A barefoot old man
A naked old man is seen walking on the streets of Delhi. His eyes are hollow. The body is broken in half-starvation. He is penniless. He spends most of his time around the confectionery shop. Some of the shopkeepers throw a laddu, a luchi. The old man grabbed it. He also sits in the crematorium in search of food. Molasses coated chira is distributed there. The old man takes the chira to get the flight. Older upper caste Brahmin. But he hid his father. Brahmins cannot take leftover food. The old man is helpless. He has no objection to the leftover food. He is no different from other beggars in Delhi. He also fights with the beggars for food.
Bhikshuko Bhikshukong Drishta
Svatulyang gurgurayate
(Dogs. Just as they roar when they see another dog, so do beggars roar when they see another beggar.)
This old man is familiar to us. His name is Harishankar. Acharya Harishankar. He walked hundreds of miles to Delhi to meet Emperor Humayun.
The emperor does not know his past. So he can pray for the emperor's mercy. Do not doubt the emperor. He made no mistake in trying to meet the emperor. All attempts have failed. Beggars cannot be allowed into the royal court. The emperor's visitors had to take gifts. Acharya Harishankar has nothing but his dirty fly.
Every Friday, the emperor rode on an elephant to perform the Friday prayers. At this time, standing on the side of the road, Harishankar made various gestures to attract the attention of the emperor, and cried aloud. It does not benefit. Don't look at the emperor.
Now Harishankar is thinking of jumping in front of the elephant. Could not save courage.
One Friday Harishankar ran from the side of the road and stood in front of the emperor's elephant and closed his eyes. It is better not to see the elephant being trampled underfoot.
There is noise from all sides. The bell is ringing. Frightened, Harishankar opened his eyes.
Surprise! The emperor sitting on the elephant's back is looking at him. Does he recognize her? Excited, Harishankar forgot to kiss.
The emperor said, are you Acharya Harishankar?
Harishankar immediately fell to the ground. He got up from there and said with folded hands, the emperor recognized me. My life is blessed. I was held captive by Sher Shah. Somehow I escaped. I have met the emperor, my life is blessed.
Are you here to see me
Harishankar nodded and fell to the ground again.
The emperor said, I am saddened to see your very dirty, broken body. See you at the royal court tomorrow.
Emperor Humayun gave Harishankar the post of courtier. He became one of the emperor's advisers. This is also one of the great mistakes of Emperor Humayun.
Within seven days, Jella returned to Acharya's face. The new dress did not seem out of place for him at court. He, of course, isolated himself from everything and kept silent. Although he knows:
Knowledge is useless
(He who is afraid to speak, his knowledge is useless.)
Acharya Harishankar is waiting. A lot can be found while talking. He wants to say something to the emperor personally. You have thought about what to say. Not having the opportunity to speak privately with the emperor.
The emperor is busy preparing for war. The ambassadors are going with the emperor's letter asking for help from the allied kings. He is having frequent meetings with his brothers. Mirza Kamran has laid his hands on the Holy Qur'an and promised that he will work with his army to be the right hand of the emperor.
The emperor had little apprehension about Mirza Kamran. That fear has proved unfounded.
The astrologers have been asked to bring out the good times. The emperor himself prayed Istekhara. After the Istikhara prayers, if you fall asleep after performing ablution, the instruction comes in a dream. Which can be seen in dreams. Everything is symbolic. Money-saving of this symbol is difficult most of the time.
The emperor dreamed. He is sitting on a white beech tree. Eating the leaves of the tree.
The interpreters of dreams have interpreted dreams. Thus -
Buck carnivore. He eats live fish and insects. In the dream, he changes his nature and becomes a herbivore and eats the leaves of the tree. Symbolically, the buck is Sher Shah. Because he wanders from place to place like a bird. Like the buck is white, so is Sher Shah's turban. The full meaning of the dream — Buck has changed his disposition. That is, Sher Shah has changed his nature. This change will be due to the defeat in the war.
Everyone in the royal court expressed satisfaction with the interpretation of the dream. Only Acharya Harishankar remained silent.
The emperor said, Acharya Harishankar, why are you silent? Do you have anything to say about this interpretation of dreams?
Acharya Harishankar said, I have something to say. But I want to remain silent. To speak in front of the wise means to drum up one's own ignorance.
Humayun said, I want to hear your statement.
Harishankar said, I think this buck is the emperor himself. The heart of the emperor is very sacred. The color of holiness is white. The buck is also white. The buck is eating the leaves instead of the fish, because he has changed his strategy. The emperor is being told to change his tactics through dreams.
Humayun said, "I took your explanation seriously." You will be my companion in the war.
Harishankar said, it will be whatever the emperor orders. But my presence is bad for you. It would be good for you to leave me in the capital.
Seeing the good days, Humayun went to war to defeat Sher Shah. At the last moment, Mirza Kamran stepped aside. Because after eating a fish in the river, he got stomach ache. I don't even have the ability to get out of bed. War cannot be fought in this situation. But he sent five hundred horsemen. They went some distance and returned to Punjab. Perhaps such instructions were on them.
Huayun sent a letter to his brother and continued his progress. In the letter -
Brother Kamran,
I am saddened to hear the news of your illness. My pain is worse because you did not see the defeat of Sher Shah.
On the battlefield, I imagine you are by my side. The power of imagination is no less than that of reality.
My main hope is Kalpana Tumi and the two main artillery masters Ahmad Rumi and Hossain Khalifa Only these two can disperse Sher Shah's forces with cannons.
I wish you a speedy recovery. Hopefully you will build a gate and wait to receive your victorious brother.
If he recovers quickly, he will come to Kanauj to help his elder brother.
Your older brother
Humayun Mirza
The emperor did not write this letter as emperor. Brother's letter went to brother. The emperor's seal did not fall on the letter.
Kamran Mirza pretended to be ill. The great sages began to come and go to him. Hekim announced that Kamran Mirza had been poisoned. Attempts were made to find out who did this heinous act. Doubt towards the inner city. The women of the royal family began to spend their days in terror.
Humayun did not take any female member of the royal family in this battle. All of them were placed under house arrest on Kamran's orders.
Kamran Mirza lay in bed and began to have secret meetings with the emirs. Not a meeting called by all the emirs together, separate meetings. At one meeting Acharya Harishankar was called. He came to Lahore from Delhi to inquire about the physical condition of the ailing Mirza Kamran.
Mirza Kamran said, "I have heard that my elder brother is a socialite of your subtle intellect and knowledge."
Harishankar said, Emperor elephant, I am a little mouse.
Elephants died on the battlefield. Musik is nothing.
Harishankar said, the death of an elephant comes and goes, the death of a mouse does not matter, so nothing happens to a mouse.
What do you think? Can you defeat Emperor Sher Shah?
Should I feel free to comment?
Of course.
The emperor will be miserably defeated.
Because?
The main reason is you. His morale is broken because you are not there. Morale plays a huge role on the battlefield.
Mirza Kamran said, Acharya Harishankar! The emperor went to war with a huge army. He has a huge artillery force.
Huge artillery will not be able to stand against Sher Shah's cunning, Humayun will be defeated and killed.
Killed?
Luckily for the first time, he survived. Fate does not help again and again.
What will happen to the throne of Delhi if the emperor is defeated?
Depending on your actions. If you lie in bed pretending to be ill, then the throne of Delhi will go to Sher Shah. And if you get up and start collecting troops, then the throne of Delhi is yours.
Are you willing to be one of my viziers?
No.
Why not?
As long as the emperor is alive, I am a loyal servant of the emperor. If the emperor dies for any reason, I will consider your offer. Not before that.
After the Asr prayers, Mirza Kamran got out of bed. He declared that he had been cured of the disease by the infinite mercy of Allah. He took a bath and prepared for the Maghrib prayers. The queens all received gifts on the occasion of the cure. Those who were under house arrest were released. Went to the general public. Three thousand silver coins. The amirs got the game. Acharya Harishankar was given a jeweled Bhojali.
