A Saga of Ruins

Dadu Deen Dayal Maharaj was a renowned saint. His disciple, Swami Nishchaldas Maharaj is the a author of ‘Vichar sagar.’ My Satguru Lord Leelashahji Maharaj was greatly impressed by the works of Dadu Deen Dayal. In fact, we belong to the lineage or disciplic succession of Dadu Deen Dayal.

Amer is situated near Jaipur (Raj). At the behest of King Akabar, King Mansinh was enthroned at Amer. For the past fourteen to fifteen hundred years, the alien forces have been trying only one strategy to divide the Hindus in order to bring them in their own sect. the supporters of conversion made Hindu Brahmins their puppets and set them work against Daduji. Actually the Hindu Brahmins were not against Daduji but they were intentionally made opponents.

A Brahmin had two young daughters. They were Daduji’s disciples. The opponents instigated the Brahmin and they all marched to King Mansinh with a complaint, ‘Your Majesty, in your regime, a vicious act is being carried out. Dadu Maharaji has unlawfully kept two young girls in his premises. Please free our daughters from his clutches. He has forcibly snatched the daughters fro m his fathers and kept them in his ashram.”

Damn! E had not snatched them from anyone. When the mind and intellect of young children becomes pure, they choose the path absolute purity. Great soul like Mahatma Buddha, Lord Mahavir Swami had not snatched any child from anyone. Lord Leela Shahji Maharaj had never snatched Asumal from his family. I’d myself gone to stay at ‘His Lotus feet’ and I’ve been benefited by ‘His divine Grace.’ Not only this, even today. Millions of beings are being blessed by His Divine Grace. ‘The Great soul’ has transformed Asumal into Asaram and presented him to the society. Hails to Lord Leela Shahji Maharaj!

During those days, the opponents even went to the extent of instigating King Mansinh. They said, “Dear King, at your coronation ceremony, every saint and sadhu came to bless you but Saint Dadu did not come to shower his blessings upon you. Rather he has unlawfully kept two damsels in his ashram.” They attributed great denigration to the pious name of Daduji.

“Your Majesty! It is a great disgrace to you and you are not saying anything for him. He does not believe in Hinduism or Islam. One of his disciples died in the ashram and Daduji abandoned his deadbody in the woods. No last rites of the body were performed. It was not cremated. Jal samskara or Agni saamskar was not performed. It was not buried. Rather, in the woods, birds and animals like kites, jackals, foxes and dogs etc. kept feeding themselves on the disciple’s dead body. How can such a man who is cruel to his disciple be beneficent for the society, country or the king?”

after hearing the insidious account, the king investigated the case which confirmed the facts about the disciple’s last rites. The king deliberated, “If I give any punishment to the saint, maybe the deep sigh of agony expressed by the saint and his devotees cause my ruin. On the other hand, if I fail to calm these rebels, the upsurging unrest among the society might result into my dethronement by Emperor Akbar.

The king felt himself on the horns of dilemma. The prudent king reached Dadu’s ashram and said, “Maharaj, I’ve come to have your pious darshan.”

But, the skeptical looks can no longer be hidden. The saint said, “On the pretext of having ‘Darshan,’ actually you’ve come to enquire about something.”

“Yes, Maharaj, I heard that one of your disciples had died. So you instead of performing his last rites, allowed the body to be left in the woods.”

“Yes King, I had performed his last rites. But the funeral ceremonies can be performed in six different ways. I.Agni Samskara, the body is consigned to flames. 2. Jala Samskara, it is dropped in water. 3. Burial, buried in the earth. 4. Vayu Samskara, the body is offered to the wind God, the body is kept in a forest. Fifth way is when the mortal body disappears owing to the pangs of separation from the beloved Lord, as it happened in the case of Mirabai. And the last kind of rites is ‘Jnana samadhi,’

in this case, I performed the fourth kind of funeral rites. After reciting the sacred Mantras, I made a resolve and offered the body to ‘the wind God’ and to the God of forest. That was my disciple’s wish and I carried out the same.

“Great Saint! I trust your words I was told that you are cruel to your disciples’, my ears were poisoned. A few people had even instigated a Brahmin and brought him to me. He was crying bitterly and saying, ‘Maharaj has kept my two beautiful daughters forcibly in his ashram.’ Swamiji! Are the girls here?”
Swamiji replied, “Yes, they are here.”
“Are they beautiful?”
“Yes, they are very beautiful. Not only are they physically attractive, their inner beauty and acumen is also exceptional. They’ve understood the evanescence of this transient world and now they are enjoying the nectar of Eternity. They’ve transcended the limits of ego and desires. At present, they are attaining the Supreme wealth of the Lord’s devotion.

“It’s good my Lord. If you don't mind, may I see those girls for a while?”

The saint said, ‘Yes you see them. You might feel hesitant in asking them anything in my presence. Better you meet them alone.” The king had a conversation with the girls in solitude and suggested them, ‘Both of you are so beautiful. I’ll marry you of to either princes or wealthy grooms.” The king tried to allure them through several promises.

After a lengthy conversation, the girls replied, “Your Majesty! People poured out immense venom for the woman saint Shandili. They even didn’t spare her Gurudev from denigration. But all this defamation didn’t deter shandili and her Guruji from the righteous path. Revered Matang Rishi was also defamed for tribal woman Shabari. Even when Shabari was also castigated, both the Guru and the disciple remained adamant on their resolve. Today, the world bows before them in reverence. Gargi Devi remained unmarried throughout her life. People didn’t spare her also. And today people idolize her.

Neither we nor our revered Gurudev has any desire to gain acclaim or reverence. But when after abandoning the mundane path of ego and desire, we are treading the righteous path of devotion; a path to surrender our false ego at the Supreme Lord’s feet, these ignorant beings of society unnecessarily feel anguished. Undoubtedly, the prudent section of our society is finding itself blissful by bowing themselves at the Lotus feet of our revered ‘Gurudev.’ O King! It is a fact that even if they do not bow down it will not cause any difference to our Gurudev or even to us.”
The king was thoroughly moved by the conversation and thought, “Damnation to the critics, instigators and even my own imprudence for being skeptical towards these innocent girls and the revered saint.”