1 GURU NANAK, Q45
2 full particulars of which appeared in an account of his travels, Ndnak is
3 also said to have visited certain islands.
4 While on his travels in Afghanistan, he lost his faithful servant Mardand,
5 the harper, who was originally a Mahomedan, but who had become a con-
6 vert to Ndnak’s new doctrines and was burnt, according to his own wish,
7 in Khulm, where he died. He returned to Batala, and thence proceeded
8 to Talwandi. By this time Kalu, his father, and Rai Buldr, the chief of
9 Talwandi were dead. Taking with him Sajddd, the son of Mardand, he went
10 to Talamba, near Multén. Here Sajdédd, was imprisoned by a notorious
11 thug, and Nadnak, by the force of his eloquence, obtained his release, and
12 made the thug a convert to his faith, He then marched to Kébul and
13 Kandahar. On his way, he is said, by interposing his hand, to have prevented
14 a landslip. The hill received the impression of Ndnak’s hand, which exists
15 to this day, and the place is called “ Panja Sahib.” On his return from
16 Kabul, he again lived with his old friend, Lé&hi, the carpenter of Emnabad.
17 By this time the number of Ndnak’s followers had greatly increased,
18 and he was now looked upon by the people as a saint and a patriarch. With
19 the lapse of years his mode of life also changed, and he now no longer
20 hated society or family. Having left Ldlu the carpenter, he went with
21 Bal&é to witness the famous Gurchatter fair, held in Multén. Here he
22 preached openly to people of all denominations and creeds who had assembled
23 at the fair. The Kardars of the Delhi Emperor, Ibrahim Lodi, the
24 successor of Bahlol, informed his majesty that a faqir whose tenets were
25 different both from the Koran and the Vedas, was openly preaching to the
26 people, and the importance which he was assuming might, in the end, prove
27 serious to the State. By an imperial order, Ndénak was brought to the em-
28 peror, who admitted him to an interview, and, after hearing his ideas on
29 religion, ordered him to be kept in close confinement. Nanak was kept in
30 prison seven months and had to grind corn the whole time. His dis-
31 tress came to an end in consequence of the victory gained by the Emperor
32 Baber over Ibrahim, and the latter’s death in the great battle at Panipat, in
33 which the Moghal troops gained a decisive victory.
34 Ndvak now went on his travels to Sindh, and, on his way to that
35 province, visited the mausoleum of the saint, Bawa Farid Shakarganj, at Pak-
36 pattan.
37 Here he had a religious discourse with a learned Mahomedan named
38 ge a.descendant of Bawa Farid, and composed his book known as
39 Nanak, in his travels, is said to have also visited Ceylon. Siv Ndbh,
40 the rdjé of that place, became a convert to his faith, as also did a number of
41 others. He remained in Ceylon for two years and five mouths, and composed
42 there his book called “Prdn Sangli.” The réj& tried to persuade Ndnak
43 to settle in Ceylon permanently, but to no purpose; for Nanak, shortly
44 afterwards, returned, to his native land.
45 A story is related of Nduak’s visit to Stamboul, and his interview with
46 the Sultan of Turkey, who was noted for his cupidity and his extreme
47 oppression of his subjects. Ndnak’s admonitions had a great effect on the
48 Sultan, who is said to have bestowed his hoarded treasures on the faqirs
49 and the needy, and to have discontinued his tyranny over his people. Ndnak
50 settled on the banks of the Rdvi towards the latter part of his life and
51 built houses there. He lived as the head of his family, and his residence
52 was a great resort of people of all nations. Though a fagir in name and
53 appearance, he exercised great influence over vast numbers, who looked upon
54 him as their spiritual leader. His expenses were like those of a king, and
55 rave's in Afehanis-
56 in.
57 a
58 The “Panja Sahib.”
59 Change perceptible
60 in N4nak’s mode of
61 life,
62 He is taken prisoner
63 at Multin by the
64 imperial Kardars,
65 Travels in Sindh.
66 Visits Pakpattan,
67 Travels in Ceylon
68 And Turkey,
69 Settles on the bank
70 of the Ravi,
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