Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, whose shelter makes all of the pain go away; the giver of bliss and Mukti; I place my head on the ground and bow to him.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach
When we left the saint and came back, the other saints were really happy and said: "this great child was young but his speech was good and full of Bhagti and Vairagya. He came and showed you a lot of love. He was compassionate, soft and generous. When he brought all of the food and sat down, why did you tell him to go?" Hearing his disciples, the great Mahant said: "he was the Param Purakh, giver of joy and bliss. He was omnipotent, wise and the treasure of virtues. He keeps himself hidden. He doesn't show anyone who he really is. Nobody can know who he is. I couldn't tolerate his radiance, that's why I gave him permission to leave." They all sat down and began to eat the delicious food. The Sadhoos had been hungry for 7 days. They made kheer with sugar, ghee and rice. They were satiated. They were happy and said: "we think that Kartar himself gave us this food. We wonder if he has taken on a human form. He came and gave us this great food. We have been hungry for 7 days. We are now satiated, eating this food."
Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji headed back to his village with me. When we came half way, the destroyer of worries, Guru ji, started to go into deep thought. He stopped and didn't go any further. The treasure of virtue looked worried and said to me: "what did we just do? What will we say when we go home? Pitha ji will be really angry. He will swear at the both of us and yell." I heard this and said: "well, I am not at fault for anything. I tried stopping you. You did this bad thing on purpose. You are now worried but you will have to take what comes your way. You will need to fix this. I am not worried a bit because you're the one who spent your own money. Secondly, I'm not wiser than you. We are the same age but I follow your command. Your father sent me as your servant. That's why I'm not at fault. Only you know what's bad and good." As we spoke and discussed, we came to Talwandi. I went home, but Guru ji did not enter the village. There was dried up pool nearby. Guru ji sat by the pool. When Mehta Kalu ji found out that I was back home, he got worried. He sent a servant to call me. I went to him. He looked at me with anger and said: "where is the money? Where is Nanak? Why did you leave him behind? Did you not do any business? Why did you go home without informing me? In which village did you leave him? If he was upset, why didn't you bring him home?" I heard this and told him the whole story: "there were some Fakirs in a jungle. We walked and he sat beside them. He talked to them for a bit and then gave them all the money for food. He said: "Pitha ji wanted me to find a good deal. This is a great deal. I'm doing what he told me to do." He gave them all of the money. We then came home. He's probably hiding somewhere in the village, thinking that you will be really mad. He didn't come home for that reason." Hearing this did not calm his anger down. Instead, it was like ghee to the fire. He said to me: "show me where he is and come with me!"
Speaking harsh words, Mehta Kalu ji and I went to where Guru ji was sitting. When Mata ji found out about the money and that Pitha ji was mad and looking for Guru ji, she sent her daughter, Bebe Nanaki ji. Mata ji got worried when she heard that Pitha ji was really angry. She sent servants and maids. Other people gathered as well. They all saw the dry pool, where the Compassionate One was sitting. Baba Kalu ji saw Guru ji and spoke really harsh words. He held him by the arm and asked in anger: "where is the money? You home destroyer! What business and deal did you do? You were born in my house and mixed my name into the dust." The Lotus-faced One remained quiet. His father talked to him but Guru ji didn't say anything. Baba Kalu ji spoke louder and with more anger. He then slapped Guru ji on the left cheek, with his right hand, really hard. With his left hand, he slapped Guru ji on his right cheek, just under the temple. He slapped him really hard. Tears flowed from Guru Nanak Dev ji's eyes. It was like he felt the pain. It looked like two fish spitting out water. His eyes looked like two lotus flowers in the water. They were very radiant. The tears looked like bright pearls. The marks on his cheeks looked like bees sitting on the lotus. His face looked like the moon without the craters, but with the shadow of the deer. Bebe Nanaki ji came right away and grabbed Pith Kalu ji's hand. The other people that were there also stopped Baba Kalu ji and tried talking to him. Bebe Nanaki ji took her brother and wiped his face with love. She spoke to him with sweet words and gave him hope. She slowly took him to the village.
Mata ji saw the tears and was filled with love for her son. She saw the tears and the love did not stop flowing from her heart. She hugged him and began to cry herself. Guru ji's shirt got wet from Mata ji's tears. She saw her son's body and wiped him down. She cried and said: "son, don't do any work form now on. Walk around the village as you please. If you don't do any work, nothing will be spoiled. There will be no fights either. Prabhoo has given us all the joys in our home. Stay in your own joy."
The people that were looking on, quickly went to Rai Bhullar, where his court was in session. They told him everything: “20 Rajitpuns were given to Guru Nanak Dev ji. He, instead of doing a business, gave it to saints. He is very compassionate and sweet. He couldn’t see the saints hungry and without clothes. Kalu slapped him very hard and scolded him very sternly. He did not hold back and gave him pain.” Rai Bhullaar ji heard this. Rai Bhullaar ji had a deep love for Guru Nanak Dev ji. His heart became drenched in love. He called a servant and said: “go and bring “Kamal Nain” (Lotus-eyed One) to my home. Bring Kalu, who does not fear Hari, as well.” After saying this, he became very angry. His lips quivered and he felt a deep pain in his heart. He took deep breaths and thought to himself: “I made a big mistake. The one who is omnipotent, infinite, compassionate and benevolent; he was disrespected. This is all my fault.” He was upset and got angrier by the second.
The servant brought Guru Nanak Dev ji to the home of Rai Bhullaar. Rai Bhullaar ji saw Guru Nanak Dev ji and began to cry. He saw the Omnipotent One and a fountain of tears flowed from his eyes. His tears fell to the ground. He got up right away and hugged Guru Nanak Dev ji. The tears continued to flow. He made Guru Nanak Dev ji’s clothes wet. Rai Bhullaar ji tried to speak but he was too overwhelmed with emotion. His mind was drenched in love. The ones that were nearby, all deemed Baba Kalu ji as too strict. They were not happy with what he did to Guru Nanak Dev ji. Rai Bhullaar saw the marks on Guru Nanak Dev ji’s cheeks and got angry. He spoke harshly: “Kalu! You are an angry person who has no compassion. You are too strict. You didn’t listen to a single word I have said. You are without love, hot-headed and full of bad ways. You don’t understand the spiritual world. Your greed for money grows by the day. You don’t see your calm son’s glory. You are forgetting the way of humility and looking for joy in this world. You don’t see the truth. This son of yours doesn’t deserve to be living in your home. Your ways are not the ways of Kshatriyas. It is like the Kalapbrish grew in the dessert; like pearls among peanuts. I have seen your bad ways. The ways of the Ishwar cannot be known.” Baba Kalu ji was embarrassed in the court. He said to Rai Bhullaar: “you are getting mad at me but think for yourself of who is really guilty. I gave him money to do a business but he spent it on Fakirs. He then hid outside the village and didn't come home to answer my questions. Bala told me the truth. He told me of the dry pool that he was sitting in. Since he was born and gained awareness, he has only ruined the house." Rai Bhullaar heard this and said: "your heart is stone. You are determined to slander your son. You don't love your son, nor are you afraid of the Lord. You do not understand spirituality, not even a little bit. Greed has taken over your mind, which is void of devotion. You don't have the wisdom to understand greatness. You are forgetting the Paras (philosopher’s stone) of your home within your heart and looking for a bunch of Kodis (low monetary denomination). You are like a fool who got a diamond but still lives like a poor person. How will you be happy? Sri Nanak ji has been born in a Hindu home. I was born as a Muslim. I would love to keep the Lotus-feet One in my home but it is not practical, given our ways in society are different. Kalu, you are greedy for money. You can take money for his expense from me." Rai Bhullaar ji sent a servant to the Khokhar queen's home. He brought 20 Rajitpuns and gave it to Rai Bhullaar ji. He was about to give the money to Baba Kalu ji but he felt embarrassed and said: "there is no way I can take this money. He always ruins things. How will he run his home after me? Think about this. The money you are trying to give me now, who gave him all of the joys before? I have everything because of your greatness. You don't let poverty come near me." Rai Bhullaar ji said: "take this now and after whatever expenses are, living and spending, of Guru Nanak Dev ji, take them from me as well. You don't know the greatness of your son. The greed for money has clenched your mind. You think earning money is what gives you joy. You think your son is useless for following the righteous path. The world and the Bhagat do not connect. One wishes to acquire wealth and the other wishes to gain Mukti. Whatever money you think your son has lost, take it all from me." Rai Bhullaar ji tried giving Baba Kalu ji the money, but he kept refusing it. They went back and forth for a while. The vizier then said: "Sire, if I may have permission, I wish to speak. Kalu ji, you shouldn't keep saying no. You should obey the elders without thinking. Don't scold the Lotus-eyed One. Your son is here to guide humanity away from the bad ways." The wise Rai Bhullaar ji kept insisting and put the money in Baba Kalu ji's hands. Baba Kalu ji went home, upset. He was embarrassed and depressed as he sat in his home.
The people of Talwandi heard about this incident and talked bad about Baba Kalu ji: "he first slapped his son, without mercy, and then he came home with the Raja's money." People talked about the two things, of how bad they were. Baba Kalu ji heard everyone talking bad about him around the town. He started to remain quiet. He stopped speaking to anyone. He was always upset. He thought of something to himself: "my life is damned. It's better to die rather than to hear all of these things. My reputation is ruined."
Baba Kalu ji brought the money and came back to Rai Bhullar ji's home. He said to him: "Raja ji, take your money back. People are talking bad about me in the town." The Raja let go of his anger and said: "think of it as a loan from Kamal Nain. Take the money and don't get mad at Sri Nanak ji again." Baba Kalu ji said: "since my son has been born, he hasn't earned a Kodi. How can this be a loan from him? If he earns money, then what other problem would there be?" Rai Bhullaar ji then said: "listen Kalu, you are not in your senses. All of the money and wealth that you see in the world, it is all controlled by Sri Nanak ji. It stays in his control, like a Pativrata woman obeys her husband. All of the wealth, horses, elephants, chariots and palanquins; all of the honour and greatness that I have, I received all this by the compassion and blessings of Kamal Nain." In this way, Rai Bhullaar ji spoke to Baba Kalu ji. He was in devotion and trying to make love and faith arise in Baba Kalu ji's heart.
His face is like the moon; his body is like Kamadeva's body. He destroys sins and makes the pains go away. He gives bliss to the Bhagats. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji went and did as he pleased in the village.