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  और गुरुने भी हार मान ली कबीरकी गुरुभक्तिके समक्ष !
  संत कबीरकी बढ़ती प्रसिद्धिको देख काशीके कुछ पोंगे पंडितोको द्वेषवश कष्ट होने लगा | वे कबीरके पास गए और और उनकी गुरु परंपराके बारेमें पूछा | कबीरने कहा, “मेरे गुरु रामानन्द महाराज है उन्होंने ही मुझे गुरुमंत्र दिया था और उनकी कृपाके कारण ही आज मैं आनंदमें रहता हूं" | पंडितोंको उनकी प्रसिद्धिका द्वेष तो था ही रामानन्द महाराजसे जाकर पूछने लगे “जिसके जन्म और जातिका ठिकाना नहीं उसे आपने शिष्य कैसे बना लिया ? रामानन्द महाराज बोले, “मैंने किसी कबीरको शिष्य नहीं बनाया मैं तो उसे जानता तक नहीं" | पंडित बोले “परंतु वे तो सीना तान कर कहते हैं कि आप ही उनके गुरु है और आपने उन्हें गुरुमंत्र भी दी है” |
  कबीरके बारे वह प्रसंग तो आपको पता ही होगा कि उनकी इच्छा थी रामानन्द महाराजसे उन्हें दीक्षा मिले परंतु उन्हें पता था कि ऐसा संभव नहीं अतः वे काशीके गंगा-घाटके रास्ते, मुंह-अंधेरे लेट गए उन्हें पता था कि गुरु महाराज प्रतिदिन इसी मार्गसे नित्य गंगा-स्नान हेतु पौ फटनेसे पहले ही जाते हैं अतः उनसे दीक्षा लेनेका यह सर्वोत्तम मार्ग है | और वैसा ही हुआ अंधेरेमें रामानन्दजीने उनके सीनेपर अपने चरण रख दिया और ऐसा होते ही उनके मुखसे ‘राम राम’ निकल पड़ा | कबीरदासजी चुपचाप श्रीगुरुके चरणोंके स्पर्श और उनके मुखारविंदसे निकला ‘राम मंत्र’ को गुरु मंत्र मान वहाँसे निकल गए |
  अब जब रामानन्द महाराजने कह दिया कि किसी कबीरको नहीं जानते तो पंडितोंने कबीरदासको नीचा दिखानेके लिए धर्म-सभा बुलाई | उस समय धर्मसभा बडे-बडे मंदिरोंकी सीढ़ियोंपर लगती थी जहां ऐसे छोटे-मोटे प्रसंगोंको सुलझाया जाता था | सभा आरंभ हुई रामानन्दजीने कबीरदासको डांटकर अपने पास बुलाया | वे एक सीढ़ी ऊपर थे और कबीर एक सीढ़ी नीचे | रामानंदी संप्रदायके संत अपने साथ एक चिमटा रखते थे, गुरुजी ने
  शिष्यको एक चिमटासे मारते हुए कहा “क्यों, मैंने कब तुम्हें शिष्य स्वीकार किया बता, 'राम राम' |" उनकी आदत थी प्रत्येक वाक्यमें ‘राम राम’ कहने की और दूसरा चिमटा पुनः मारा और कहने लगे “ झूठ बोलता है कि मैंने तुझे गुरुमंत्र दिया है, 'राम राम’ |" तीसरा चिमटा मारते हुए कहा, “सबके सामने सच-सच बता, ‘राम राम’ |" कबीरदासजी बड़ी विनम्रतासे सबके सम्मुख खड़े हुए और कहने लगे “उस दिन गुरु महाराजने अंधेरेमें अपने चरणोंके स्पर्श दिए थे और ‘राम राम’ का मंत्र प्राप्त हुआ था और आज सबके सामने 'राम राम' का दिव्य मंत्र अपने आशीर्वादका छापके साथ मेरे पीठपर दे दी और क्या कहूँ इनकी कृपाके बारेमें और अपनी पीठ दिखाई जिसमें तीन चिमटेके दाग स्पष्ट दिखाई दे रहे थे | गुरुका हृदय तो माँ समान कोमल होता है, ऐसी भक्ति देख उनके आँखोंसे अश्रुधारा निकालने लगी, उन्होंने कहा “अब चाहे काशीके सारे पंडित मेरा बहिष्कार करें आजसे तू मेरा शिष्य और मैं तेरा गुरु, 'राम राम” !!! यह कह शिष्यको गलेसे लगा लिया और दोनोंकी आँखोंसे अश्रुधारा देख सब पोंगे पंडित लज्जित हो गए |
  
  Kabirdas was a saint of the highest order, but he did not learn anything from his Guru in the gross form. He displayed devotion towards his Guru like Eklavya and received self-realisation. All of you must have heard this couplet of his:
  
  गुरु गोविंद दाऊ खड़े काके लागू पाय |
  बलिहारी गुरु आपने गोविंद दियो दिखाय ||
  
  Guru Gobind Dou khade, kaake lagoon paye,
  Balihaari Guru aapne, Gobind diyo dikhaaye
  
  Imagine his faith in his Guru whom he saw just once, that he even gave the credit for self-realisation to his Guru and not to God, because he had placed Guru on a higher pedestal than God himself. Only those who have tasted the nectar of Guru Krupa can understand his importance.
  (Gurukrupa hi kevalam shishy param mangalam.)
  And the Guru too conceded defeat in the face of Kabir’s devotion.
  The story about Saint Kabirdas goes thus:
  Upon noticing the fame of Saint Kabir increasing, some Pundits of Kashi grew jealous. They went to Saint Kabirdas and asked him about the traditions of his Guru. Saint Kabir said, “My Guru is Ramanand Maharaj. He only had given me the Guru Mantra and it is by his grace that I am in bliss today.” As the Pundits were jealous of his fame, so they went to Ramanand Maharaj and asked him, “A person whose caste and birth etc are not known, how did you make him your disciple?” Ramanand Maharaj said, “I have not made Kabir my disciple, I do not even know who he is.” The Pundits retorted, “But he openly says you are his Guru and that you have given him the Guru Mantra.
  Before we proceed further, let us recall an incident that had taken place earlier. Saint Kabirdas wanted to receive Deeksha (initiation) from Ramanand Maharaj, but knew that he would not agree. Therefore, in the early hours of dawn one day, he lay down on a Ghat (river bank) of Ganga (Ganges), knowing that Guru Maharaj takes that route every day on his way to take a holy bath. It would be the best route to seek Deeksha, he thought. It happened exactly like that. As soon as Ramanand Maharaj accidentally stepped on Kabir’s chest, he suddenly spoke out ‘Ram Ram’. Kabirdas felt touch of His guru’s feet on his chest as His blessings and considering ‘Ram Ram’ as his Guru Mantra, went back. Now, since Ramanand Maharaj had already said that he did not know Kabir, the Pundits called for a Dharm Sabha to let Kabir down. In those days, such gatherings used to be held on the staircases of big temples, where issues of even small magnitude used to be resolved. When the meeting started, Ramanand Maharaj called Kabir and scolded him. He was standing one step above Kabir, and disciple Kabir one step below him. The followers of Ramanandi community used to keep a kind of a forcep. So he beat one against Kabirdas and asked him, “Tell me, when did I accept you as my disciple, Ram Ram?” He had a habit of saying Ram Ram in every sentence. So he pricked Kabir with the forceps and said: “Why are you telling a lie that I gave you the Guru Mantra, Ram Ram”. Hitting Kabir a third time with the forceps, he said, “Tell the truth in front of everyone, Ram Ram.”
  Saint Kabirdas stood humbly before him and said, “That day my Lord had allowed me to touch his feet in dark and gave the Mantra of Ram Ram, and today He has given the impressions of His blessings on my back. What else can I say about His grace?” And he then showed his back to everyone, on which one could clearly see three marks caused by the forceps. Gurus are Gurus after all.
  
  Upon seeing such devotion, tears came to Ramanand Maharaj’s eyes, and he said, “Now, even if all the Pundits of Kashi boycott me, from today you are my disciple and I am your Guru, Ram Ram.” Saying this, he embraced his disciple. Seeing tears in their eyes, all the Pundits went back embarrassed.