Satguru Ji: "When you attack people to rob them, they cry and feel pain. Satguru Ji: "When you, yourself are admitting that your earnings are not honourable, then how can your food be fit to be eaten by 'fakirs' and holy men?"īhoomiya: "When my earnings are being put to a good use, then how do they still remain tainted?"
What is it in your eyes, O Sant Ji, that I have felt myself tremble for the first time in my life and which has compelled me to speak the truth! But come now, and have something to eat." Guru Ji smiled and said, "May the Lord be kind to you, for you have spoken the truth!"īhoomiya: "Nobody has dared to ask me such a question earlier, neither have I ever admitted to my black deeds. Sadhus and holy men have come from far and near and all have gone satisfied, saying, 'There is no one doing as much good as you!'"
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My free kitchen runs day and night and feeds each and everyone who comes here, without any bias. But one thing I must tell you, I use all this loot for a good purpose. You have asked me directly, and though I am afraid to speak the truth, I must confess that I am a thief. In the ensuing mental confusion, he blurted out the truth, "My Lord, my earnings are black, dirty. This glance was like a laser beam, which gave him a clear view of his evil acts and they began to weigh heavily on his conscience. While all these thoughts were coursing through Bhoomiya's mind, Guru Ji kept His benign eyes trained on his face. Guru Ji inclined his head and asked, "It is very kind of you, but tell me what work do you do?"īhoomiya became thoughtful, "If I tell him that I loot and rob, then that sounds very crude, but if I tell a lie, I am sure He will know, especially if one of my enemies has already told him about my nefarious activities, in which case, I will lose face in front of everyone. He could not understand why he felt these emotions.Īfter some talk, he invited them to come and eat.
He felt a little tug at his heart for he had never before seen a holy man with such magnetic power and sweet serenity in his demeanour. He invited them inside and offered them comfortable seats to sit on. When Bhoomiya heard that a very saintly person with a companion had come to his door, he quickly came out and greeted them with great reverence. He heaved a deep sigh and looking towards the heavens, said in a desolate voice, "O Lord of the skies, this Bhoomiya has not only taken away our wealth, but he has also taken away the chance for us to do good! Alas, we must suffer in silence, for who is there to help us." And he escorted Guru Ji and his companion to Bhoomiya's doorway and departed. O blessed ones! Come with me and let me take you to the zamindar's house." We are afraid to break this rule because if we do this, he will surely come and destroy our homes. He runs a free kitchen and he has made it a rule, for us ordinary villagers, not to serve anyone coming to the village but to send him to his house. Tell me how I can serve you? I am hesitant to offer you hospitality because the 'zamindar' of our village is a very wealthy and powerful man. Still, he bowed his head respectfully and said, "Welcome to my poor hut. He wanted to invite him inside and serve him, for he had never seen a holy man, with such an aura of spirituality and goodness. Guru Ji, now, arrived in this village and stood in front of one of the houses. But Bhoomiya was under the misconception that he was doing good, serving others, and the ways he adopted to this end did not matter. People like Sajjan Thug knew that what they did was wrong, and used good deeds as a front to cover up their evil acts. He consoled himself with the logic that he could not run the kitchen continuously without money, so he had to rob and loot to support it! This misguided man believed that by offering free rations, he was canceling the evil he committed as a robber. If anyone else dared to offer them hospitality, he would personally come and destroy that man's house.
This man, whose name was Bhoomiya, had made an announcement that whenever any 'sadhus', 'fakirs' and other holy men or mendicants came to the village, they were to be sent to his house. Everyone was served food and no one was ever turned away. He had a firm belief that evil deeds could be countermanded by good ones, so he ran a free kitchen, round the clock. In this manner, he had collected a vast fortune. There lived a landlord in a village near Dacca, and though he was a rich farmer, he led a gang of thieves, who robbed the people of the surrounding villages as well as the travellers on the roads. He had received news that under the guise of doing good, evil was being perpetrated on the people. After reforming Sajjan Thug and Noorsha, Guru Ji, along with Bhai Mardana, set off for Dacca. Guru Nanak Sahib Ji undertook four long journeys to teach the people the right way to live this life and to achieve oneness with the Lord.