At that time it was barren, but it is said to have become green on the Guru’s arrival. The gardener requested the king to go and see the faqir who had caused the withered garden to bloom anew. The king sent beautiful damsels to dance before the Guru and tempt him with their charms. The Guru, wrapped up in his own thoughts, neither spoke to them nor noticed them. The king came and inquired his name, caste, and whether he was a Jogi. The Guru replied as follows:—
The Jogi who is associated with the Name and is pure,
hath not a particle of uncleanness.
He who keepeth with him the name of the Beloved, which
is ever true, hath escaped birth and death.
The king asked if he were a Brahman. The Guru replied:—
He is a Brahman who hath divine knowledge for his
ablutions, and God’s praises for the leaves[1] of his worship.
There is but One Name, One God, One Light in the three
worlds.
The king asked if he were a shopkeeper. The Guru replied:—
Make thy heart the scale, thy tongue the beam, and weigh
the inestimable Name.
There is but one shop, one Merchant above all; the
dealers are many.
The king again inquired if he were a Hindu or a Muhammadan. The Guru continued his enigmatical replies:—
The True Guru hath solved the problem of the two ways.
It is he who fixeth attention on the One God, and whose mind wavereth not, who can understand it.
- ↑ Brāhmans use sweet basil and bel (Aegle Marmelos) leaves in their worship, the former in the worship of Vishnu and the latter in the worship of Shiv.
