PACHMI PARKASH - Global Sikh Studies

towards the thought of money, because of which he became a snake. As every
individual soul gets its future life according to his last thoughts.”
Panna 242: That desire, to which the mind is attached, at the last moment, becomes
manifest. ||6||
Panna 526: At the very last moment, one who thinks of wealth, and dies in such
thoughts, shall be reincarnated over and over again, in the form of snake. ||1||
O sister, do not forget the Name of the Lord of the Universe. ||Pause||
But Baba Ji explained that serving a Beloved Saint of the Lord never goes to waste.
And the devotees conclude that Baba Ji had deliberately taken this route in order to
safe the soul of a faithful devotee.
Dhan Baba Aaya Singh Ji Maharaj
The safe guard of the Hindu Dharm
Near Hoti Mardan, there are two villages, Shivay and Ramjana, from where the
devotees would perform the singing of Guru Ji’s hymns for Baba Karam Singh Ji
Maharaj. Many a time Baba Ji would sit all night until the morning in a deep spiritual
state listening to their singing.
In this village Ramjana there lived a poor lady named Maya Devi, who had two
beautiful young sons named Nirmal Singh and Tara Singh. Their father had passed
away when the boys were very young, so their uncle Hari Mal Ji had helped bring
them up. The village was mostly populated with Pataans with only a few other
minorities houses so they were always outnumbered. Both the boys had spent their
childhood playing with the children of the Pataans.
One day out of pure spite a few Pataan's knowing their family to be helpless
kidnapped the two boys and took them to the Mosque and tried to forcefully convert
the boys to Islam. They tried to entice them by telling them that they would marry
them in to rich Muslim families. Even though the boys were only ten and twelve in
age, but due to their parents having a strong love for Sikhi the boys were bought up to
become Sikhs. The boys refused and began to cry loudly, but the Pataans wickedly
began to shout at them and threaten them, saying that if they did not convert they
would kill them. The boys in fear and helplessness had no option except to cry.
When the mother, Bibi Maya Devi, came to know of this she ran to their aid and
standing outside the Mosque she pleaded for the safe return of her children. As she
made her pleas they fell on deaf ears as the Pataans refused to listen, instead they
shouted and threatened her and her children’s lives, so in fear she retreated. Now
when the Uncle Hari Mal Ji found out he jumped on to his horse and cart and rode as
fast as he could to Baba Aaya Singh Ji Maharaja and pleaded to them for help saying,
“Maharaj Ji! These ruthless Pataans are trying to convert our children forcibly into
Islam, please save them.”
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