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Ninth Taranga
Our holy Baba told us a story. During the Muslim rule, there was a King, named seresta Khan in Lahore. he had a wise Guru (i.e., a mentor), named shah Charag Fakir. Once after seresta Khan had committed a heinous crime, his enemies came to Peer sahib shah Charag for justice. after a lot of deep thinking on that matter, shah Charag wrote a letter in the form of a Punjabi poem to seresta Khan. The poem is as follows:
कहे शाह चिाग सेिेस्ा खाि िु कुछ खािा, कुछ पेहेन्ा, कुछ देिा िहिहमाि िु एदा क़ेबि िा कीर्जए, गधोिाके मेमि िु ओडक नपंगा टूटिा, क्या हधोगे चािी आसमाि िु
kahe śāha carāga serestā khāna nu kucha khānā, kucha pehennā, kucha denā raharahamāna nu edā kaebara nā kījie, gorāke memana nu oḍaka piṃgā ṭūṭanā, kyā hoge cārī āsamāna nu
Baba translated the said poem in the following way: “shah Charag is telling seresta Khan—the first and foremost duty of a man is to eat something, to put on something and to spend something in the name of God or for charitable activity. One who is destined to go to the grave is not supposed to commit a heinous crime. Do remember, however, too high is the swing, it will have to be torn to fall down on earth. That means, however high rank a man achieves or acquires, however high is his esteem, name, fame, power and pelf, he will have to die today or tomorrow. Do remember, you are not the Emperor for the whole of your life, and so do the needful.
The said letter roused the conscience of seresta Khan and made him withdraw the heinous crime, committed by him.
Baba also recited a ‘Doha’ in hindi:
काम क्धोध मद मधोह त्यज कि भजि निष्ाम श्ेष्ठ पदाथजि भधोग जगतके, अंते समले सूखधाम
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