glimpse of Guru-Beloved while it is living. Guru Ji says that saints wish to have a body that recites the Lord's name.
All told, the entire congregation immersed in love is moving on from Patna in Bihar to Anandpur in Punjab. The travel is on horses and palanquins but love keeps you in high spirits. Old, young and children all are travelling.
Moving slowly they reached Anandpur in the first week of January.
The 'Guru Ji with the Plume' knows that his extreme devotee and Master of sixteen Schools of Philosophy, Shiv Dutt is arriving.
See! Everybody's devotion: King and Queen are coming to meet the 'Guru Ji with the Plume5 in full devotion to him as a disciple. They do not have ego in their mind that he is our God son. Shiv Dutt is corning in extreme humility to fall at his feet and lay down there forever.
Now see Guru Ji's honourable nature. He travelled this side and came up to Ropar riding a horse to receive his beloved disqiples.
The labourers are carrying the palanquin in whiclfi Shiv Dutt is sitting.
The true Guru Ji gestured the labourers to stop the ipalanquin and peeped inside and with extreme love said: O Brahmin! Locpk at me! Ah ha! The miraculous words, the words that would give sensatioi} of the Lord, the divine words swelled Shiv Dutf s heart with extreme delight. See! How the 'Guru Ji with the Plume' is saying: O Brahmin! Look at me! Inj extreme gladness Shiv Dutt came out of the palanquin and bent to fall at the puru's feet but the true Guru Ji embraced and clamped him with love. Shiv Dijtt had tears of emotion but exuberant with love felt ecstasy. With that magnetic touch he felt so young. The true Guru Ji hugged him again and again and loved him.
See, O forgetful, reader, friend the spectacle of Gujru-love for his disciples. The bones have decayed. The body like the stump |of a tree has rumpled. The flesh is crumpled. No handsomeness is left. If you see, you may not like to touch but the true Guru Ji is looking at the handsomeness of the soul. He is in ecstasy on seeing the soul filled with the Lord's love. Hf sees the handsomeness of the inner soul and loves the withered cover of the jsoui by his embrace. 0 Great. 6 Guru Ji with the Plume' 0 Great {Guru Ji with the Plume'
Now Guru Ji made him sit in the palanquin ancfl wished to meet others in the congregation.
On seeing Guru Ji from a distance, the King ancjl Queen got down from their horse and palanquin and walked down. Theiij faces are shining with delight. Their love in the mind has swelled and the bjeart is overflowing with love. They bent to fall at his feet but the true Guru Ji ket the tradition and held them and addressing the Queen said: Mother!
It was not just saying Mother. It was showering ecstasy and love. Both the King and Queen are in rapture.
The true Guru Ji again said: Mother! Your soul is injimersed in the Supreme soul.
How can this meeting be described, the meeting after a decade of pull and pangs, the true Guru Ji travelling so much distancel to meet in advance, Guru Ji's honourable nature, his extreme love? It became a wondrous scene of virtuousness. The entire congregation bowed to Guru Ji. For full one hour none could feel where the time has gone. Then the tr; ue Guru Ji by his Spiritual power made everybody alert. Then he met everyone ^individually, asked their welfare and blessed everyone. Half a kilometre further, tents were fixed for
their stay. Food was ready. The true Guru Ji accompanied them up to their place of stay.
Now Shiv Dutt calls him 'True Guru5.
But Guru Ji said: You used to call me Prince-Beloved with so much love that I cannot forget the relish. You are old, senior, my first devotee at Patna and a revered saint. You must call me Prince-Beloved. I am not ready to relinquish the relish that I get. Seeing Guru Ji bestowing so much love and regard for his devotees, Shiv Dutt is in extreme delight. He said: O Fateh Chand Ji! You live a long life that you have shown me -this auspicious day. Again he said: O Lord of the heavens! My Prince-Beloved! Now I wish to die at your feet. The 'Guru Ji with the Plume' laughed and said: As you wish.
Then they went to Anandpur.
The birthday of the true Guru Ji was nearing and devotees were thronging to celebrate and have a glimpse of Guru Ji on the auspicious day. Everybody got ecstasy. The true Guru Ji gave gifts to everyone. The true Guru Ji gave a compilation of the Holy scripture Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji signed by him to King Fateh Chand Ji and said: This is the true Guru Ji for all times to come. It is for the entire community. You take this to Patna and in future see me in this Holy scripture. You can meet my soul in this Scripture. Reading the Scripture shall be talking to me. Whatever, it says is my discourse. Service to the Scripture is service to me and the congregation. In this way the true Guru Ji blessed everyone. Again, the days of separation came. Devotees from far off place departed. Pandit Shiv Dutt left for his heavenly abode here only. His wish was fulfilled. This congregation was the last to depart. The true Guru Ji came up to Ropar to see off his god-parents. King Fateh Chand Ji led the congregation. They left in pangs of separation in love. But everyone was immersed in love of the Lord and in ecstasy. Travelling slowly they reached Patna.
King Fateh Chand Ji converted his house and made it a Gurdwara and started a free kitchen. The Holy scripture Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was seated there as Guru Ji. He spent the rest of his life in Guru-worship and service to the people. A gurdwara exists there. It is called 'Maini Congregation'. Fateh Chand Ji's surname was 'Maini'.
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