Sri Guru Dev ji's Katha is like the ocean and Bhai Bala ji is like the Mandrachal Mountain. My love is like Shaishnaag churning the block, churning the beauty of the Ocean. His glory is pure, joyful and Amrit. The Amrit has been taken out for the Devata Sikhs. The Daynts, the greedy worshipers of wealth Maya, they cause a lot of problems. Guru Angad Dev ji was like the Mohani Avatar, who gave the Amrit. The Daynts always cause problems. The Sikhs were given the Amrit. One receives Mukti by drinking this Amrit. It takes them to Sach Khand. The son of Hindhaal (a Brahmgyaani Sikh of Guru Amar Das ji) was like Rahu. His son wrote a Granth in opposition. The Katha was changed. He was like the Rahu who eclipsed the full moon-like glory of the Guru. Hindhaal ji’s son was a fool by his sins who changed the Katha of the Guru. The Guru’s glory cannot be made dirty. The Kavi, I (Kavi Santokh Singh ji), was saying the Katha to the Sikhs, that fulfilled the wishes. The listeners were in doubt listening to the Katha. They were filled with love and wanted to hear the Katha. They said to me: “the great Katha of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji is in many Pothis. We have read something else but what you say is different. We are in doubt. Why do you say it different from how it is written in other Pothis? Tell us, so our doubt is gone. Tell us so that we may have a deep faith in the feet of the Guru.” I heard this and said: “your wisdom is great! Your doubt is valid, oh wise ones. Listen to the answer with focus: I will destroy your doubts first. I will then continue the Katha of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji later, the Sri Nanak Parkash Granth. The ones who have love for the feet of the Guru, they listen to and speak this Katha. Their doubt goes away. They don’t wander to other self-proclaimed Gurus then. They have faith on the lotus feet of the Guru. They don’t have faith on other Devatas or Devis. The one who serves the King only asks from the King. Why would they go to the servants? Only the sun can make the lotus bloom. Why would someone be happy with the firefly? The Chakor receives joy seeing the moon. Why would they be happy seeing the stars? The Pothi that was written before about Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, Guru Angad Dev ji had that written. It was spoken by Bhai Bala ji. When Guru Angad Dev ji went to Vaikunt, Guru Amardas ji became the Guru. He gave Mukti to many Sikhs. He destroyed hypocrisy and sinful paths. After Guru Amardas ji, Guru Ramdas ji was illuminated. In his presence, a Sikh named Bhai Hindhaal ji did his Seva. Guru ji was happy with his Seva. He did Seva of the Langar with faith. His mind was always in his control. He didn’t let his mind wander. He was in joy doing Seva. He was a great Sikh. He always obeyed Guru ji. Where he used to do Seva, Guru ji came there, one day. The Prabhoo, Guru Ramdas ji, was the sun of the Sodhis. Bhai Hindhaal ji saw Guru Ramdas ji and stood up, quickly. He was drenched with love. He was kneading dough at that time. He had dough on his hands. He had stopped and got up. He put both his hands behind his back and bowed his head to Guru ji. He didn’t put his hands on the floor to avoid dirt getting on his hands. He wanted to keep the purity of the Langar. He did the Darshan of Guru ji with devotion. Guru Ramdas ji blessed him. He kept his dirty hands behind. Guru ji blessed him. Bhai Hindhaal ji’s children began to bow with their hands behind their backs, paying tribute to their father. I have seen their descendants. They still bow in this way. Guru ji was happy with their Seva. Among the children of Bhai Hindhaal ji was born a Saakat sinner (some historians name him Bhuddi Chand). The history written of Guru Nanak Dev ji, he changed it. The history that Guru Angad Dev ji had commissioned, there weren’t many copies of it. There was only one copy. Bhai Hindhaal ji’s son met a follower of Bhagat Kabir ji and read the Janamsakhi. They got together and did a very bad thing. They changed the Pothi by praising their own ancestors. They wrote a lot of nonsense. Hearing those words were sinful. They made Bhai Hindhaal ji look bigger and praised him. They praised him more than Guru Nanak Dev ji. They wrote his praises. They wrote many examples and made efforts to corrupt the Janamsakhi. Many were deceived by hearing their literature. The ones that didn’t know the history of Guru Nanak Dev ji, they were deceived. The slanderer wrote praises of his ancestor. They thought to themselves: “the Sikhs will grow and spread in the future. When they read this, they will do our Seva. They will follow us. Many will follow us.” They thought of this and wrote the praises of Bhagat Kabir ji and Bhai Hindhaal ji. The original Pothi of Guru Nanak Dev ji’s history was thrown into the Beas. The pages were ripped and scattered into the Beas River. What Guru Angad Dev ji had commissioned, these two took the words and mixed them with their own. They wrote an unorthodox version.
Listen oh listeners, the Pothi that was altered, that was copied. The complete Sikhs of the Satguru, who did not have bad wisdom, they knew the true glory of Satguru Nanak Dev ji. They knew that Guru ji was the Parmeshwar. They didn’t believe the altered Janamsakhi. The ones who wished for the Darshan of Guru Nanak Dev ji, they knew the truth. The ones that followed the altered Janamsakhi, they were far from the path of Sikhi. The ones that had faith in the Guru’s feet, they said the true Saakhis of Guru Nanak Dev ji. They drank the Saakhis like milk. They received bliss in this world and in the next world. They were not satiated hearing it. The glory of Guru Nanak Dev ji is like Kheer, milk. It gives bliss to the Gursikhs. The Chands, Chaupais and divisions; they are like sugar in the milk. It made the Katha delicious. The altered Saakhis were like flies in the milk. The wise ones can take the flies out and put sugar in the milk to drink it. The ones who see the flies and still consume it, their bodies will be tired and won’t be able to digest the milk. The altered Saakhis will not let faith come into their hearts. The ones who consume the pure Saakhis, they take the altered Saakhis out. The Gurmukh Sikhs are like the lotus. The glories of the Guru are like the sun. I spoke to such Sikhs. The ones that knew the true Saakhis, I consulted with them. The ones who fell off the path are like owls. They are Saakats who are greedy. I do not sit with them, nor do I speak with them. The followers of Maya, the Saakat, will never understand. They do not listen nor follow you. If Brahma would speak to them himself, their corruption would not leave their minds. If the bitter Tumbi is mixed with the juice of the sugarcane, made into sugar crystals, hung on the walls of sugar, the tumbi will still never be sweet. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji is great in every way. He is the highest. How can I praise him? His one piece of hair has many universes in it. The Parmeshwar came in human form as Guru Nanak Dev ji. The Sidhs, Naths and Jattis; became immortals and no longer feared the death. Other Acharyas of other religions, people with other ideologies, Peers of Peers, Auliyas and others; how many can one count? Their prides were thick like the evening darkness. Hypocrisy was spread out like the stars. The powerful and strong, they twinkled like the stars in the night. The Kaliyuga started a bad way. The night was dark. The hypocrites and thieves roamed freely. The ideologies were like Chakors. The people met them with joy. The sinners were praised. They ruled in the pond of Kaliyuga. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was the sun that came out. The others that were mentioned before, were all destroyed. The saints blossomed like the lotus flowers. They were relieved. The Sikhs, like Chakvas, their pains were gone. The Bhagti spread everywhere like sunshine. The Gyaan was the sunlight. The slanderers of such a great Guru, were in pain like the owls. For 1,000 years of the Devatas (around 3.1 Trillion years), these slanderers will spend in Hell and experience pain. They will then be born as insects and fungi for many lives. They will be in pain.
The glory of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji is great. I cannot fully say it. Just as an ant that wishes to pick up a mountain with many efforts, fails, that is how I am. I don’t see anyone equal to Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. I can’t even give you an example. If someone does make that mistake of comparing him, they will be laughed at. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, who is our Master, only he is such an omniscient being who knows everything. If someone praises him or slanders him, it does not affect him. He was the Guru from birth. He was the Parmeshwar. Just as the Vedas were written in Shruti Richa (lines), Guru ji wrote Shabads for the good of the weak-knowledged people of Kaliyuga. He made the knowledge easier for them to understand. The slanderers who slander Guru ji, Guru ji’s glory is unaffected. It’s like someone trying to cover the moon with leaves. It cannot be hidden. Many owls slander the sun and close their eyes when it comes up. The sun makes them blind. The Martand (sun) does not lessen in any way. Its light gives bliss to all. Guru Nanak Dev ji’s glory illuminates like the sun. The slanderers are destroyed by his glory. The 4 castes and 4 Ashrams sing the glories of Sri Guru ji. The Turks call him their Peer. They see Guru ji full of virtues. He is known by the greatest of Peers. The miraculous Sidh Naths, wherever they are, they understand the infinite power of Guru ji. The Sidhs take power from Guru ji. Wherever the land spreads to, in every place, Guru ji’s glory has spread. The opposers, Guru ji destroyed their egos. His glory was victorious over all.
Guru ji’s glory is like the Kevada flowers of Khurasan and Kabul; like the Maalti of Multan; like the Kalapbrish of Mecca; like the Mayank of Medina; like the sounds of the conches of Kashmir; like the mercury of Baghdad; white like Narad; like the moonlight reflecting from the shores of the pure Ganga; like the Chaur is above the heads; like the swans spread in the 7 Deeps; like the Lotus in Kanshi; like the Amrit in Amritsar; like the milk in Delhi; like the Chandi of Jodhpur; like Shaishnaag on the Sumer Mountain; like the sandalwood seen in China; like the diamonds in Nepal; like the Kapah in Kamroop; like the snow in Hisar; like the tusks of the elephants of the 8 Dijpals; like Sarasvati in Lucknow; like clouds in Lahore, like the she-elephants of Hajipur; like the silver of Rome; like the hail of Iraq; like the stars of Iran; like the crystals of Farookabad; like the waves of the Kheer Saagar; like martbhaans on the shores of the Jumana; like the Koka of Kalinjer; like the white teeth of all; the glory is spread everywhere. Kavi Santokh Singh ji sings it.
In all ten directions; Hindus and Muslims; in every house of every land; the garden of flowers; the glory spreads like the Maalti and Juhi flowers.
The ones who say that Guru Nanak Dev ji was born like other people, they speak rubbish. That is false. They do not know Guru Nanak Dev ji. The slanderers slander him. They are in pain in their life and go to Hell when they die. They do not know of his greatness but when they hear this Katha, they will understand. The listeners heard this but fell in doubt again. The ones who wished to hear the Katha of Guru ji, they doubted and said: “listen Kavi ji, Guru Granth Sahib ji says that Guru ji is the Avatar of Raja Janak. These words that give peace are written. People give this example when saying Guru ji’s Saakhi. Please erase our doubt. Guru Granth Sahib ji’s words are priceless and indestructible. They give joy and are prosperous.” I was happy to hear this and said: “you are great. Your wisdom and words are great. What you have thought of is valid. You understand this. The great beings only talk about great beings. The small and unwise people can’t say these things. They can’t give proper arguments or examples. The history of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji is pure. I have stated it according to Guru Granth Sahib ji’s traditions. What Bhai Gurdas ji has written; he has praised Guru ji as well. He stayed in the presence of Guru Arjan Dev ji. He had Sikhi, Love and Nem in his heart. Hearing his Bani, Guru Arjan Dev ji blessed it by saying: “the Sikh that reads this with love, will receive Sikhi.” I have said this Katha according to Bhai Gurdas ji. Listen to this Saakhi. Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, in his presence was Bhai Mani Singh ji. He was determined in his life towards Sikhi. He was determined to the end. I have stated the Katha according to his Janamsakhi of Guru ji. Listen to the Saakhi of Guru Nanak Dev ji as according to Guru Granth Sahib ji. Keep faith in your heart and listen:
Svaiyay M: 3 Ke
The Narayan himself came with the full powers in this world..
The Nirankaar (Formless One) took on the form of the Jyot and came into the world..
Everywhere he is prevalent in the complete form, the light of the Shabad illuminated..
The Sikhs who collected this light, they quickly were met with the feet of Hari..
Nanak came into the pure family as an Avatar, he became Angad, meeting Lehna..
Guru Amardas is the saviour like a ship, for many births, I wish for the shelter of your feet..2..16..
(SGGS 1395)
Svaiyay M: 1 ke
In Satyuga you experienced with bliss as Bhavan and cheated Bali with pleasure..
In Treta you experienced with bliss, Ram the Raghuvanshi you were called..
In Duapar you were Krishan Murari and relieved Kans..
The kingdom was given to Ugarsen, you gave fearlessness to your Bhagats..
In Kaliyuga, you are Nanak Guru, Angad and Amar, is what you were called..
Sri Guru, your kingdom is indestructible, the Aadi Parmeshwar has given this command..7..
(SGGS 1390)
In this way, Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji has stated this about Guru Nanak Dev ji. Many Svaiyas have been written about him. The Nirankaar was Guru ji, the giver of bliss and Mukti. Over and over again this is written about Guru Nanak Dev ji. Do you see this as true or false? The ones who believe Guru Granth Sahib ji as true, they recognized Guru Nanak Dev ji as the Avatar of Hari. The writer that stayed with Guru Arjan Dev ji, I will state his writings of Guru Nanak Dev ji. His name was Bhai Gurdas ji.
Bhai Gurdas Vaach..
The Nirankaar Nanak Dev ji came into the form..
Guru Angad was made from him, it was like a wave in the Ganga..
Amardas Guru came from Guru Angad ji, it was the form of the Jyot itself..
Guru Amar made Guru Ramdas who made everyone hear the Anhad Shabad..
From Guru Ramdas ji came Guru Arjan showing his reflection from the mirror..
Hargobind came from Guru Arjan and was called Gur Gobind..
The form of the Guru is the Guru Shabad, which illuminated in the Saadh Sangat..
The world bowed to the feet and was saved..25..
(Vaar 24 Ank 25)
There are many other lines in many writings about Guru Nanak Dev ji. Oh wise ones, read them and think about it. Now, about the Avatar of Raja Janak, it is written in Guru Granth Sahib ji as this: it is the praise of Raja Janak as he was connected to the Parmeshwar and also experienced the fortunes of a king. He was a Ghristi but detached from the world. Guru Nanak Dev ji did the same thing. He was detached from the world. The translations are unlocked in other Shabads, in a great way. One should stay in the world, as a lotus lives in the water while remaining un-drenched. Think about this. This is what that Shabad is referring to. Raja Janak was a benevolent king. He is referred to as the Avatar of Inder. In this same way, understand the praise of Janak, as he was detached from his riches just as Guru Nanak Dev ji was.” The listeners were happy hearing this. Their doubts were gone. This Adhyaya is complete. The one who reads it or listens to it, they will get peace and joy.