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NOVEMBER, 1921)
LIFE SKETCH OF LALESHWARI.
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He explained it at great length for several hours. His disciples wondered at the superb and ennobling thought contained in this saying and still wondered in their minds how Lal Ded would have explained it had she been living. Mirza Kák knew by inspiration the desire of his disciples. He then, together with his disciples, went and squatted at the Lal Trág, halting there that night. At midnight a woman suddenly appeared before them. Mirza Kák bowed before her and made her sit after paying due reverence to her. She, of her own accord, began to explain the meaning of the above saying. What she expounded was by far deeper than that explained by Mirza Kák. After she finished she went away and disappeared. Mirza Kák's disciples were amazed to see and hear all this He told them that she was Lal Ded herself and had come to explain the meaning of the saying that he had explained during the day time, which they had desired in their minds to hear from Lal Ded herself.
About 60 years ago a learned Pandit, named Prakash Kukilu, wrote a commentary on the following four sayings in Sanskrit proses
Sahazas sham tah dam no gatshe Yatshih práwak múkhi dwar Salilag lawun zan milit tih gatshe Totih chhui durlab Sahazah vetaár. Akui um kár yus nábi dáre Kumbai brahmándas sum gare Akui mantar yus tretas kare Tas sás mantar kyáh kare. Abiyási sa vikási laiwatú Gagnas sagan miyúl samuteratá Shani gultah anámai matú Yuhui upadesh chhui bhattá. Wák mánas kul akul ná ale Tshupi mudrih ati na pravesh Rozan Shiv Shakht ná ate Mutsiya kúnh tah sui upadesh. God does not want meditations and austerities : Through love alone canst thou get the abode of Bliss. Thou mayst be lost like salt in water. Still it is difficult for thee to know God, One who keeps in mind one single umkár. Considers self as much as the universe: One who remembers one single mantra. What can thousand mantras do to him? When by repeated practice (of Yoga) the visible objects go to absorption. When the qualified universe gets merged within the ether. Then remains none but the Supreme Being. This is, O Brahman, the true doctrine. Tell thy mind that there is no highness or lowness there; There is no entry there by either silence or mystic attitude ; Neither Shiva nor Shakhti remain there. If any one remains that is the true doctrine.
