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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

suK rwjy hrIcMd Gr nwr su qwrw locn rwxI]

sukh raajae hareecha(n)dh ghar naar s thaaraa lochan raanee||

King HariChand had a queen with beautiful eyes, Tara, who had made his home the abode of comforts.

swD sMgiq iml gWvsy rwqIN jwie suxY gurbwxI]

saadhh sa(n)gath mil gaa(n)vasae raathee(n) jaae sunai gurabaanee||

At night she would go to the place where in the form of holy congregation, would recite the holy hymns.

(Vaaran Bhai Gurdaas Ji, Vaar 10).

Raja Harishchandra had a wife named Taramati Rani. She was quite beautiful and Raja Harishchandra was happy. However, he did not like to do sangat or being in the company of God oriented saintly people. Taramati Rani, on the other hand heard of a holy congregation which would meet daily at amritvela or in the early hours of the morning prior to dawn.

Taramati Rani would awaken each morning in the early ambrosial hours. She would bathe and then dress nicely to join the congregation of holy sages. She would walk the distance and after spending a few hours in the sangat, she would return home before Raja Harishchandra would awaken to start his day.

ipCoN rwjw jwigAw A`DI rwq inKMf ivhwxI]

pishho(n) raajaa jaagiaa aadhhee raath nikha(n)dd vihaanee||

After she had left, the King awoke in the middle of the night and realised she had gone.

rwxI ids n AwveI mn ivc vrq geI hYrwxI]

raanee dhis n aavee man vich varath gee hairaanee||

He could not find the Queen anywhere and his heart filled with astonishment

One night after Taramati Rani had left to join the holy congregation Raja Harishchandra woke up suddenly. He looked around and found his wife missing. He searched all throughout the palace but could not find her anywhere and the guards would not reveal the truth to him either. They knew that the queen went out in the early morning and were been given strict orders by her not to tell the King this secret.

horqu rwqIN au~TkY cilAw ipCY qrl juAwxI]

horath raathee(n) out(h)akai chaliaa pishhai tharal juaanee||

The following night he followed the young queen.

Later in the morning Raja Harishchandra asked his wife where she had been in the night but she did not tell him and brushed the topic aside. He devised a plan to find out where she went in the late night hours.

The following morning, Taramati Rani awakened at her usual time, took a bath and got dressed to go join her holy congregation. After she left the palace, Raja Harishchandra followed her. He expected to find that she was seeing another man at night after leaving his bed. But he was surprised to find her joining the company of holy sages and saints.

For the few hours that Taramati Rani was in sangat enjoying Naam, Raja Harishchandra stood outside listening and enjoying as well. He dared not enter but he also did not want to leave yet. So he stood there and let his ears enjoy Naam and have his mind washed clean.

rwxI phuqI sMgqIN rwjy KVI KVWau nIswxI]

raanee pahuthee sa(n)gathee(n) raajae kharree kharraa(n)o neesaanee||

The queen reached the holy congregation and the King lifted one of her sandals from there (so that he could prove the infidelity of the queen).

swD sMgiq AwrwiDAw joVI juVI KVwauN purwxI]

saadhh sa(n)gath aaraadhhiaa jorree jurree kharraaou(n) puraanee||

When about to go, the queen concentrated upon the holy congregation and the one sandal became a pair.

As the hour was coming to an end, Raja Harishchandra returned to his senses and remembered why he had followed his wife here. He took one of her sandals with him so later at home he would show it to her as proof that he had caught her going out at night. He quickly left and returned to the palace awaiting the queen’s arrival.

When Taramati Rani came outside she found one sandal missing. She and the sangat searched but could not find the missing sandal. She was deeply worried because it was an expensive sandal that Raja Harishchandra had gotten especially made for her embedded with jewels and stones. Alas, the sangat suggested praying and God willing a solution would be found.

Together they supplicated in prayer and asked that the missing sandal be found. In answer to this prayer a sandal just like the one missing appeared next to the lone sandal.

rwjy ifTw cilq ieh KVWv hY coj ivfwxI]

raajae ddit(h)aa chalith eih kharraa(n)v hai choj viddaanee||

The king upheld this feat and realized that there her matching sandal was a miracle.

swD sMgq ivthu kurbwxI ]ö]

saadhh sa(n)gath vittahu kurabaanee ||a||

I am sacrifice unto the holy congregation.

When Taramati Rani arrived at the palace, Raja Harishchandra followed her in and asked her to show him her sandals which he had given her before as a gift. Taramati pulled out her sandals to show him and he was deeply shocked at seeing she had a full pair when he he was surehe had taken one of the sandals. He then proceeded to tell her that he had actually followed her this morning and stole her sandal as proof that he knew of her wanderings. Raja Harishchandra asked his wife how such a miracle was performed that a new sandal was appeared for her so instantly?

AwpixAw syvkw kI Awip pYj rKY AwpixAw Bgqw kI pYrI pwvY ]

aapaniaa saevakaa kee aap paij rakhai aapaniaa bhagathaa kee pairee paavai ||

He Himself preserves the honor of His servants; He causes others to fall at the feet of His devotees.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, ang 555).

After explaining the whole incident to her husband, Raja Harishchandra was very much humbled that he had ever doubted his wife. He too began rising early in the ambrosial hours and with his wife joined the holy congregation.

Those who come in the sangat with their body and mind even at a risk are always protected by Waheguroo.

By Yashpal Kaur – Panthic Weekly Columnist

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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