Attachment and hate are two illnesses. The dust of Guru ji's feet is like the medicated Chooran that cures the illnesses. I use this medicine to cure my mind. I state the Katha which makes one's sorrow go away.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Guru ji, with the great personality, ate food and sat on the bed near Rai Bhullaar ji. Guru ji's family had left. Mata ji was anxious and came back to Rai Bhullaar ji's home. She wanted to keep Guru ji with her. She had her face covered with her chunni (known as a kundh) and sat near Rai Bhullaar ji. She said to him with her hands folded, with humility: "Rai ji, listen to my plea, do this favour for me. Keep my son here with me." The Guru's mother spoke in this way. She cried as she spoke. When the Rai heard this, his throat swelled up as well. To give her hope he said: "oh Lotus-bodied One you are pure and omniscient. You know the traditions of the home but I still want to say something." Baba Kalu ji and Baba Lalu ji had come as the Rai spoke. They sat down and sighed in pain. Guru ji, the Moon-Faced One said: "Rai ji, speak without fear and doubt." When the Giver of Joy gave his permission, Rai Bhullaar ji spoke: "farm on your land by keeping workers. I won't ask for pay or tax. The land will be farmed for free. I will not ask for any money. I have only one plea, look at your family and stay in your home. Your mother is sad when you leave. She can't see you, so she cries." Hearing Bhullaar's words, the saviour of the weak spoke of the real farming in Raag Sorath:
Sri Mukhvaak.. Sorath Mahalla 1 Ghar 1..
Make the mind the plougher, good deeds the farming, modesty the water and the body the field..
Let the Naam be the seed, contentment the plow, the fence should be your humility..
Doing deeds of love, the seed shall sprout, you will see your home flourish then..1..
O Baba, Maya never stays with anyone..
This Maya has attracted the whole world, only some understand this.. Rahao..
(SGGS 595)
Baba Lalu ji then spoke: "set up a shop in Talwandi then. Stay in your home and do your business. Listen to my words. Keep them in your heart. When you leave, your mother gets really depressed. She cries." Guru ji said the other Padh of the Shabad by which the great status is achieved:
The Shop is your decreasing life, the Naam is the merchandise..
The understanding and contemplation is the warehouse, store the Naam in the warehouse..
Deal with the Lord's dealers, earn your profits and rejoice in your mind..2..
(SGGS 595)
Baba Lalu ji asked the Rai to speak: "if Nanak ji is depressed from the home, he is not going then. Ask him to buy horses so he can breed them and sell them going to other lands. He can travel where he likes with them. His mother will have hope then. She will know that her son will come home." Guru ji heard this and said the third beautiful Padh:
Let hearing of the scriptures be the trade. Truth is the horses..
Gathering up merits for your travelling expenses as you don't know what tomorrow holds..
When you arrive in the land of the Formless One, you shall find peace in his Palace..3..
(SGGS 595)
When Guru ji spoke words of detachment, nobody understood him. They kept speaking of the householder’s life with the Lotus bodied One. Baba Kalu ji then said: "if you don't want to do all this, work for the king then. Become his employee or soldier. Listen to me and do this. Let go of your Fakir's outfit." Guru ji said the 4th Padh:
Let your service be the focus of your attention, and let your occupation be the faith in the Naam..
Let restraint of sins be the effort. People will call you great then..
Nanak says, The Lord shall look upon with his gracious glance. You shall be blessed with the fourth level of Gyaan (attainment)..4..2..
(SGGS 595)
Everyone went quiet then. Mata Tripta ji became upset with attachment. The family didn't know what to do to keep him home. They thought of how to keep him home: "our only son has become a Fakir. He will go to another land. How will we keep hope?" The parents only knew of the attachment. They saw him as a human being. The Rai said: "give us your command. Tell me what you want to see. If I can serve you, let me know. I will see my life as a success then. If you want something, I can give it to you and feel blessed. My wish will be fulfilled." Guru ji heard this and said a Bani of Vairagya: "Sri Kartaar is the saviour of all. He commands me. He is the sustainer of the life on earth and in water; the animals and the plants, he gives them food and watches them. The things of the world will not last. They are destroyed when the Karma is spent. Many kings left all their things. Nothing went with them. Those who won all 10 directions, made other kings their servants; they gathered money and wealth; made the four types of armies; they didn't see anyone equal to them; at their end time, they left barefoot from this earth. All their belongings were left behind. This world is an illusion of lies. The Maya is the canopy made of many colours. The Maya made the man forget who he really was and love the things of the world. People fall in love with material objects and pleasures of the senses. They are garbage. They are only for pleasure. People are stuck in them. They waste their whole life. They don't see the form of the One without a beginning or an end. They could know if the Parmeshwar blesses them." The Rai said: "oh Gracious One, you speak the truth but your parents are anxious. Don’t go anywhere. Stay in your home with joy. Take 3 wells of land. Farm the land and feed the poor. Give them Langar. You can't see the pain of the poor. Do this oh Gracious One." Guru ji said: "the Parmeshwar’s Langar keep on going. The whole world asks and eats. The One has no beginning or end. He is the Master of the Universe. He made the body, wealth and food. Remember him all the time. There is no donor like him. There is no kitchen which can compare to the kitchen of the Emperor Parmeshwar. No king or Emperor can compare." The Rai heard this and understood. He knew that Guru ji will not stay. "If I make efforts, he still won't stay." The Rai said to Pitha Kalu ji: “the Form of Joy, your son, he is not under anyone’s command. Don’t bother yourself. Go home and rest at ease. Remove your worries as your son is great. He destroys everyone’s pain. He is Khuddah in human form. Who can disobey him? He is independent. He gives donations to all. He is deserving of worship and bowing. He is the destroyer of hypocrisy and is the greatest beyond great. He is the Avatar of the Great One!” Pitha Kalu ji had regrets. He didn’t see his son as the Avatar. He only saw his son. He then went home, taking deep breaths. The clothes that Guru ji wears, gives peace to all but Pitha ji is in pain because of that. He is not seeing his glory to come. He rejects the ocean of Amrit and loves the mirage. He does not take Gyaan with devotion. Baba Lalu ji walked with Baba Kalu ji and tried to console him: “keep hope. Why are you in so much pain?” Mata Tripta ji was upset. She said: “I have only one son who wishes to go to other lands. The Rai tried to talk sense into him but he didn’t listen to him. He is detached from the home. He doesn’t see his home.”
The Flag of the Bedis spent the night at Rai Bhullaar ji’s home. In the morning, Guru ji went to the jungles. He spent the whole day there and then came to his home in the evening. He was the giver of Mukti, the Kartaar. He came to his home by his own wish. Mata ji was really happy in her heart. Her body couldn’t handle her joy. She said in love: “you don’t need to do any work. Just stay in the home. Nobody will say anything to you. You can do as you wish. Don’t go away from my sight. Don’t worry about anything. I won’t let the worries come close to you. Wear beautiful clothes. Eat what you want to. Stay in the home and sing the glories of the Parmeshwar. Nobody will stop you.” Pitha Kalu ji came and sat down. He said: “you didn’t do a good thing by quitting the Modikhana. You had a lot of money. You ate good, spent good and gave a lot. I told you to save the money but you spent it all for nothing. You gave away all your savings to the poor. I heard that you had a lot of profit. You didn’t take that and gave it all away. You took on the form of Sadhoos and had us dishonored. Since you have been born, you didn’t give us any peace or joy. I tried to tell you many times but you didn’t listen to me. Now, the relatives will say: “he has become a Fakir. He was useless and did not think of the Kshatriya caste or the Bedi family.” Let go of the Kaphni you are wearing. You dishonor me with it. Instead of joy, you give me pain. Stay in your home and don’t do any work. I won’t say anything to you. Don’t work. Why did you become a Fakir?” Guru ji remained quiet, hearing his father. He didn’t say a word. He was the giver of Mukti. The Kamal Badan did not say Bani which was like bees from his lotus mouth. He saw his father’s greatness like the darkness. He didn’t say anything. The swan-like words remained in his mansarovar-like mouth. The Gyaan in his words did not come out. There was no use saying anything to his father. Mata ji called Guru ji to eat food with love. She had him eat the food and drink warm milk. Guru ji then went to sleep.
In the morning, the lotus flowers bloomed. The Chakvas were happy to see the sun. The Guru’s blessing makes the Sikhs bloom. The Chakvas get Gyaan from Guru ji. The stars hid like vices running away. The attachment is the darkness, which is not seen. Guru ji bathed and went to the jungle. He was alone. He sat there. At night he would go home. In the day he would be in the jungle. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was the home of virtues. Sometimes Rai Bhullaar ji would call Guru ji to his home to do his Darshan. The Rai would have the Brahmin cook food for Guru ji. He would request Guru ji to eat the food. The Rai was drenched in complete love. His heart was filled with devotion. Sri Guru ji would not refuse the Rai’s requests. He would go anytime the Rai would call him. Rai Bhullaar ji would take the Gyaan of Brahmgyaan from Guru ji. Rai Bhullaar ji wanted Brahmgyaan. He served Guru ji in many ways. He focused his attention on Guru ji’s form. He was old and had less time left. He wanted his life to be a success. He was meditating on Guru ji’s lotus feet all the time.
One day, the Rai sent his servant to call Guru ji to him. Guru ji came. The Rai said with his hands folded: “oh Giver of Mukti, show me my real form. I have forgotten my real form. I don’t know who I am. I don’t know anything. Gyaan has increased in my mind. The wise say that Agyaan is like darkness. I don’t know it though. In the darkness, one knows his body but not other things. Agyaan has taken my full attention. I can’t know who I am because of that. The darkness is too much. It gives all the Jeevs pain. There is no wisdom like yours. There is no one wiser than you. I don’t know anyone else like you. Please be compassionate and bless me. Show me my real form. Tell me who I am. Your compassion will show me this. My thirst has increased. See me as deserving and give me Gyaan. Bless me.” Guru ji heard these words filled with humility. To give wisdom, Guru ji got ready.