Gurbani, your eyes are like the petals of a Lotus flower. Your body is pure like the Ganga. It gives prosperity to all. I bow to your feet.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Sir Guru Nanak Dev ji stayed at the Modikhana all the time. Doing his Darshan, one's sins would burn away. If he looked at someone with compassion, they would be saved from this world ocean. One day, Guru ji went to his sister's home. His face was beautiful like the moon. It was radiant. His face was without fault. He walked slowly. The glory of his feet could not be described. Bebe Nanaki ji was happy to see her brother. It was like she received the bliss of the whole world. Tulsa saw Guru ji come and quickly laid out a bed for Guru ji sit on. Bebe Nanaki ji sat close to Guru ji and said: "I am grateful that you came by your own will today. Your feet made my house pure. I see that I am blessed today. I am always wishing to see your face. You come as soon as I remember you." Guru ji heard these sweet words and said: "see me as your servant. Whenever you wish to see me, I, your servant, come as soon as I can. I don't delay. You are older than I me. For this reason, I wish to obey you always. Your love makes me do this. I can't disobey you. My radiance is because of you. The net of the world, the whole world is caught in its tasks. This Modikhana is a net as well. Only the saints are safe from it. One can't come out of the tasks. Without meeting the saints, one cannot escape the nets of the world. The wise people say this." Bebe Nanaki ji said: "you can say this to an unwise person. I know that you are the Saviour of the World. You are the Avatar. Don't try to put me in doubt. I know who you are." Guru ji said: "you know what you know because the Parmeshwar is compassionate towards you." Bebe Nanaki ji saw Guru ji happy and said: "Brother, listen to my request: think about it. Please give me permission to speak. I wouldn't say anything without your permission." The Saviour of the Servants saw the humility of his sister and was happy. He said: "say what you wish to without any doubt. Say it. I will follow it. I can't disobey your words." Bebe Nanaki ji heard this and said: "your wife is the daughter of a great family. Respect her. If you don't, when her parents come, they will speak harsh words. I have to listen to their words quietly. I can't give them a response. Your personality is of a saint's. You are drenched in compassion and altruistic behaviours. You work for others. Don't make your wife upset. She is of a good family." Guru ji heard this and said: "what item does she not have? Whatever she needed or wanted, that has been given to her. I never made her upset." Bebe Nanaki ji said: "you are the beloved of the poor and weak. You give donations to all. Why would your wife be in shortage? Listen to this though; speaking to someone with respect is the best. The wise people say that if a husband speaks to his wife with love, that is the most joyful thing. If a husband is alive and doesn't speak to his wife; even if the home is in abundance, the wife is not happy. It's like the husk of the rice." Guru ji said: "Sister, I will do as you say. Your command is what I always accept. Let's let this go. Let's talk about something else." Bebe Nanaki ji heard this and said: "my wish is to see a son in your home. This will give me joy. When I play with my nephew, I will be really happy. I wish for you to have a son." Guru ji smiled and said: "you have desires? You are the Bhagat of Kartaar. Since you have made a wish, the Parmeshwar always loves his Bhagats; Parmeshwar will fulfill your wish." The ocean of peace said this and got up.
Guru ji came back to his Modikhana. Bebe Nanaki ji was really happy. It was as though a poor person got the 9 Niddhis. She thought to herself: "my brother's words are never false. I have seen this many times. My wish will be fulfilled. My brother is the Truth. His words are True as well." The Destroyer of Pain and Giver of Joy (like a cloud) started going to his home from that day onwards. His face was blooming like a lotus. His teeth were like crystals. From then on, he would stay at the Modikhana during the day and went home at night. His words would burn the pain. Joy and sorrow were the same to him. Pain and pleasure did not affect him. He was in a single state.
His glory grew in Sultanpur. Men and women praised him: "he gives the poor many donations. He is very generous. He has no greed for money. There is no one else like him. Whoever comes to him, they don't leave empty-handed. The wise say that even Inder looks for the best time to give but Guru Nanak Dev ji never thinks about the time. He just gives. His mind is soft and compassionate. He destroys the pain of others. Whoever comes to him, their pain is gone. He is always calm and cool. He is always in the Truth. Not a single bad vice has every touched him." The slanderers on the other hand, who didn't know his greatness, would say: "this Modi who gives donations will run away one day. He will destroy the Navaab's money and run away. Otherwise he will be arrested. Navaab Daulat Khan will arrest him. The Turks are harsh. The Navaab won't leave him." The slanderers would go to Daulat Khan and say: "your Modi is losing your money. Why don't you supervise him? He will run away one day. When he runs away, he won't give you the accounts. You won't be able to do anything then." Daulat Khan would get influenced by the slanderers and get upset. He would call Guru ji and ask to balance the accounts: "let's balance the accounts. Then I can give you the money for your work." Munshi Jado Rai would balance the accounts. There would always be a profit. The slanderers would be embarrassed then. Guru ji would take the money of the profit home. The slanderers would be embarrassed and burn in their hearts. There was nothing they could do. It was like a firefly's light living under the sun. The thieves never like the moonlight. They were upset in their minds. They couldn't do anything to the moon. The slanderers were amazed at how Guru ji was always in a profit: "he is always giving his money away but he is always in a profit."
Guru ji's glory was radiant like the moon. His praise was the moonlight. His friends were like the Chakor. The slanderers were like the Chakvas, who hate the moon. Some slandered Guru ji. Some praised him. Guru ji was the same with all. The unwise could not know his reality. Guru ji was like the sun that destroyed the darkness. Everyone was the same for him.
The Sikhs with Guru Angad Dev ji questioned Bhai Bala ji with love: "Guru ji did good for all. Why did people want bad for him?"
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Listen all with focus. This is the history of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. It is really pure. This is a precedent for the world. I will tell you. There was a beautiful Mango tree that was bending because of its fruit. A traveller came under the mango tree. He was anxious because of the heat. He was sweating and tired. He walked a long way and was exhausted. He saw the shade under the mango tree and sat under it. He was in bliss in the shade. He saw the nice mangoes and got them by striking the branches with a stick. The Mango tree tolerated the strikes of the stick but it wasn't upset. It instead, gave the traveller its fruit. It was altruistic, even though the person struck it with a stick. The traveller had no power to kill the tree but he still thought of cutting the tree and making doors and furniture from it. These thoughts are of an ungrateful person. This was his personality. Whatever one's personality is, they see generous people according to them. They can't change. The generous are never ungrateful and the ungrateful are never generous. The ungrateful person is like a snake. They will drink milk and still bite the giver. The one who hurts a generous person, they go to Hell. The ones who only think of giving, they don't think bad of anyone. They are happy seeing others happy. They can't tolerate others in pain. They have compassion. Their hearts are soft, calm and serene. They are happy here and in the next world. Jealousy, hatred and having anger is what the good people fear. Guru Angad Dev ji, listen to the history.
Guru ji spent his time with love. He was the giver of joy. Mata Sulakhani ji, the wise, stayed in Guru ji's command. Whatever he said, she did. She did his Seva with love. The giver of Mukti and "Kamal Badan” (lotus-like body) would come and sit in the home in the evening. Mata ji would take a fan from the maids and fan Guru ji herself, slowly. She would clean his feet with cool water. She did this with love. She would wipe his feet with a cloth. She served him everyday like this. She wouldn't let the maids or servants do the Seva. Mata Sulakhani ji did the Seva with love, as her mother had told her to do. She destroyed her ego of being from a good and high-class family. Beggars came to the home to ask for alms. They would receive whatever they wished for. They wouldn't leave empty-handed. Mata ji would give the beggars alms. This made her happy. She did this just like Guru ji did at the Modikhana. As she did this, she experienced a deep joy in giving. She gave the same way as Guru ji did. She did what made Guru ji happy. She obeyed Guru ji with her body and mind. Just as a crystal placed in front of a red cloth, it becomes red; that is how Sri Guru ji's radiance made Mata Sulakhani ji into a donor. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was happy with his wife. With great compassion, Guru ji stayed in his home at night. He went to work in the morning.
After some time, the love between the wife and husband flourished into the expected arrival of their firstborn. Mata Sulakhani ji was pregnant. A deep sense of joy came into her heart. Her sorrows were all gone. Guru ji was 32 years old at that time (according to the Samprada, he was around 25). The giver of joy was 32 (25) and saved thousands. His Simran would cut the bonds of Jumms. Mata Sulakhani ji gave birth to the Parambridh, Brahmgyaani Baba Sri Chand ji, the giver of joy. The whole family was really happy. Bebe Nanaki ji was really happy. Her body could not contain her joy. It was like an ill person getting Amrit to rid of his/her pain. Celebrations began. Bebe Nanaki ji had garlands of flowers hang from the doors and windows. She did other celebrations as well. The beggars came to beg. Joy spread and sorrow was destroyed. Bebe Nanaki ji donated to the poor. She saw herself as fortunate. Many came to congratulate her. New types of joys spread.
Mata Sulakhani ji raised Baba Sri Chand ji with love. She bathed his body with pure water. She scrubbed his beautiful body. She kept looking at his beautiful face. His face was a garden of the flowers that destroyed pain. The beautiful women of the city came, who had beautiful eyes. They saw Baba Sri Chand ji's face and became happy. They gave him many blessings. They said: "may you be happy."
Bebe Nanaki ji sent a message to Talwandi for her father. It was the most joyful news. When Pitha Kalu ji heard about the birth of his grandson, he was really happy. Mata Tripta ji was extremely happy. It was like the peacocks seeing the rain clouds; like lotus seeing the sun; like the poor achieving the philosopher's stone; like a hungry person getting food; like a thirsty person getting water; like a Sadhoo getting rewarded for their Sadhna; like a raja winning his enemy's land; like a Chatrik getting the Swanti drop; like a Chakor seeing the moon; that's how the parents of Guru ji were.
Pitha Kalu ji and Mata Tripta ji came to Sultanpur. Guru ji came to bow to their feet when he got news of their arrival. Mata ji was really happy to see her son. She gave him love. She kissed his head. She then saw her grandson's lotus-like face. She gave donations like a king. She met Bebe Nanaki ji with love. Her thirst was gone. Mehta Kalu ji was happy to see the Modikhana. He was happy to see his son who was running a great business. He thought: "my son is doing good. He will be richer than I am. He has gathered a lot of stuff in the home. People praise him. I am praised because of him. He gives a lot of donations to the poor.” Mata ji and Pitha ji stayed for some days. They were happy to see their son and grandson. They then left to go home.
When Baba Sri Chand ji was a year old, Mata Sulakhani ji was happy to see him. Guru ji knew what was in Bebe Nanaki ji's heart. Bebe Nanaki ji wanted the task of raising her nephew. Guru Nanak Dev ji said to her: "take this child and raise him. Don't think of anything else in your heart." Bebe Nanaki ji was really happy to hear this. It was as though a poor person getting the Kalapbrish while staying in the home. She saw the lotus face of Baba Sri Chand ji and gave him a lot of love. She raised Baba Sir Chand ji. Baba Sri Chand ji was named. Bebe Nanaki ji took her nephew in her lap. She was filled with bliss. She knew that Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was happy and that's why he gave Baba Sri Chand ji to her.