The feet of Sri Guru ji are fragrant like the Ketaki flower, which have the thorns of love attached to them. My mind is like a bee, struck by the thorns. I say the Katha with joy.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Listen Guru Angad Dev ji to the pure Katha of how Bhagat Prahlaad ji spoke: "when the children of the Daynts came to sit with me, I would give them the right wisdom. I would say to them: "listen oh children of Daynts, make your pranas blessed. This human life is rare and hard to get, my brothers. It does not last in this world. Serve the Lotus feet of the Sri Pat (Husband of Sri = Vishnu). Discard your ego, the sense of your body's existence and pride, along with your desires of pleasures. Do the Simran of the great Naam, day and night. The Naam is the home of joy. It will give you Mukti. Discard your efforts to gain pleasure. Pleasures are in the animal kingdom as well; pigs, dogs and others. They are animals because of their karmas. Animals experience pleasure through their Indrees in the same ways as humans. Birds and other animals get pleasures without effort. They mate out in the open. They have no shame about it. This body was given to you to do Simran. Don't lose this opportunity. As pain comes without asking for it, joy comes in the same way, as per your Karma. You will get what you are destined to. So therefore, don't make efforts for pleasure. Till the body doesn't die, do the Simran of the Ocean of virtues. Listen, as the age passes by, half is spent sleeping. Many years pass as a child without awareness. You have no idea about wisdom. When you grow up, the woman wins you. You are then worried about earning money. One is then caught in the old age. The Indrees go weak in old age. The Bhuddi becomes anxious and worried. In old age, one is caught in the strong attachment. The person spends the whole life in the family. The attachment of the family is a strong rope that cannot be cut unless you receive the Gyaan from the Guru. By the compassion of Prabhoo, you can receive Vairagya. You can then break the attachments of the family. You can then see the world as limited. The Guru's wisdom is learnt. The Aatma is complete, everywhere you look. You can see your own form and know it everywhere. The focus stays steady and bliss is achieved. The practice becomes steady." The children of the Daynts spoke: "all that you have said, where did you receive the Gyaan from? How did you see the infinite Aatman and know that the world as a myth? We study from the same Guru. We never went to anyone else. Nobody else has come here. We have never gone to the Satsang. Nobody came and you never went. How did you get this Gyaan? Erase this doubt that we have." I heard this and said: "when my father went to do the strict Tapp on the Mandrachal Mountain, the Devatas heard about this and collected their armies. They got happy and said to each other: "let's destroy the Daynt families. We can do it without any effort just as many insects can kill a snake." They brought many armies to our capital. The proud Devatas waged war in anger. The Daanavs got together and fought back. Gurjs, Trishools, mountains and trees were used all at once. Inder was saved but was really angry. Inder took all his warriors and killed many Daanavs with his Vajjar. Many Daanavs ran away in fear. They didn't wait to take their sons, fathers or friends; they ran to save themselves. Inder won and came into the city of the Daynts. The Daanavs' army was destroyed. Inder looted Multan. Inder saw my mother and arrested her. He took her with him. As they travelled, Naarad Munni ji met Inder on the way. Inder was pulling my mother. Naarad saw this and became compassionate. He said: "listen, King of the Devatas, you are taking her without fault. Listen to me and let her go." Inder heard this and said: "she is pregnant with a strong son. When he is born, I will kill him. That's why I have arrested her." Naarad ji said: "listen, Inder, don't kill her son. You won't be able to kill him. He is the Bhagat of Hari who will be an Aatam Gyaani. Nobody can kill him. The Devatas that are with you, they can't kill him either. He is in the Seva of Hari Parmeshwar." Inder got scared and let my mother go at the insistence of Naarad Muni. When he heard that the child was going to be a "Bhagat," Inder bowed to my mother and did 3 Parkarmas around her. He left my mother there.
Naarad ji brought my mother to his Ashram with love. He said: "oh daughter, stay in my Ashram till your husband doesn't come back to meet you. You can stay here without fear. Stay here with the Rishis without worry." My mother was no longer worried. She served the Rishis with love and devotion. A long time passed like this. When I was born, I received the Gyaan of wisdom. My mother didn't even know when I had become the Bhagat of Hari. I was a Bhagat since I was in her womb. I have told you my story. For this reason, destroy your pleasures and do the Bhagti of Hari. The body has 6 vices but the Aatma has none. Know that the Aatma is in the whole body. The body is conceived in the womb (Janam), takes form (Ast), grows up (Ar Bridh); changes (Pranama); grows weak (Kheen) and bares the pain of dying (Marno). The Aatma is always separate from the body; like the lotus lives in water but does not get drenched with water. The Aatma is always pure and pervades everywhere as the same. The Aatma is the support of the body. Nothing can exist without the Aatma. It is Sat, forever, blissful and indescribable. This is your real form. The solid body and the material things will not last forever so therefore let go of “me” and “mine.” The root of Prakriti (nature) is the Mahitat. From the Mahitat, ego was first born. From ego, the 5 Tan Matra were born (sound, touch, sight, taste and smell). The body is made from that which has the senses. 5 Gyaan Indrees (ear, skin, eyes, tongue, and nose), 5 Karam Indrees (voice box, hands, feet, urethra, and anus) and the mind comes from the 5 primal elements. That is how the body is made, consisting of the solid body, the Pranas and the Munn/Bhuddi. The solid universe is also made of the 5 primal elements. The One Purkha is everywhere which you should recognize. It is always separate from everything but supports all. Just as there is a string in the beads of a mala, they are supported by one thread. The 3 states (Jaagrat - awake, Swapan - dream and Sakopat – deep sleep) do not exist in the Aatma. In the Turiya state (4th state), it is the witness of all. If you see your real form, you will receive the beautiful bliss. The taking birth and death is the result of Agyaan. One develops the ego from sin and virtue. They receive births in different species and suffer. They are led by their desires and receive the type of body according to it. Discard your pleasure. You can receive bliss in this way. Naarad ji gave me this Gyaan. I am giving it to you now, my brothers. Give your Karma to Vishnu's feet. Became desireless and do the Simran of his Naam." The children heard my words and started to do the Bhagti which destroyed their pain. They did the Simran of the Naam, which gives joy. They sang the praises of Hari with deep love. While awake, sitting and walking, they said “Hari Hari” all the time. The sons of Shukar noticed this and saw this as a bad thing. They took me to my father.
They said: "keep your son with you. He spoiled the other children too. He has not even a little bit of fear in his mind. He taught the others to do Bhagti as well." The Raja of the Daynt was an Agyaani. He was egotistical and unwise. He got angry. It was like a second lava erupting. He looked at me with sharp eyes. He spoke harsh words: "you fool! You are unfortunate. You disregarded our traditions. Your death is near. You disobeyed me. Where are you getting the strength to do this, you family destroyer?" My father kicked me in the chest and spoke venomous words. I then folded my hands and said: "Pitha, the anger you are doing is useless. Why are you speaking poisonous words? I have no strength and neither do you. The support of the world is someone else. He is really strong. He is the power of the plants and animals. He has kept them under his command. He supports them. He is the strongest. He is the death of death. He can eat anyone like a snake eats a frog. The strength in the body, this is by the compassion of the Parmeshwar. Discard the nature of Daynts. Do the effort to win your mind. There is no greater enemy than the mind. It gives you many births. Control it. Do something to win it. There is nothing better than that. The senses are the horses of the Munn. The Munn mounts the chariot and runs in the 10 directions. The Munn is stuck in the pleasures. The great ego is the strong fort. The lust, greed, and anger (etc.) are the soldiers that help the Munn. They are really strong warriors. Nobody can defeat them. The one that defeats them is really strong. If you want to ask me how to kill them then go to the Satsangat with love. Do the Simran of the Parbrahm. Discard your ego. Focus your attention in the Simran of the Naam. Remove the other efforts from your mind. This is how you can win your Munn. You will receive the greatest victory. Without defeating the Munn and calling yourself a warrior; counting yourself as strong; the wise people see him as a fool. That person couldn't see the deep secret." When my father, Haranakash, heard my words, he was egotistical and unwise; he became really angry. It was like oil on fire. His body shook and his eyes were red with anger. He bit his lips and was not at ease. He looked scary from the head to the toes. Smoke came from his nose and filled the air. The ministers in his court got scared and remained quiet.