5.
Sakhi Bhagat Beni Ji
Source: Vaar 10 Pauri 14 Beni Vaaran Bhai Gurdas
Beni
Bhagat is one of the fifteen saints and sufis some of whose compositions
have been incorporated in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Saint Beni, a
gurmukh, used to sit in solitude and would enter a meditative trance. He
would perform spiritual activities and in humbleness would never tell
anyone. Reaching back home when asked, he would tell people that he had gone
to the door of his king (the Supreme Lord).
When
his wife asked for some household material he would avoid her and thus spend
his time performing spiritual activities. One day while concentrating on the
Lord with single-minded devotion, a strange miracle happened. To keep the
glory of the devotee, God Himself in the form of King went to his house. In
great joy, He consoled everyone and made available profuse money for
expenditure.
From
there He came to His devotee Beni and compassionately loved him. This way He
arranges applause for His devotees.
You worship the stone idol, and
paint ceremonial marks of Ganesha.You remain awake throughout the
night, pretending to worship God.You dance, but your consciousness is
filled with evil. You are lewd and depraved - this is
such an unrighteous dance! ||3|| You sit on a deer-skin, and chant on
your mala. You put the sacred mark, the tilak,
on your forehead. You wear the rosary beads of Shiva
around your neck, but your heart is filled with
falsehood.You are lewd and depraved - you do
not chant God's Name. ||4|| Whoever does not realize the essence
of the soul all his religious actions are hollow and false. Says Baynee, as Gurmukh, meditate. Without the True Guru, you shall not
find the Way. ||5||1||
Bhagat Baynee ji Shri Guru Granth
Sahib ji Ang. 1351