Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
न चैनं क्लेदय्नत्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ।। 

‘इस  आत्मा  को  शस्त्र काट  नहीं  सकते,  आग जला नहीं सकती,

जल गला नहीं सकता एवं वायु सुखा नहीं सकती ।'   (गीता : २.२३) 

The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon,

nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water,

nor withered by the wind".

All most all Indian must have heard this verse from Bhagavad Gita. But I doubt hardly any one, except few, knew real meaning of this famous verse. If even few thousand people of this nation knew real meaning of above & related verses, who could have enslaved us? How come we remained slave for nearly 1000 years? Perhaps in heart of our heart, we never believed the great saying of Krishna. We, Indian, go on quoting verses upon verse of Gita but never, I dare to say NEVER, believe in them. Even today if some one dare to stand against injustice, the whole crowd gathers to advise him not to do so in pretext why he should risk his life, by risking his life what he will gain. This is defeatist attitude shows that we, Indian, want to keep Gita in our Temples only & never try to bring them in day to day life.

But "NO",  all don't fall in this category of salve minded, timid & unbelievers. Few knew real meaning of this & related verses, even if they had read Gita or not. But by heart they knew that "The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind".  Among such persons names of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev, stand apart like Everest among all other peaks.

All know that who were these great sons of India, what they did & how they scarified their life at the alter of their beloved country. I will not narrate their biography which is not scope of this post. I would like to bring only two incident of their life which will fully show that they knew real meaning of above verse by heart.

Sh. Bhagat Singh: Time : Last & Final Day of their life, Place : Lahore Jail

Warden comes to take Bhagat Singh for final journey on that fateful day. He finds Bhagat Singh engrossed reading a book. The warden thinks it as religious book which read at this moment of life. But this book was not Gita or Ramayan or Gurugranth Sahib but book on or by Lenin. He asks Bhagat Singh to get ready. Bhagat Singh takes a page marker, places it at the page which he was reading as if he was about to come back & resumes reading from that page. as if the death was nothing for this man but just a journey to another body.

He knew the real meaning of Gita even without reading it.

Sh. Rajguru: Time : Evening of last night, Place : Lahore Jail

A old inmate who loved these three young men comes to Rajguru with a mango & says "Puttar, I have nothing to give you as parting gift. I have got a mango. Please take it tonight when ever you want. Here is the mango." Rajguru replies "Baba, Thanks but you know what might be going inside me. I don't feel taking anything. Please take away your mango." But that old man leaves that mango at one corner with request if Rajguru feels he may take otherwise in morning he will remove it.

When all the three Heroes were taken away to gallon, that old man came to Rajguru cell & found the mango as it is laying where he left it. Knowing mental condition of such inmate, he picked up that mango. He was utterly & pleasantly surprised to find that Rajguru had already sucked the mango fully & then inflated it in original condition, as small boys do with balloon, to give surprise to his inmate friend. Just think this man was going to be hanged next morning but he was as joyous as if he was going to get married next morning.

He knew the real meaning of Gita even without reading it.

Because few knew that "The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind" we stand free today" our country is free today. Will it remain free?

The whole India bows in their respect at feet of these & such "Real Knowers".