Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Prahlaad Sakhi

Ang 1165 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Sanda and Marka went and complained to Harnaakhash,
"Your son does not read his lessons. We are tired of trying to teach him.
He chants the Lord's Name, clapping his hands to keep the beat; he has spoiled all the other students. ||1||

He chants the Lord's Name,and he has enshrined meditative remembrance of the Lord within his heart.""||1||Pause||

"Your father the king has conquered the whole world", said his mother the queen."O Prahlad my son, you do not obey him, so he has decided to deal with you in another way."||2||

The council of villains met and resolved to send Prahlaad into the life hereafter. Prahlaad was thrown off a mountain, into the water, and into a fire, but the Sovereign Lord God saved him, by changing the laws of nature. ||3||

Harnaakhash thundered with rage and threatened to kill Prahlaad. ""Tell me, who can save you?""
Prahlaad answered, ""The Lord, the Master of the three worlds, is contained even in this pillar to which I am tied.""||4||

The Lord who tore Harnaakhash apart with His nails proclaimed Himself the Lord of gods and men.
Says Naam Dayv, I meditate on the Lord, the Man-lion, the Giver of fearless dignity.
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