Nur Shah

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Redemption of Nur Shah

After a short stay at Patna, Guru Nanak and Mardana moved on further into Bihar and Bengal until they reached Kamrup in Assam. The women of that place were notorious for their magic and wiles. Their chief and the ruler of the place was a queen named Nur Shah. She had acquired her unmatched skill in the practice of black art and spells from a faqir of that name and had herself come to be called by that very name. Her palace was most magnificent. Her wily, beautiful maids were most apt and active in enticing people into the snares of their 'Circle'. She herself was marvellously beautiful and charming. To the natural charms and attractions of her exquisite beauty, she had as said above added powers acquired by the cultivation of her will power and the practice of hypnostism, by means of all these powers of her mind and body, Nur Shah mastered the wills of all who came near her suggestions. They danced to her tunes. Many Sadhus and faqirs, many mystics and hermits had fallen into her net and lived as her slaves.

A few miles from Dacca was the city of Dhanpur which was Nur Shah's capital. Reaching near it, the Guru halted a little way off. Mardana felt an irresistible craving for food. Cautioning him against the wiles of the women of that place and counselling him to think on God and repeat His name all the time, the Guru permitted him to go.

Mardana went to her palace. She welcomed him to a dainty feast. Then she looked into his eyes with a steady, fixed gaze. Mardana shivered, for some time he resisted her influence; for he remembered his Guru and God. But gradually her potent will overpowered him. A strong torpor seized his senses. He fell on his knees and kissed the place that she was standing on. He obeyed he signs and suggestions like a lamb. He ate without food and drank without water. He would cry like a lamb, eat like a lamb or laugh like a fool. Thus imprisoned in the spell of her will, Mardana forgot all about his master.

The Guru was sitting outside the city. His mind's eye traversed through space and pierced through bricks and stones. He saw his Mardana caught in the snares of Nur Shah. He could have, if he had so liked, counter-acted from the start her influence on the will of Mardana. But he wanted to do more. He wanted to rescue the charmer from the charm of her evil practices.

References

  • Guru Nanak Dev Life and Teachings- Kartar Singh M.A. Chapter 23 128-136 Redemption of Nur Shah