A famous literary work - “Prithviraj Raso”, composed by the well-known poet ‘Chanvardai’ of the medieval period. This poet during the later period of the completion of his work served in the court of Shahabuddin Ghauri. When Prithviraj Chauhan was about to throw a sound-piercing arrow, Chanvardai gave him some lessons in morality. In one of the verses he states how people belonging to different castes behave differently when they act as chiefs.
“KHATRI HOY PARDHAN KHAY, KHANDO DIKHARAVE,
SAHU HOY PARDHAN BHARE GHAR RAJ THAMBHAVE,
KAYATH HOY PARDHAN AHONISI RAHE PIYANTO,
BAMMAN HOY PARDHAN SADA RAKHVAI NICHINTO,
NAI PARDHAN NAHI KIJIYE,
KAVI CHANDVIRARD SAANCHI CHAVAI,
CHAHU AAN BAAN GUN SATTHVAI,
MAT CHUKKAS MAUTE TAVAI|”
Yes Laalaa Ji was, also born in a ‘Kayastha’ family and his father also had the habit of drinking.
It was a ceremonial-day, perhaps his birthday. Some of his father’s friends and some eminent Britishers had come for dinner.
That evening liquor was specially served to the guests. His mother did not use to like it but she never made an issue of it. When all the guests had departed after dinner, his father came inside the house. This was his fourth birthday and he was ,then, not a small child to be carried in lap. Even then out of profound love for him he [Laalaaji’s father] picked him up in his lap. Because of the smell of liquor coming out of his mouth, he did not like his show of love upon him and he [Laalaa Ji] started feeling irritated. After a successful attempt he slipped down saying that he smelled. This had a deep psychological impact on him and he felt ashamed on his condition. The landlady Durga Devi [his mother] said only this much - “the children are now growing; you should keep this in mind”. Chaudhary Sahib could not stay with in and went to sleep in his bedroom.
After this incidence his father not only gave up drinking but also developed an aversion to it. Never ever in his life thereafter he talked about drinking.
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| Shri Ram Janm-mahotsav. |
He did not like to mix up with other children of his age. Until she was alive, his mother was his, his friend his companion, everything. He imitated her in whatever she did. Reading Ramcharitmanas was her life. Both of the brothers were not mentally grown up they used to listen to her with apt attention as if they understood everything. Sometimes she used to read some particular incidences in the Ramcharitmanas with great absorption and tears used to flow from her eyes out of emotions. Seeing her weep they also used to weep. If she asked them why they were crying, they used to tell her “because you were weeping so did we. We like to weep with you”. She used to then embrace them. She would clear her tears with the border of her saree and then clean their faces with the same drenched border. This used to make them very happy.
She had a very sweet voice and she had adequate skills of singing. She used to recite the ‘Manas’ [Ramcharitmanas] in a melodious voice. In her company, not only he [Laalaa JI] developed an inclination toward spirituality, but he also got interested in singing and poetry. The seed of ‘knowledge of Self’ sowed in his heart due to her grace, supported him throughout his life and his life became an instrument for the nurturing of that seed.
Continued ... ... ...
servus servorum Dei,
Dinesh Kumar Saxena [Grandson, spiritual and de jure heir of H. H. Mahatma Ram Chandra Ji (Laalaa Ji) Maharaj of Fatehgarh (UP) India.]
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