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okekMata TriptaMata Tripta was Guru Nanak’s mother. Thehistory of Sikh women has to start with her. Shewas the person who brought Guru Nanak, thefounder of the Sikh religion into the world. In theannals of world history, the greatness of MataTripta, deserves to be celebrated for bringing tothe world a soul who offered much spiritual andmoral guidance and a solid and creditable foundationfor a new world religion.Mata Tripta and her husband Mehta Kalu livedin Talwandi, Punjab, which is now part of Pakistan.Weary saints and ‘fakirs’ would take rest here, andMata Tripta would welcomed and serve all thesepassers-by. Their dedication for service of otherswas finally rewarded when Nanak was born in 1469.Thus, Mata Tripta was blessed with the honour ofgiving birth to God’s messenger, Guru Nanak,whose mission was to redeem mankind.No poet has ever been able to convey theethereal beauty attained by Mata Tripta when shewas expecting Nanak. Of the many prophets thathave visited the earth, many of their mothers wereunable to celebrate in the joy of rearing suchwondrous offspring. For example; in Hinduism,Mata Devaki, the mother of Krishan Ji, was unableto fulfil her maternal role as she languished in jail.She yearned for her child, and he too missed thelove of his mother. In Christianity, Mary, the motherof Jesus, endured disbelief and prejudice, as a resultof the ‘immaculate conception’ and ‘virgin birth’of Jesus. Buddha’s mother died on the day of hisbirth, and he was reared by his mother’s sister.Trishula, the mother of Mahavir, was constantlytormented by nightmares before his birth.In contrast to all of these examples, MataTripta was happy and peaceful throughout herpregnancy, meditating constantly on God’s name.No other mother can have been more fortunatethan her, in rearing the saviour Nanak so peacefully.Guru Nanak was born on the third day of the monthof Vaisakh, Saturday April 15, 1469. A midwifeassisted mother Tripta on the occasion. Her namewas Daulatan. On giving birth to Nanak, she wasblessed with all the joys of motherhood as she raisedhim and cherished him. MacAuliffe narrates in thetradition of the Janamsakhis that the midwife, wheninterrogated the following morning by Hardial, theastrologer, as to nature of the child’s voice utteredat birth, said it was “as the laughing voice of awise man when joining a social circle.”Mata Tripta was a kind lady. The young Nanakhad a sociable nature, and, therefore, had manyfriends. He liked to treat them often. We know fromthe oral history tradition that Mata Tripta wouldsometimes slip him a coin or two to spend on hisfriends. She also often made sweets for him toshare with his friends. She loved her son dearly,but his rejection of tradition and custom was asource of constant aggravation for her husband,Mehta Kalu.On the occasion when Guru Nanak undertook“Sacha Sauda” (i.e. the incident when his fathergave him money to buy some bargains from thenearest town, but Nanak used that money insteadto buy food for some starving sadhus’ he met onthe way), Mehta Kalu was furious, but MataTripta’s heart melted as she could relate to her son’sactions and realised the greatness of her son’s deedsat such a young age.Her son, Nanak, questioned the authority ofthe Brahmin priests, refused to wear the holy thread,and rejected the validity of the caste system. MataebZ] 200822laxr lalkj (ekfld)