Saturday, April 21, 2007

Bhai Soma Shah

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Dhan Guru Ramdas Sahib jee was doing kaar-sewa of sarovar at Siri Harmandir Sahib - Siri Amritsar Sahib. A lot of sangat used to do sewa in digging the sarovar and doing other kind of sewa. Soma Arora used to to sell ghunganiyaan (a kind of snack) to residents of Siri Amritsar Sahib and this way made his living.

One day in the evening Guru Sahib saw him and asked him how much vattee (profit) he had made. He came over to Guru Sahib and did matha tek and with extreme humility answered Guru Sahib. Guru Sahib asked him to hand over his all day’s earnings. Soma did not hesitate for a bit and placed all he had at the charan of Dhan Guru Ramdas Sache Paatshah jee.

Soma was a very poor person and met his ends with great difficulty. Second day too, Guru Sahib asked him how much he had earned and asked him to give all his earnings to him. Guru Sahib kept doing this for 5 days. Soma who was always broke, did not have any doubts on Guru Sahib. He trusted Guru Sahib one hundred percent and believed that Guru Sahib knows better.

On the sixth day, Soma saw Guru Sahib at the Sarovar looking at the sangat doing sewa, with full Kirpa-Drishtee (gaze of grace). This time Soma did not wait for Guru Sahib to ask for the money but he came, matha tekked Guru Sahib and placed all his earning at the lotus feet of Guru Sahib. Guru Sahib, who was only testing Soma, was extremely pleased at Soma and said, "Ajj asee laina nahi, kuchh dena hai. Ajj taun tu Soma nahi, Soma Shah hoiya" (Shah means very rich person).

Guru Sahib’s bachan of calling Soma, Soma Shah, forced the abundant force of Vaheguru’s power to come in action. Within days Soma became a shah. He became a shah of not only money but also of Naam.

This is a great saakhi and we can learn a lot from this. We all know that all that we have has been given to us by Satguru but yet when it is our turn to do some sewa or give back something to Guru Sahib or his panth, we find thousand reasons not to do so. We become selfish. May Guru Sahib give us the wisdom of Bhai Soma Shah.

Source

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

7 comments:

Mai said...
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Mai said...

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!



Singh Ji,



We find great comfort in your poem about 'the will of God will not take you...' in your blog, and we also believe it could bring comfort to the readers of our blog, The Road To Khalistan.. Could we please get your permission to publish it there? Please reply to: mai.sometimes@gmail.com. Thank you.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!



Mai, Suni and Vini (Dharma Kaur Khalsa)

Anonymous said...

dhan guru ram das..amazing sakhi

Singh U & R Kaur said...

Thank you for sharing the sakhi bhai sahib.

Dhan Dhan Satguru Guru Ram Das Sache Paatshah Jee

Waheguru...Waheguru...

Mr Singh said...

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I'm sorry for the late reply Mai Ji. The poem wasn't written by me; I think I found it on one of the sikh forums.

I'm sure the author/poet won't mind you using it on your blog.

As Sikhs of Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj it is our duty to share everything we have with the rest of the world.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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