Guru Nanak Dev Ji showed us how misleading Hinduism was since his time in this physical abode.
Kavi Santokh Singh narrates in his poems called Suraj Parkash that Guru Nanak was having his bath in River Veai
and nearby it there was a commotion of a Brahmin with a cow trying to pass through a toll gate.
The Brahmin was in the attire of dhoti, tikka, with a rosary. The tax collector was a khatri hindu.
Guru Nanak uttered this shabad upon seeing the incident.
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
सलोक मः १ ॥
Salok mėhlā 1.
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਗਊ ਬਿਰਾਹਮਣ ਕਉ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਰਿ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
गऊ बिराहमण कउ करु लावहु गोबरि तरणु न जाई ॥
Ga▫ū birāhmaṇ ka▫o kar lāvhu gobar ṯaraṇ na jā▫ī.
They tax the cows and the Brahmins, but the cow-dung they apply to their kitchen will not save them.
ਧੋਤੀ ਟਿਕਾ ਤੈ ਜਪਮਾਲੀ ਧਾਨੁ ਮਲੇਛਾਂ ਖਾਈ ॥
धोती टिका तै जपमाली धानु मलेछां खाई ॥
Ḏẖoṯī tikā ṯai japmālī ḏẖān malecẖẖāʼn kẖā▫ī.
They wear their loin cloths, apply ritual frontal marks to their foreheads, and carry their rosaries, but they eat food with the Muslims.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪੂਜਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਤੁਰਕਾ ਭਾਈ ॥
अंतरि पूजा पड़हि कतेबा संजमु तुरका भाई ॥
Anṯar pūjā paṛėh kaṯebā sanjam ṯurkā bẖā▫ī.
O Siblings of Destiny, you perform devotional worship indoors, but read the Islamic sacred texts, and adopt the Muslim way of life.
ਛੋਡੀਲੇ ਪਾਖੰਡਾ ॥
छोडीले पाखंडा ॥
Cẖẖodīle pākẖandā.
Renounce your hypocrisy!
ਨਾਮਿ ਲਇਐ ਜਾਹਿ ਤਰੰਦਾ ॥੧॥
नामि लइऐ जाहि तरंदा ॥१॥
Nām la▫i▫ai jāhi ṯaranḏā. ||1||
Taking the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall swim across. ||1||
