Sri Satguru Har Rai ji is by my side. I do his Simran and receive peace. The filth of poverty and sins are destroyed by him. Victory be to Sri Guru Har Rai ji!
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Oh Treasure of Compassion, Guru Angad Dev ji, the great Katha of Guru Nanak Dev ji, please listen to it. After the engagement, Guru ji continued his work at the Modikhana in a better way. He gave more donations now. He gave food to the hungry and clothes to the ones who didn't have any clothes. Any seeker of alms did not leave empty-handed. People from other lands came, inquiring of Guru ji's location, as they came. Guru ji started his work at Amritvela, every day. He sat till around 10 pm at night. The army of Daulat Khan would also come and get raw food from Guru ji. People from other lands came to get things from the shop. There was always a crowd of beggars. They gave blessings to Guru ji when they received alms. When Guru ji was seen as very generous, the people of Sultanpur said: "he gives donations, day and night. He is a great donor like a great king. He takes the money of the Turks without even a little bit of fear. He knows that, either today or tomorrow, he will run away. He will be called a thief. When he runs away, the police will take Jai Ram. His honor will be gone." The unwise people, but who were still friends of Bhaiya Jai Ram ji, came to his home and said to him when he was alone: "how are you still sitting without any worry? Your brother-in-law is losing the money. Consider it as you losing money. He will run away one day and leave you with the trouble. He thinks it's easy to spend the money. You will be in trouble. The Navaab is strict. He is the king. He will want his accounts to be balanced. He won’t be easy to deal with. You will have to fill the loss. The wise people think long term. They don't waste money like this. You are our friend since childhood. We saw the Modikhana and we didn't like what we saw. We couldn't tolerate it and came to you. There was no other reason for us coming. We came to make you understand the situation. He's your relative so do as you wish." When Bhaiya Jai Ram ji heard this, it was like the unstopping rain of the monsoons; he got worried. He was a simple and soft person. His patience was lost. It was like a river, overflowing inside of him. He started thinking many things and drowned in his worry. The slanderers went home. The fools didn't know anything.
Bhaiya Jai Ram ji lowered his head in worry. He kept thinking, all day and all night. He did an Ardaas to Parmeshwar with humility. He had regret in his heart but didn't say anything to anyone. Bebe Nanaki ji saw her husband's condition. She saw him worried and without joy. She figured something was wrong: "he looks worried." She asked Tulsa Dasi what happened. Tulsa said: "listen, my Lady, one day, the elders of the village came here. I saw them coming here. Since they came, the Master has been worried. Who knows what they said." Bebe Nanaki ji, the wise, heard this and figured out that someone must have slandered her brother again. She went to her husband and said: "why are you in doubt? You give joy. I know your worries. You've already seen the proof. You doubted him before and the accounts were balanced. Let go of your doubt. Those people are unwise and don't understand the greatness of Guru Nanak Dev ji." She spoke to her husband in this way but Bhaiya Jai Ram ji was still worried. The slanderers’ words were worrisome to his heart. Without seeing the truth, he was not going to be calm.
Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, the Omniscient One, sensed the corruption of the fools. He saw the worried Bhaiya Jai Ram ji, who was affected by the words of fools. To get rid of his worry, the gem of the Bedis came home and sat on a bed. It was evening. He was the destroyer of pain. He spoke sweet words to rid the illness-like worry: "Jeeja ji, let's balance the books. Let's see the transactions for the Navaab. It's been many days and we should have the balancing done. Let's see what happens." Bhaiya Jai Ram ji was happy to hear this. It was like the wealth of faith coming back to him. He thought to himself: "I've been worried day and night. He spoke what I wanted to do."
Bhaiya Jai Ram ji went to Navaab Daulat Khan's home, wearing expensive clothes. Bhaiya Jai Ram ji said: "listen Lodhi King, your Modi wishes to balance the books as it has been a long time. We need to see the revenue and costs." Many fools had said the same things to Daulat Khan as well. They said: "your Modi has been wasting money and will run away one day." Daulat Khan said to Bhaiya Jai Ram ji: "I had been in doubt. By balancing the books, everything will be revealed. Bring your brother-in-law here."
Nidha Brahmin was sent to Guru Nanak Dev ji at the home. He said: "you have been called to do the account balancing. The Navaab has called you to the court." Guru Angad Dev ji, Satguru Nanak Dev ji quickly got ready and gave me the journal logs. The master went to the Navaab. He walked slowly in a carefree way. He was very radiant. We reached the court. There were many Qazis and Divaans in the court, wearing expensive clothes. Daulat Khan was the highest in the court. The warriors were serving him. The Giver of Joy came there and gave the Navaab his Salaam. Daulat Khan looked towards Guru Nanak Dev ji. He was without faith. He said: "handsome Modi, what is your name?" The Kamal Nain said: "My name is Nanak Nirankari." Daulat Khan was surprised and said: "I don't understand. Tell me the meanings of your name." Bhaiya Jai Ram ji, the wise, said in Farsi: "the One without doubt, the One without form, the One without a cause, that is the Khuddah which cannot be compared." Guru ji said: "the One whom the Vedas refer to as “Nayt,” (not this) and the Kataybs call unlimited; no one can quantify the Parmeshwar; I am the one who sings the praises of Parmeshwar. I am Nanak, the singer of his praises, who is the giver of all joys." The Navaab smiled. His mind was chained by vices and desires. He was skeptical and said: "this Modi of yours, is he married?" Bhaiya ji said: "he is not married yet but he is engaged. The Saha Letter will come soon. It is with your radiance that his wedding will be soon." Daulat Khan then said: "he calls himself the One who praises the Parmeshwar. This will only be true till his wife doesn't come to his home. Jattis, Satis, Tapasvis and Rishis, the ones that can't be counted, seeing the woman is a trap. The ones that get stuck, they can't get away." Guru Nanak Dev ji spoke to destroy the doubt of Daulat Khan: "the ones who are truly drenched in the Love of Parmeshwar, the ones who are not empty of love; their minds are not dirty with the desires for women. They don't like this state. They know that the desire for women makes the mind dirty. They are wise and know that the body is nothing but bad smelling, bones, blood, fat and flesh. Only the unwise fall into love with the desires for women. The Gyaanis that think deeply know that the love for the Parmeshwar is much more blissful than the desires for women. They don't like any material objects. They don't love anything else. They prefer to do Simran of the giver of Mukti, the Parmeshwar." Daulat Khan saw the determination in Guru ji and said: "you lose money every day. Many people have come to me to tell me this. Balance the books and make it even." Guru ji said: "listen king, let's do the balancing. Tell me what is the profit or loss. You can come to a decision about the slanderers. Determine truth and lie."
Navaab Daulat Khan called an accountant. He said to him: "balance the books with the Modi. Count the revenue and the costs. It's for many days. See what the end result is. I want to see if it's a profit or a loss. You always say to me that the Modi is losing money. Do the work properly now. Do what you think is right." The accountant was named Jado Rai. He thought: "this is what I wanted. The Modi has given away money. I won't let him leave today. I will get him to cover the loss. He won't be able to sit in the Modikhana again. He didn't see me as anything. He's never given me a bribe either."
The accountant and Guru ji sat down together to balance the books. It was for many months. Guru ji gave all of the revenue amounts plus what was received from the Navaab as the investment. Guru ji then gave all of the costs. It was a lot. It was hard to understand this thing. The accountant tried to confuse Guru ji and spoke harshly to scare him. It was all useless though. Like a proud firefly, he just lit his power in front of the sun. The big fool didn't know that Guru ji was the form of Kartaar. It was Parmeshwar himself.
For 5 days they balanced the books. The foolish accountant did the work and was finally done. When the books were balanced, a profit of 321 Rajitpuns was calculated. The Foolish accountant was embarrassed. He wanted to put Guru ji in trouble, but that was not to be. He thought: "it would have been better if it was even. I have to give him his profit now. He's taken money many times from the Navaab. Whenever we see him, he is always giving money away. How is it that he is in a profit? I can't understand this. I am shocked." He didn't go to Daulat Khan as he was embarrassed. He went home without saying anything.
The “Breaker of Bonds” came back to his shop. Bhaiya Jai Ram ji's river of worry, that flowed all day and all night, heard the news of the profit and became happy. He gained his patience back when he heard this. He quickly got ready and went to Navaab Daulat Khan. He said to him with love: "for 5 days the books were being balanced. I have heard that the work is done." Daulat Khan was shocked. He said: "who does the profit belong to?" Bhaiya ji said: "I don't know. Ask your accountant. The accountant was jealous and his chest burned all the time. He had hatred for the Modi. Call him." Daulat Khan called for the accountant.
The accountant came. Navaab Daulat Khan said: "what happened with the accounting? Who does the gain belong to?" The embarrassed accountant spoke with pain: "it is known that the Modi loses money. He gives a lot to the beggars and poor people. I've seen it with my own eyes. When I did the calculation, he gained a profit. I don't understand him. I added everything up and balanced it all. I did it over and over again. I thought about it and made sure not to make mistakes. He was in a profit of 321. You are in a profit." The Navaab said: "many came to me and said that “the Modi will run away soon. Take care of the money or else he will cause damage.” They were all liars! They couldn't see the Modi's greatness. They were jealous. The Modi likes to give donations. This is why he has a profit." The Lodhi Navaab then went quiet. Bhaiya Jai Ram ji then spoke: "the Modi does not give pain to anyone. The scheme-driven people try to gather money. The Modi doesn't do that. He gives donations and doesn't keep anything for himself." The slanderers were embarrassed, hearing this in the court. The greatness of Guru Nanak Dev ji over-powered everyone in the court; just as the sun coming up in the east in the morning, the light of the Divas goes less. Guru ji is the sun, these owls were like the Diva. Daulat Khan understood this and wanted to give the money to Guru ji. He called the treasurer. He had him sit near him and said: "listen Bhawani Das, the treasurer, give the Modi the profit. On top of that, give him 3,000 more Rajitpuns so he can grow. My soldiers will get food like this." Bhawani Das called Guru ji and gave him 3,321 Rajitpuns. He counted it all and gave it. The slanderers were jealous. Their chests burned.
When the money was counted, I picked them all up and came to the shop with Guru ji. Bhaiya Jai Ram ji came to the shop as well. He was really happy. Guru ji separated 3,000 Rajitpuns. He gave Bhaiya ji the 321 Rajitpuns. The 3,000 he re-invested to buy more stock. Guru ji continued to work as he did before. He continued to give donations to others. He gave food to the hungry. The soldiers of the Navaab also came to get food.
Bhaiya Jai Ram ji came back home with the 321 Rajitpun. Bebe Nanaki ji said: "what happened with the balancing? What was the outcome? Guru ji didn't leave the work, did he? It's been 5 days since this has been going on." Bhaiya Jai Ram ji, the simple one, said: "seeing this every day, I was shocked. Many Fakirs were always crowding around the Modikhana. The “Mine of Treasures” kept giving to all. I don't know why but he always has a profit. I don't know what his greatness is. The accountant lost, who was wise. He was embarrassed and shocked. 3,321 Rajitpuns were given to make the Modikhana bigger." Bebe Nanaki ji said: "my brother was seen by Rai Bhullaar. He saw his power first by which his faith is deep. He is the “Giver of Joy.” Rai Bhullaar is his follower." Bhaiya ji said: "listen oh wise wife, he will save the whole world. Everyone will be his follower. You speak of the one Rai Bhullaar, all of the Devatas and Daynts make requests to him. They will all be saved if they ask him." Bebe Nanaki ji was very happy after hearing her husband's words. If a vine receives support, it grows a hundred times. The couple's faith towards Guru Nanak Dev ji got deeper. They discarded their doubts and did the Seva of Guru ji's feet.