ਧੰਨ ਧੰਨ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ०•°० Blood versus Milk? Bhai Lalo and Malik Bhago Malik Bhago asked the Guru, Why do you refuse my bread and eat at the house of a low-caste Hindu, though you are a holy man of high-caste? The Guru replied, I have no caste, for me all men are equal. Then why did you decline to join my feast? asked Malik Bhago. Answered the Guru, Do you really want to know? Bhago said, Yes, I want to know why you preferred Lalos simple bread to my food. The Guru asked Bhago to bring some of his food, and asked Lalo to do the same. When the food was brought by both, Guru Nanak took Bhai Lalo’s dry chapati in his right hand and Malik Bhago’s fried sweet pancake in his left hand. When he squeezed the right hand the people present there saw drops of milk dripping from it. And when he pressed the left hand with the Malik Bhagos fried pancakes, everyone saw blood trickling from it. “Look Malik Bhago, wealth gathered by cruelty and corruption towards the poor is like sucking their blood which you have done. You had invited me to partake of blood, leaving food pure as milk. How could I accept it?” said Guru ji. Malik Bhago was silent then. Bhai Lalo on the other hand was the symbol of honesty and hard work. So according to Guru ji it’s better to earn little money with honesty than to amass a huge wealth by devious and crooked means.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:00:33 +0000
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