Devotion Of Mother Jamuna
Devotion Of Mother Jamuna
Masands were chosen leaders
By sixth Guru from among good Sikhs
To spread his message among people
And to collect from Sikhs their offerings
And tithe for the Guru for welfare works
With the passage of time some Masands
Became corrupted and dishonest
Once such a greedy Masand was
Making collection, when an old woman came to hand over her share to reach Guru
Masand refused to take the small offering from her
She kept her poise as she knew that Prince Gobind is the mind-reading Prince. She believed that
Prince himself would appear to ask for it
She started stored whatever little she could
On his way to Chak Nanki (Anandpur Sahib)
From Patna, Prince stayed at Danapur in 1671 AD
Mother Jamuna was overjoyed to know about his stay as she had an opportunity to see him
With her eyes just in her own village Danapur
With great love and devotion
Mother Jamuna prepared hotchpotch
The mind reader of devotees came at
her doorstep and said, "Grandma,
Serve me the hotchpotch you have prepared
She happily served it to him
And also to Sikhs accompanying him
When Prince rose to take leave of her
She pleaded him to stay with her forever
He said to her, "I shall always be with you"
He further added," whenever you
Want to see me, prepare hotchpotch
And serve it to the needy people around."
Whenever you do that you would
be able to behold me right before you
All her life mother Jamuna
kept having glimpses of the Prince
By preparing hotch potch
And serving it to the poor
Whenever She had longed to see him
At present the same earthen pot ( handi)
Which was used by her is kept
In Gurdwara 'Handi Sahib'
It's in Awasthi ghat, Ramapur
In the state of Bihar.