T. V. Kapali Sastry provides an overview of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh
At last Jai Ram, Nanak’s brother-in-law after consultation with Rai Bular, offered to take Nanak, the youth with him to Sultanpur, where he could find him appointment under Daulat Khan’s Government. Nanak agreed. While all were glad at his departure, his wife was an exception. She remonstrated: "My life, even here thou hast not loved me. When thou goest to a foreign country, how shalt thou return?” “Simple woman, what have I been doing here?” “When thou satest down at home," she again entreated him, "’I possessed in my estimation the sovereignty of the whole earth; now this world is of no avail to me." He became compassionate. "Be not anxious,” he said, "thy sovereignty shall ever abide." “My life, I will not remain behind; take me with thee." "I am now going away; if I can earn my living I will send for thee. Obey my order." Very little is known of Nanak’s married life beyond the fact that he begot two sons, Srichand and Lakshmidas. When Nanak went to take Rai Bular’s permission to leave for Sultanpur, the latter gave a farewell dinner and requested him to give him any order, i.e., to state what favour he might grant him. Nanak’s characteristic reply was: “I give thee one order if thou wilt comply with it. When thine own might availeth not, clasp thy hands and worship God." At Sultanpur, introduced by his brother-in-law as an educated man to Daulat Khan, the Governor, Nanak received a dress of honour and the post of a storekeeper. He applied himself to his duties so well that he was congratulated by everybody. He used a very small portion of the provisions allowed to him to maintain himself, the rest he disposed of to the poor. In weighing out the provisions, when he came to number thirteen (Tera), he repeated it many times, as it also means "Thine-.e., "I am thine, O Lord.” He would spend the nights in singing hymns to the Creator. Then he would go to the neighbouring river for bath and return as day dawned to discharge his official duties. Mardana, a hereditary minstrel from Talwandi joined him now. Many other friends came; Nanak introduced them all to the Khan and got them a living. They all sat together at dinner, sang together during nights; and Mardana accompanied him on the rabob or rebeek, a musical instrument of Arabian origin which was then in use in Northern India.
At last Jai Ram, Nanak’s brother-in-law after consultation with Rai Bular, offered to take Nanak, the youth with him to Sultanpur, where he could find him appointment under Daulat Khan’s Government. Nanak agreed. While all were glad at his departure, his wife was an exception. She remonstrated: "My life, even here thou hast not loved me. When thou goest to a foreign country, how shalt thou return?”
“Simple woman, what have I been doing here?”
“When thou satest down at home," she again entreated him, "’I possessed in my estimation the sovereignty of the whole earth; now this world is of no avail to me."
He became compassionate. "Be not anxious,” he said, "thy sovereignty shall ever abide."
“My life, I will not remain behind; take me with thee."
"I am now going away; if I can earn my living I will send for thee. Obey my order."
Very little is known of Nanak’s married life beyond the fact that he begot two sons, Srichand and Lakshmidas.
When Nanak went to take Rai Bular’s permission to leave for Sultanpur, the latter gave a farewell dinner and requested him to give him any order, i.e., to state what favour he might grant him. Nanak’s characteristic reply was:
“I give thee one order if thou wilt comply with it. When thine own might availeth not, clasp thy hands and worship God."
At Sultanpur, introduced by his brother-in-law as an educated man to Daulat Khan, the Governor, Nanak received a dress of honour and the post of a storekeeper. He applied himself to his duties so well that he was congratulated by everybody. He used a very small portion of the provisions allowed to him to maintain himself, the rest he disposed of to the poor. In weighing out the provisions, when he came to number thirteen (Tera), he repeated it many times, as it also means "Thine-.e., "I am thine, O Lord.” He would spend the nights in singing hymns to the Creator. Then he would go to the neighbouring river for bath and return as day dawned to discharge his official duties. Mardana, a hereditary minstrel from Talwandi joined him now. Many other friends came; Nanak introduced them all to the Khan and got them a living. They all sat together at dinner, sang together during nights; and Mardana accompanied him on the rabob or rebeek, a musical instrument of Arabian origin which was then in use in Northern India.
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