㰀氀椀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀∀㸀 刀愀渀搀栀椀爀Ⰰ 䜀⸀ 匀⸀ Ⰰ 㰀椀㸀匀椀欀栀 匀栀爀椀渀攀猀 椀渀 䤀渀搀椀愀㰀⼀椀㸀⸀ 䐀攀氀栀椀Ⰰ 㤀㤀 㰀䈀刀㸀ഀഀ
John C. B. Webster
㰀⼀昀漀渀琀㸀ഀഀ
ACHAL SĀHIB, GURDWĀRĀ, sacred to Gurū Nānak, is located on the boundary of Sālho and Chāhal villages along the Jalandhar-Baṭālā road, 6 km south of Baṭālā (31º 49'N, 75º 12'E) in Gurdāspur district of the Punjab. The low mound on which the Gurdwārā is situated, in close proximity of the ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Kārtikeya, son of Lord Śiva, is popularly known as Achal Vaṭālā. The Achal temple had since old times been a place of pilgrimage visited by sādhūs from distant parts, especially during the annual fair held on the occasion of Śivarātri festival. Sujān Rāi Bhaṇḍārī, Khulāsat ut-Twārīkh, writing at the end of the seventeenth century, gives a graphic account of this fair. Gurū Nānak came here at the time of one such fair from Kartārpur, an habitation he had founded on the bank of the River Rāvī. In the words of the Miharbān Janam Sākhī, "As the Gurū entered Achal, the name Nānak spread everywhere among the crowds. Everyone began to say that Nānak, the renowned saint, had come. Nānak whose śabdas or hymns the world recited was himself there. Whoever was in Achal, rushed to see him. Neither a yogī was left nor a sannyāsī; neither a householder was left nor a recluse. Not a soul remained behind; whosoever there was thronged to the spot saying, “Nānak hath come, Nānak hath come. " Gurū Nānak held a long discourse with the Nāth-yogīs led by Bhaṅgar Nāth, who, according to Bhāī Gurdās, Vārāṅ, I. 40, began by questioning him, "Why hast thou soured the milk by adding vinegar to it? Whoever obtained butter by churning sour milk? Why, casting off the vestment of an Udāsī, hast thou again adopted the life of a householder?" "Bhaṅgar Nāth, " replied the Gurū, "it is thou that hast been perversely instructed. Thou didst not cleanse the vessel well, so the butter turned rancid. Abandoning home-life thou turnest an anchorite, and yet thou goest to beg at the doors of the householders. Thou wouldst have nothing to live by if they gave thee nought. " The Nāths then tried to overawe Gurū Nānak with a display of their magical powers, and challenged him to show them a miracle. But the Gurū condemned their wizardry and said, "The magic of the Siddhas is vain and futile. I rely on nothing except the holy fellowship and the Word. Besides the True Name, I possess no other miracle. " "By the Gurū's Word, " says Bhāī Gurdās, "contentment came to the Siddhas. "
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㰀⼀昀漀渀琀㸀ഀഀ䈀䤀䈀䰀䤀伀䜀刀䄀倀䠀夀㰀瀀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀∀㸀㰀漀氀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀∀㸀㰀氀椀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀∀㸀 ☀⌀㜀㜀㠀㠀栀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀欀愀爀 匀椀☀⌀㜀㜀㐀㤀最栀Ⰰ 䜀椀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀渀☀⌀㈀㤀㤀Ⰰ 㰀椀㸀匀爀☀⌀㈀㤀㤀 䜀甀爀搀甀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀爀攀 䐀愀爀猀栀愀渀㰀⼀椀㸀⸀ 䄀洀爀椀琀猀愀爀Ⰰ 㤀㈀㌀㰀䈀刀㸀ഀഀ
John C. B. Webster