ETERNALLY MARRIED

There lived a hermit called Shahu Suhagan at Dinga Nagar in the district of Gujrat now in Pakistan. He always dressed in red clothes like those of a newly married bride. He wanted people to think of him as married to God who is alive forever. Guru Nanak said to Bhai Mardana," Come, Bhai Mardana, let us go and meet that Shahu Suhagan whom people go to see and praise a lot."
Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana reached his hermitage. On that way, there was a big gathering of people at his hermitage as if there was a fair. The people coming to the place handed over their offerings to the attendent standing at the door and moved on. On being asked the people said, " On the day of full moon, Shau Sahugan does not reveal his face to anybody. Early in the morning he spreads flowers in his courtyard and retires to his room as if he is waiting for somebody to pay him a visit."
Guru Nanak Dev Ji said to Bhai Mardana, "Had Shau Suhagan beheld the Lord, He would see him in His creation. These are all pretences that God comes to visit him."Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Bhai Mardana Ji came away from the hermitage. On their return, Bhai Mardana looked at the hermitage. He saw that people were fighting among themselves. That fight was free for all. The flowers which Shau Suhagan had spread to welcome his husband, lay trampled upon. The decoration of the hermitage had disappeared. The offerings left with the attendant were being thrown at each other in the fight. People going away from the hermitage were saying," Shau Suhagan was a liar. It was a fraud that God visits him."
The next morning, a lame fakir came to Guru Nanak Dev Ji and fell at his feet. Guru asked Shau Suhagan, where are your red clothes? Why are you dressed as a beggar? Why are you limping? God used to come to visit you. People were praising you. What happened to you?" He replied. " That was a fraud, I had created. please forgive me. My lord, please come to the hermitage. I have come to take you."
At his humble request, Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Bhai Mardana went with him. The people of the city began assembling at his hermitage to see the newly arrived fakirs. On that daypeople were coming to have a sight of the true guide, in the place which only the previous day they had left in anger at discovering they had been deceived.