A Folk Tale

2. Guru Nanak and Cobra A Folk Tale

3. The benefactor God listened to the cries of human beings and sent Guru Nanak to this world. With the emergence of the true Guru, the mist cleared and the light scattered all around. As if at the rise of the sun, the stars disappear and the darkness dispells. Wherever the Guru put his feet a religious place was established.

4. One day when it was very hot summer noon the Guru drove the cattle towards one shady tree. The buffaloes felt relieved standing under that tree and the Guru also put his long towel on the ground and sat down. After sometime Nanak lay down and fell asleep. With the passing of the time the shade of the tree shifted and hot rays of sun began to fall on his naked face.

5. Suddenly a big cobra came and spread out its large hood over the face of the sleeping Nanak. By chance ruler of the village named Raae Bulaar was returning home with his servants, after assessing the ripened crops. When they came near that shady tree, Raae Bulaar was alarmed to see the Guru lying fast asleep unaware of a big cobra beside him.

6. He at once ordered his servants to rush on that direction with sticks in their hands. When the cobra saw someone coming towards him, it vanished into the nearby shrubs. In the mean time Raae Bulaar approached near Nanak and found him fast asleep. He was pleased to see Nanak alive. His servants told him that when they came near, the cobra folded its hood and ran away. They felt ashamed that they could not kill it.

7. But Raae Bulaar said, “The cobra was not an ordinary snake, the god had sent him to protect Guru Nanak from the scorching heat of the sun. The cobra had not approached Guru Nanak to kill him, but it had come there to provide him shade.”

10. Made By:- • Charu Gupta • Aakriti Tarkar • Aakriti Rachana • Ankita Kedia • Annapurna Chauhan