Bhagat Sain

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Bhagat Sain

Bhagat Sain was a disciple of Bhagat Ramanand Maharaj Ji and consequently lived in the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century. He was a barber at the court of Raja Ram, king of Rewa, then called Bandhavgarh. The tendency of the age was towards devotion and religious composition, and Sain found leisure in the midst of duties to study the hymns of Ramanand, shape his life on the principles inculcated in them, and successfully imitate their spirit and devotional fervour.

The accomplishments and duties of an Indian court barber at the time of Sain were and are still of a miscellaneous character. He is something of a surgeon and ordinarily a marriage or match-maker, he oils the king’s body, shampoos his limbs, pares his nails, shaves his face and head, if he be a Hindu, and clips his moustaches, if he be a Musalman; amuses him with gossip and tales; often plays the rebeck and sings his own compositions, which deftly combine flattery of his master with social satire or pleasentry.

God is said by the Hindu chronicler to have cherished Sian as a cow her calf. He frequented the society of holy men and was very happy in their company. He performed for them all menial officies, for he believed that serving saints was equivalent to serving God himself.

There is a legend which at once illustrates Satgur Sain Maharaj Ji's devotion to saints and the estimation in which he was held for his piety. When going one day to perform his usual ministrations for King Raja Ram, he met some holy men on the way. He thought it was his first duty to attend to them, He took them with him, and began to render them with the customary services. With the greatest mental satisfaction to himself he gave them consecrated and secular food to relieve their souls and bodies. In thus acting Satgur Sain Maharaj Ji disregarded his duty to the king and braved his displeasure.

The legend states that a holy man, by God’s favour, in order to avert the king’s wrath and save Bhagat Sain Maharaj Ji from punishment, assumed his appearance, and having gone and performed the customary duties for the king, took his departure. Soon after Sain arrived and began to apologise for the delay. The king said, “Thou hast only just gone after the usual services to me; why apologise?” Sain replied, “ I have not been here. Perhaps thy majesty sayest so to excuse my absence.” The Raja then knew that a special providence had intervened and performed for him the usual tonsorial duties. He was at once converted, fell at Sain’s feet, worshipped him as his guru, and thus sought an asylum in God. It had at any rate at the time of the composition of the Bhagat Mal become an established custom that the successive kings of the house of Bandhavgarh should always be disciples of the descendants of Satgur Sain Maharaj Ji. They are now said to be followers of Bhagat Kabir Maharaj Ji.

Main Themes Of Shri Guru Sain Maharaj Ji's Bani

  • God is Supreme Joy
  • We should thank god for providing joy, happiness and wealth
  • Guru Is the source from where we can learn how to get the god (ਰਾਮਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ੝ ਜਾਨੈ ॥)

Bani

ਸ੝ੀ ਸੈਣ੝ ॥
ढ़Sri Sain

ਧੂਪ ਦੀਪ ਿਘ੝ਤ ਸਾਿਜ ਆਰਤੀ ॥
With incense, lamps and ghee, I offer this lamp-lit worship service.

ਵਾਰਨੇ ਜਾਉ ਕਮਲਾ ਪਤੀ ॥੧॥
I am a sacrifice to the Lord of Lakshmi. ||1||

ਮੰਗਲਾ ਹਿਰ ਮੰਗਲਾ ॥
Hail to You, Lord, hail to You!

ਿਨਤ ਮੰਗਲ੝ ਰਾਜਾ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਇ ਕੋ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Again and again, hail to You, Lord King, Ruler of all! ||1||Pause||

ਊਤਮ੝ ਦੀਅਰਾ ਿਨਰਮਲ ਬਾਤੀ ॥
Sublime is the lamp, and pure is the wick.

ਤ੝ਹਂ ੀ ਿਨਰੰਜਨ੝ ਕਮਲਾ ਪਾਤੀ ॥੨॥
You are immaculate and pure, O Brilliant Lord of Wealth! ||2||

ਰਾਮਾ ਭਗਿਤ ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ੝ ਜਾਨੈ ॥
Raamaanand knows the devotional worship of the Lord.

ਪੂਰਨ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦ੝ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥੩॥
He says that the Lord is all-pervading, the embodiment of supreme joy. ||3||

ਮਦਨ ਮੂਰਿਤ ਭੈ ਤਾਿਰ ਗੋਿਬੰਦੇ ॥
The Lord of the world, of wondrous form, has carried me across the terrifying world-ocean.

ਸੈਨ੝ ਭਣੈ ਭਜ੝ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦੇ ॥੪॥੨॥
Says Sain, remember the Lord, the embodiment of supreme joy! ||4||2||

References

  • Macauliffe, M.A (1909). The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus Sacred Writings and Authors. Low Price Publications. ISBN 8175361328.


These are the 15 Bhagats of Sikhism

Bhagat Beni | Bhagat Bhikhan | Bhagat Dhanna | Sheikh Farid | Bhagat Jaidev | Bhagat Kabir | Bhagat Namdev | Bhagat Parmanand | Bhagat Pipa | Bhagat Ramanand | Bhagat Ravidas | Bhagat Sadhna | Bhagat Sain | Bhagat Surdas | Bhagat Trilochan