Parakh Ka Ang, Speech no. 392-393
Garib, Qaaji gaye quraan le, dhari larke ka naam |
akshar akshar main furya, dhan Kabir bali jaanv ||392||
Garib, sakal quraan Kabir hain, haraf likhe jo lekh |
Kaashi ke Qaaji kahaen, gaee deen kee tek ||393||
Meaning: - Neeru (Noor Ali) and Neema were earlier Hindu Brahmins. Because of this, out of greed, Brahmins came to name the boy. At the same time Muslim Qajis also came with their book Quran Sharif to name the boy. At that time, Delhi was ruled by Mughal emperors who ruled the whole of India. Due to which, the Hindu community felt suppressed by the Muslims. The Qajis said, “We will name the boy according to the Muslim ritual because they have become Muslims now.” Saying this, the chief of the Qajis opened the Quran Sharif book from somewhere. The first name in the first line on that page was "Kabiran". The Qajis thought that the name "Kabir" means ‘great’. It would not be appropriate to name a child of this lower caste (weaver i.e., Dhanak) as Kabir. It should be the name of the children of the elite. God guised in the form of an infant knew the fault of the mind of the Qajis. The Qajis again opened the Holy Quran for the purpose of naming the child. Only word Kabir-Kabir-Kabir was written on both the pages and there was no other word. The Qajis again opened the Quran Sharif, on those pages also the word Kabir-Kabir-Kabir was written. When the Qajis inspected the entire Quran, all the words in the Quran Sharif brought by them became Kabir-Kabir-Kabir-Kabir. The Qajis said, “This child has cast a spell and changed our Quran Sharif.” God Kabir in the form of an infant said, “O Qajis of Kashi! I am Kabir Allah, that is, Allahu Akbar. Keep my name "Kabir".” The Qajis threw the Quran they had brought with them and went away. They said that some evil spirit speaks through this child.
Infant God Kabir Drank the Milk of a Maiden Cow
Parakh Ka Ang, Speech no. 394-397
Garib, Shiv utrey Shivpuri se, avigat badan vinod |
mahke kamal khusi bhaye, liya eesh koon god ||394||
Garib, najar najar se mil gaee, kiya eesh pranaam |
dhani moman dhani poorna, dhani Kaashi nihkaam ||395||
Garib, saat baar charcha karee, boley baalak bain |
Shiv koon kar mastak dharya, lya moman ek dhaen ||396||
Garib, an byaavar koon doohat hai, doodh diya tatkaal |
peevae baalak brahmgati, tahaan Shiv bhaye dayaal ||397||
Meaning: - When Neema tried to give milk to the baby Kabir, the Supreme God closed his mouth. Despite all the efforts, Neema and Neeru failed to feed milk to the child. When the child had not eaten anything for 25 days, the parents became extremely worried. Neema had been crying and moaning for 24 days. She was thinking that this child is not eating anything. He will die. Someone has given him an evil eye. She got tired of trying methods told by different men and women for removing an evil eye continuously for 24 days. She had had no benefit. Today was the twenty-fifth day. Mother Neema had been awake all night and kept crying thinking, “Do not know when this child may die. I will also hang myself at the same time. I cannot survive without this child.” Baby Kabir's body was completely healthy, and it seemed as if the child was drinking one kilogram (one ser) of milk every day. But Neema was afraid that this child cannot survive without eating or drinking anything. He may die anytime. She was worried thinking about this. When the worship of and the prayers to the formless God along with Lord Shankar were also futile, then she started weeping hysterically.
Lord Shiv, assuming the form of a brahmin (sage) stood in front of Neeru's hut and asked Neema the reason behind her crying. Neema kept on crying and hiccupping. On excessive insistence of Lord Shiv, who was standing in the form of a saint, Neema while crying said, “O Brahmin! You will also become sad after becoming familiar with my grief.” Lord Shiv guised as a Fakir (sage) said, “O Mother! It is said that talking about one's internal sorrow to others makes one feel better. It is possible that the method of redressing your troubles may also be found. Taking a deep breath with tears in her eyes and a faltering tongue, Neema said, O Mahatma ji! We were childless. Twenty-five days ago, as usual, both of us were going to take a bath at the Lahartara pond in Kashi. It was the morning of the (Poornamashi) full moon day of the (Shukl) waxing period of the Jyeshth (May-June) month. On the way, I had prayed from my heart to my deity Lord Shankar to grant me a son. Hearing my prayer, the Lord of the poor, Lord Shankar Ji gave us a child on the same day on a lotus flower in Lahartara pond. Our joy knew no bounds on receiving the child. This joy did not last long. This child did not drink milk. We are tired of trying everything. Today is the twenty-fifth day of this child, he has not eaten anything. This child will die. With him, I will commit suicide. I am waiting for his death. I spent the whole night sitting and crying. I am praying to Lord Shankar that O Lord! It had been better not to grant this child. Now I have developed so much attachment to this child that I will not be able to survive without him.”
Hearing the whole story from Neema's mouth, Lord Shankar guised in the form of a sage, said, “Show me your child.” Neema picked up the child from the cradle and presented him before the sage. Neema tried to put the child at the sage’s feet. The boy rose in the air. The eyes of both the lords met. Lord Shankar took baby Kabir in his hands and reading the lines on his forehead and his palms, said, “Neema! Your son has a long life; he is not going to die. Look, how healthy he is. His face is blossoming like a lotus flower.” Neema said, “O Brahmin! I am not going to be satisfied with artificial consolation. If the child drinks milk, then I will get a breath of happiness.” God Kabir, in the form of a twenty-five-day-old child, said to Lord Shiv, “O Lord! Tell them to bring a maiden heifer. You may place your blessed hand on that maiden heifer; she will start giving milk. I will drink the milk of that maiden heifer. That heifer will give milk for the rest of her life without being bred (i.e., by remaining virgin only). I will be raised with that milk.” God Kabir and Lord Shankar (Shiv) conversed seven times.
Shivji said to Neema, “Where is your husband?” Neema called her husband; he appeared with wet eyes and bowed to the Brahmin. The Brahmin said, “Neeru! Bring a virgin heifer. She will give milk. This child will drink that milk.” Neeru brought a virgin heifer and along with her, he also brought a fresh small pot (an earthen pot with capacity of four kg) from a potter's house. As per the order of Supreme God Kabir Ji, Shiv ji guised as a Brahmin patted on the back of that virgin heifer. The udders of mother cow grew long and a stream of milk flowed from the udders. Neeru had already been ordered to keep the pot under the udders. As soon as the milk pot filled up, the milk stopped coming out of the udders. Supreme God Kabir in the infant-form drank that milk.
Neeru and Neema touched the feet of Lord Shiv in Brahmin-form and said, “You are the form of Lord Shiv himself. Lord Shiv has sent you upon hearing our plea. What donation can we poor people give you? O Brahmin! We have not woven any cloth for 24 days.” Lord Shankar in Brahmin-form said, “Sadhu bhookha bhaav ka, dhan ka bhookha naahin | jo hai bhookha dhan ka, vah to Sadhu naahin |” (Sages are not hungry for money but devotion. One who is hungry for money is not a sage.) Saying this, Lord Shiv in Brahmin form departed from there.
The same evidence is given in the Vedas that God appears in the form of an infant and performs a divine play. Then He is raised with the milk of maiden heifers.
Evidence: - Rigved Mandal 9 Sukt 1 Mantra 9
Abhi imM adhnya ut shreenanti dhenavH shishum Sommindraay paatve ||9||
Abhi – imm – adhnya – ut – shreenanti – dhenavH – shishum – somm – indraay – paatve |
Translation: (Ut) Especially (imm) this (shishum) appeared in the form of an infant (somm) of the Supreme Eternal God (indraay) for the comfort, the essential substance required (paatve) for the development of the body, is provided (abhi) completely (adhnya dhenavH) cows who have never been bred by a bull i.e., by maiden heifers (shreenanti) is nurtured.
Translation: For the comfort of especially this Supreme Eternal God who has appeared in the form of an infant, the essential substance that is required for the development of the body is provided by, that is, he is nurtured by completely virgin cows, that is, a cow who has never been bred by a bull.
Meaning: When the Supreme Eternal God manifests Himself in the form of an infant while performing a divine play, the essential substance that is required for comfort i.e., for the development of the body is provided by maiden heifers, that is, at the time (Adhni Dhenu) a maiden cow itself gives milk by which that Supreme God is nurtured.
Attainment of Wealth by Neeru”
Before receiving the child, they both (husband and wife) used to together weave cloth. Because of worrying about the child for 25 days, they could not do any work of weaving cloth. As a result, Neeru incurred some debt. The creditors also came on the same twenty-fifth day and left after rebuking them. The merchant threatened to torture him if he did not repay the loan in a few days. Both husband and wife became very worried. They started cursing their bad deeds: ‘One tension is resolved, the other is created.’ Seeing the parents worried, the child said, “O Mother-Father! Do not worry. You will find one gold Mohur (ten grams of gold coin) every day under the bedding of the cradle. After paying off your debt and taking out expenses for you and your cow, you may spend the remaining money in meritorious deeds.” After that day, Neeru started getting ten grams of gold every day in his house by the grace of God Kabir. This process continued for a year.
Supreme God Kabir had asked them to keep the divine act of receiving the Mohur (gold coin) a secret. One day a dear friend of Neema came to Neeru's house at the same time when Neema was trying to wake Kabir ji. Neema's friend saw that gold coin and said, “How did you get so much gold?” Neema revealed the entire secret to her dear friend. She said, “We have been getting this coin every day for a year. Ever since this lucky boy Kabir has come to our house, we have been living happily.” They stopped getting the gold the very next day. Both Neeru and Neema jointly started weaving cloth to sustain their family. When child Kabir grew up, he also started helping his father in his work. He started weaving more in a short period of time.
A Failed Attempt to Circumcise Baby Kabir
When the time to circumcise God Kabir in infant-form arrived, a whole group of relatives gathered. When the barber took the scissors to circumcise the genitalia of Kabir ji, the Supreme Lord created another genitalia next to his genitalia. Then he showed three more genitalia growing in front of the eyes of the person who was ready to perform the circumcision. Seeing total five genitalia of a baby, that person who performed circumcisions got stunned. Then Kabir ji in the form of the infant, said, “Brother, is there not provision to circumcise only one genitalia in Muslim religion? Tell me where will you get the rest four circumcised? Tell me quickly.” Hearing the child speak like this and seeing the five genitalia of the child, the barber called the other people present there and showed them that extraordinary spectacle.
All the people present there were astonished to see this. They started discussing among themselves that what a miracle of Allah it is that a child has five male genitalia. Seeing this, the barber went away without performing the circumcision. When Neeru and Neema learned about the child having five genitalia, they said, “What are you saying? This cannot happen.” When both of them went to the child, the child had only one male genitalia instead of five. Then they both said to those present there, “What were you saying? Look, where are they? The child has only one genitalia and not five.” All the people present there had earlier seen the five genitalia with their own eyes and were astonished to see only one genitalia (urinary organ) at that time.
Then God in infant-form said, “O innocent people! Why do you cut the foreskin of a baby boy's genitalia? Was there a shortcoming left by Allah (God) in the creation of a boy that you rectify? Are you greater than God? If you make a boy a Muslim by cutting the foreskin of his genitalia (by performing circumcision), then how will you make a girl a Muslim? Had Muslims been different from the people of other religions, God would have Himself given birth to a circumcised baby boy. O innocent people! All living beings belong to God. If someone is currently born in a Muslim community, then after death, he can also take birth in Hindu or Christian religion. Similarly, people born in other religions also take birth in Muslim religion and other religions. Do not destroy mutual brotherhood by erecting walls of religion. All this is a trick of Kaal Brahm. There were no other religions before Kalyug. There was only one (Manav Dharm) religion of Mankind. Now in Kalyug, Kaal Brahm has eliminated the peace of human beings by dividing them into different religions.”
Everyone present at the time of the circumcision was stunned to hear the true sermon from the child's mouth. Mother Neema covered the child's face with a cloth and said, “Do not speak excessively. If the Qajis hear you, they will kill you. They are ruthless, Son.” Perceiving the emotional pain of his mother, Supreme God Kabir pretended to sleep and started snoring. Then Neema breathed a sigh of relief, and appealed to all her relatives, “Do not tell anyone that Kabir said something lest I lose my son.”
Information About the Previous Births of Sage Ramanand, Seu, Samman, Neki and Kamaali
The soul of Sage Ramanand ji was Vidyadhar Brahmin in Satyayug whom the Supreme God had met by the name of Sat Sukrit. In Treta Yug, he was a sage named Vedvigya, who obtained the Supreme God by the name of Munindra in the form of an infant. The soul of Kamaali was the wife Deepika of Vidyadhar in Satya Yug and in Tretayug she was the wife of sage Vedvigya by the name of Surya. At the time, they raised and loved the Supreme God as their son. Because of that virtue, these souls were lovers of God. Even in Kalyug, they had unwavering faith in God. The souls of Sage Ramanand and Kamaali were the souls of Brahmin Vidyadhar and Brahmini Deepika in Satyayug, who had found God Kabir in the form of an infant on a lotus flower in a pond while returning from their in-laws' house. These very souls were the sage couple (Vedvigya and Surya) in Treta Yug who had obtained God in the form of a baby. The souls of Samman and Neki were Kalu Valmiki and his wife Godavari in Dwapar Yug who had brought God Kabir up as a baby in the Dwapar Yug. As a result of that virtue, the Supreme God took them in His refuge. The soul of Seu (Shiv) was Ganesh, the son of a Brahmin named Gangeshwar in Dwapar Yug itself. He did not give up my spiritual teachings despite his father's vehement opposition, and the soul of Gangeshwar Brahmin became Sheikh Taqi in Kalyug. He was an opponent of the Supreme God since the Dwapar Yug. Kaal Brahm again inspired Sheikh Taqi, the soul of Gangeshwar. Due to which, Sheikh Taqi (Gangeshwar) became an enemy of God Kabir. Ganesh used to respect devotee Shri Kalu and Godavari like his parents. He used to cry and say, “I wish I was born in your (Valmiki) house.” My parents (Kalu and Godavari) also loved Ganesh as their own son. They had also become excessively attached to that child. For this reason, they again became the parents (Neki and Samman) of the soul of that same Ganesh i.e., Seu's. The soul of Samman in the next life became King Nausherkhan in the city of Nausherwan. Then that soul became Ibrahim Adham Sultan, the emperor of Balakh Bukhara. Then he was again set on the path of worship. {The entire story of Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham can be read}
