Friday 27 July 2012

Rani Amrit Kaur Sahib of Mandi



This is the photograph of Rani Amrit Kaur Sahib of Mandi (1904- 1948) who was the only daughter of Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur of Kapurthala. Married to His Highness the Raja of Mandi in 1923, she was a driving force behind many welfare groups and charity organizations of her time. She came for the darshan of Shri Nathji along with Maharani of Shinghaayi at Lahore in 1930’s. She asked Shri Nathji “ It is said that one must give up all desires and at the same time it is said that one must desire God – is that not a contradiction? Isn’t the desire for God, too, a desire?”
Shri Nathji replied “If a thorn has entered your finger you must take it out by using another thorn. And after the first thorn has been removed you can throw away the second thorn as well.”
“The thorn of desire of the world must be removed by the thorn of the desire for God. As a matter of fact, when the desire for God enters the heart, all other desires go by themselves. And once you have reached God, the desire to reach God is satisfied and goes away as well!”

Comments – 

Priya Nath Mehta  - Siddharta- you have done it again, unearthed the historical figures if HH Shri Nathji's past!

Nicholas Luis Sevilla Zamoyski  - Wonderful person and story.

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