Nanak Shah Fakir

After so many years?

Children..

..do you remember the stories of Baba Nanak and Mardana from Talwandi?

Yes teacher, I remember them all.

Look there!

Mardana ji is returning after so many years.

Maulvi sahab?

As-Salaam-Alaikum

Wa-Alaikum-Salaam

Where's our Nanak?

He has become famous, far and wide.

He is also on his way.

First of all, please tell us..

What is Nanak?

By religion, is he a Hindu or a Muslim?

He is neither a Hindu nor a Muslim.

Then what is he?

Mahanti son, please let him rest.

Keep your questions and answers for later.

Teacher, please intervene.

He has traversed the world,

learn something from him.

Humanity is Nanak's religion,

spirituality is his companion,

and He believes in One Ram,

One Allah,

One God.

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

the mist cleared, the universe lit up.

the mist cleared, the universe lit up.

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

the mist cleared, the universe lit up.

As, when the sun rises,

as, when the sun rises,

as, when the sun rises,

as, when the sun rises,

the stars disappear and the darkness dispels.

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

Guru Nanak descended,

the mist cleared, the universe lit up,

the mist cleared, the universe lit up.

Patwari ji, congratulations!

You've been blessed with a beautiful baby boy.

This was at a time when the land and people of India were..

suffering extreme atrocities of violence, bloodshed and apathy.

Drunk with power, greed and lust,

the rulers were not concerned about the common man's plight.

India!

From where the scripts of religious duty were written,

there humanity was falling apart.

Under the oppression of foreigners,

the voice of learned Saints and Fakirs was being suppressed.

While on one hand, the terror of the invaders was firming its foot-hold,

the wedges of caste, creed and religion were dividing people, on the other.

In such a period of darkness,

in a small village of Talwandi, in Punjab,

Baba Nanak was born.

Rai sahab?

You...here?

I was coming to give you the good news.

Congratulations! Here.

I am delighted to see you here.

Kalu ji, it's my duty.

Hardayal ji,

so early in the morning?

You have a fine sense for good news.

Rai sahab, your Talwandi is so small,

that when the children play, their sound resonates the jungle.

Pundit Hardayal ji prepares the horoscope of our family.

Yes, yes I'm aware.

Kalu ji,

while preparing daughter Nanki's horoscope,

I had predicted the arrival of a Godly soul in your home.

Last night, I saw a saintly soul...

I'm not sure if it was a dream or a reality.

Nanki..

stop playing with the spinning wheel now.

And, go look for your brother.

Write on the slate of your heart, the name of the true Lord.

Has Nanak committed any mistake?

I ask Nanak one question,

he counters me with two.

Questions?

What questions?

Questions that I don't have answers to.

I will tell him not to ask questions

to which you don't have answers.

It is not so, Kalu ji.

I have answers to children's questions.

But Nanak's queries are deep, insightful

I think he is trying to understand his own mind,

and seeking answers thereof.

You are adding to my dilemma.

What do these questions have to do with his studies?

He has nothing to do with this world!

But, will he be able to study?

I feel he knows more than me.

More than you?

What are you saying, teacher?

Sir, he is your disciple, and you are the teacher.

If you are unable to understand me,

then how will you understand Nanak?

Kalu ji!

By looking at a tall tree, it's difficul to fathom the depth of its roots.

But, it's not difficult for me to appreciate that..

the essence of the entire universe..

rests inside Nanak's temple-like heart.

Means...Nanak is intelligent?

Prepare the horses.

Kamru Nath?

Received.

Charan Das?

His crops didn't get water.

Why?

Last year, Rai sahab had got one Persian well dug up for the crops?

He said, by the time his turn came the crops dried up.

If Charan Das is unable to pay the taxes,

then he would have to plead his case himself to Rai sahab.

I shall not advocate.

Sikandar Lodhi has ordered that..

the entire revenue collection..

from across the country must reach him by the month end.

Ok, then I will pay the taxes on his behalf.

Hmm..

I didn't point at you, Kalu ji.

You please come outside.

Load all the books of account,

I have to submit them in Sultanpur.

What's the matter?

The teacher has complained that Nanak asks too many questions.

What is wrong in asking questions?

Rai sahab, he goes to learn, not to ask questions.

Nanak is not an ordinary child.

You are aware of this, right?

But..

he needs to do something when he grows up, Rai sahab?

Make him learn Persian, it's an official language.

Once he learns Persian, he will get government employment.

That's my responsibility.

Be patient, Kalu ji.

An ocean of patience can absorb millions of turbulent rivers.

Why should he learn a foreign language?

Only by learning a foreign language..

one can understand their culture.

When a Pathan hears a Hindu speak in Persian,

he swells with pride.

He'll get a government job.

His life will be settled.

Nanak!

Nanak!

Nanak!

Nanki was aware of Nanak's spiritual disposition.

Nanak had grown-up before her eyes.

He must be day-dreaming!

She was the only one who was aware of his mystical thought process..

and would appeal to their father on Nanak's behalf.

Kalu ji, what are you carrying?

Pundit ji asked me to bring loose change.

They have to be distributed among the poor, after the 'Holy thread' ceremony.

Please go ahead, I shall follow you.

I hope Nanak is learning Persian?

Your son doesn't study Persian, instead he teaches it to us.

Swear to God, Patwari ji, I am telling the truth.

He has 100 times more command on Persian than you.

Nanak is not coming out of his room.

He told Nanki, that he'll not wear the 'Holy thread'.

Please, you talk to him.

Come out son,

these rituals are a must.

As per the Hindu religion, all Khatris and Brahmins...

Nanak says..

he is aware of these customs.

Make compassion the cotton,

contentment the thread,

modesty the knot and truth the twist.

Make compassion the cotton,

contentment the thread,

modesty the knot and truth the twist.

This is the sacred thread of the soul;

This is the sacred thread of the soul;

If you have it, then please get it for me.

If you have it, then please get it for me.

Make compassion the cotton,

contentment the thread,

modesty the knot and truth the twist.

Neither does it break,

Nor soil.

Neither can it be burned, nor be lost.

Blessed are those mortal beings, O Nanak

who wear such a thread around their necks.

Very few people understood..

the reason behind Nanak's refusal to wear the 'Holy thread'.

Nanak son,

what form of 'Holy thread' are you talking about?