ਪੀਰ ਵਲੀ ਕੰਧਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਬਾਬਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਟਾਕਰੇ ਦੀ ਅਸਲ ਕਹਾਣੀ
ਭਾਈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਔਲਾਦ ਦਾ ਪਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ?
In the story of Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardan lies the essential message of Sikhism.
When they reached Hassan Abdal, a town west of today’s Islamabad, Bhai Mardana is believed to have complained to Guru Nanak of thirst. Using his miraculous powers, the first Sikh guru told his lifelong companion to climb atop the mound overlooking the town where a Muslim sufi, Wali Qandhari, lived by a pool. The sufi was about to give Mardana water, the Sikh legend goes, when he learned the visitor was accompanying another saint. Jealous, he mocked Mardana and asked him to have Nanak arrange for water if he were such a powerful saint. In spite of Qandhari’s rejection, Nanak has Mardana trek up twice more, to no avail. Nanak eventually makes water gush out from under his feet, deprives Qandhari of his water, and stops a boulder thrown at him from atop the hill with a bare hand, leaving his handprint on it.

There are many such stories of saints doubting the miraculous powers of Nanak or showing hubris before they are confronted and humbled by the guru. In Sialkot, Nanak is believed to have chastened the arrogant Hamza Ghous, who had taken it upon himself to destroy the ancient city. Not far from there, at Pasrur, Nanak is said to have encountered another sufi saint, Mian Mitha, and bested him in his knowledge of Islam. It’s an old tradition in religious literature to underscore the superiority of one saint, or religion, over another. It’s not unique to Sikhism; similar stories abound in Jain and Buddhist writings.

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