Swami Jewan Sahib
Swami Jewan Sahib | |||
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| Born | Middle of the eighteenth-century A.D Motiyar, Rainawari, Kashmir | ||
| Nationality | Indian | ||
| Citizenship | India | ||
| Occupation | Brahmogyani and Yogi Raj | ||
Swami Jewan Sahib, a renowned Brahmogyani and Yogi Raj of very high order was an apostle of Ahinsa and Truth. Commanding a Himalayan stature in the spiritual domain, his high spiritual excellence has been immortalised from time to time in fable and song by his devotees and admirers. Swami Jewan Sahib also called Jewan Shah is considered as an incarnation of Sada Shiva, by his devotees.
Jewan Sahib meditated on the plank of wood (takth posh[1]) in kag aasan (crow posture) for sixty years. This plank is cherished as a sacred relic to this day. Jewan Sahib was a truly non-violent soul. In his presence rats, cats and pigeons would live in harmony forgetting their instinctive hostility to each other.
Early Life
Jewan Sahib was born at Motiyar, Rainawari, the eastern suburb of Srinagar (Kashmir) in the middle of the eighteenth-century A.D. He lived all his life there. His father’s name was Shree Raj Kak Pandit. His mother would visit the Khirbahwani Shrine at Tula Mulla, Kashmir every month. One day she fell into a trance in which she beheld the Deity offering her two boughs, one of the pomegranate trees and the other of the grape vine. She got two sons – one at the age of 50 and the other later on. As the Deity had said, one would be the son of the worldly parents and other the son, as in fact he appeared to be, of the Deity herself. Jewan grew up to boyhood and went to a local school, where he received his early education. He was very well versed in Persian.
Jewan Sahib lived a quiet and unassuming life. Thousands of devotees both Hindus and Muslims would come to him to have his darshan. They would listen attentively to his discourses. He would impress upon them to live a very simple and harmonious life.
Dewan Dila Ram
The Kashmiri Hindus were victims of religious persecution during the Afghan rule. With Jewan Sahib’s blessings Pt. Dila Ram, who was a very poor man became the Dewan of Kashmir during the time of Afghan rule. He would always go to Sahib (popular name of Swami Jee) and serve him with devotion. One day Swami Ji told him to carry a pencase and go straight to the old Dal Gate (Pron Khun). Swami Jee said,[1]
“Dila, Hakim banakha ki na hakima sund hahar”
(Dila, do you want to be the Hakim or the Hakim’s brother-in-law (wife’s brother)?”
Dila considered it a joke wondering how an illiterate person like him could ever be a Hakim and more so his brother-in-law when he had no sister. Swami Jee told him to go straight to the spot and not to waste time. The Governor had stopped his chariot there. The Governor’s brother-in-law Tara Quli Khan was reading out to him a petition written by someone who was burning in his heart at atrocities committed by the Governor and each verse ended with “Sag Shavi, sag shavi” (Thou shalt become a dog, thou shalt become a dog). The Governor got offended and in a sweep his eye around he noticed a poor Pandit at a distance. He summoned him and told him to read out the petition. Dila Ram read it out changing the ending of each verse into “Sag Shavam, sag shavam” (I shall become a dog, I shall become a dog). The Governor asked him why it was read differently by his brother-in-law. Dila Ram showed his wit by replying that since he was addressing the Governor it was not proper for a man like him to utter such words of impudence and as such, he addressed these words to himself even though they were addressed to the Governor. The Governor was very much pleased with Dila Ram and made him Dewan in place of Tara Quli Khan. Now Dila Ram was in place of the person who had been both the Dewan and Governor’s brother-in-law. It was exactly what Swami Jee had wished him to be.[1]
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