Seeing the pain of others as their own; being happy when seeing others happy; walking on the path of Mukti, day and night; I bow to the feet of such saints.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Listen Guru Angad Dev ji, Giver of Mukti, Guru Nanak Dev ji travelled on. We came to a village, where a Tarkhan (carpenter) lived who loved Prema Bhagti. He served saints with love. He had a lot of love in his heart. Guru ji saw him as his own servant and wanted to bless him. Sri Guru ji went to his home. The Tarkhan welcomed Guru ji and had him sit with respect. He served Guru ji well at night. In the morning, when Guru ji got ready to leave, Guru ji broke the Tarkhan’s hut. It was a small hut. The bed that Guru ji slept on, Guru ji broke that as well. The clay pots the Tarkhan had, Guru ji broke them all. In this way, Guru ji destroyed the Tarkhan’s whole house and got ready to leave. The Tarkhan’s Munn was still. He had great control over his mind and observed the service of saints and guests as his highest priority. He walked with Guru ji as he left. When we left, Bhai Mardana ji took Guru ji aside and said: “tell me, oh Compassionate One, nobody else kept us for the night in this village other than this poor Tarkhan. He gave us a place to stay and served us at night. He had love in his heart. He served us with love. He came with us to see us off. He did only good with us but you broke his small and poor hut. You broke all of his belongings as well. Why were you angry with him? You put a hard time on his head?” Guru ji said: “the Seva that he did was accepted. Understand this.” After saying this, Guru ji sent the Tarkhan back to his home and we travelled on.
When the Tarkhan went back to his home, there was a beautiful home there instead of his broken hut. There were pots of wealth inside the home. Beautiful clothes were set in the home. The Tarkhan was happy to see this. He recognized that Guru ji was the Ikankaar. He received all four gifts of Dharam, Arth, Kaam and Moksha. He was blessed. He regretted that he did not recognize Guru ji when he was with him.
Guru ji travelled on. The 14 Loks did the Simran of Guru ji. Where the country of Bhutan was, the Master arrived there. He went to the city of the king. He saw a nice tree and sat under the nice shade it gave. Doing the Darshan of Guru ji destroys the pain of reincarnation. The king of this city was engrossed in carnal pleasures. He was always with other women. He indulged in sexual pleasures with them. If someone in this city got married, they could not take their bride home. The bride was to spend a night with the king first. The king would disgrace himself in dirt with the new bride that night. The groom would then be allowed to bring his bride home the next day. People were afraid of the sinner king. To give wisdom to this king, Guru ji came to this place. The people of the city came to Guru ji and bowed to his feet. Satguru ji gave them wisdom: “chant the Name of the Master of the Universe.” The people heard Guru ji’s sweet words and brought food and clothes. Satguru ji did not take anything. He returned all of the gifts. Guru ji spent many days under that tree. Guru ji’s praise spread in the city: “a great and complete saint has come. He doesn’t see anyone else besides the Bhagwant. He has no lust, anger or greed, not even a little bit. His words give bliss. He is carefree.” The people praised Guru ji to the king: “a saint with a good character has come. You should do his Darshan. Hearing his words, the sins run away.” The king, convinced by the people, came to see Guru ji.
The King brought clothes, food and gifts. He came and bowed to Guru ji’s feet. He spoke with humility: “please accept my gifts. Eat the delicious food with joy. Eat as much as you wish. Wear the beautiful clothes I have brought. You are the saint, the Ocean of Virtues.” Guru ji said: “these gifts are of no use to me. Give them to the poor in your area. I am satiated from all things. I have no wish for any item.” The Raja folded his hands with devotion and said: “you are a carefree saint. I won’t be blessed if you don’t accept my gifts. The saints are generous. Bless me by accepting my gifts. I have come to your shelter, hearing your praises.” Guru ji spoke with compassion: “if you want be blessed then let go of your sin of indulging with other women. If you let this go, obeying me, you will be blessed in every way. Whatever item you wish for, I can get that for you from the Prabhoo.” The Raja heard Guru ji’s words and had deep faith. He wanted to become a Sikh. He said: “my mind wanders and is attracted to pleasures. I am not satiated from the sexual pleasures of women. The desire grows on a daily bases like fire burning the firewood. Please give me your wisdom and turn my mind away from this, oh Compassionate Guru.” The Deena Bandhu heard this and spoke words of Vairagya from the pleasures of women: “oh king, what is it about women that you find so good and pleasureful? What entices you? The eyes of women that you compare to the lotus petals, those eyes excrete disgusting eye crust (rheum). If you look into the eye or bust it open, it is only made of fat and water, nothing else. Listen about the other body parts: the lustful person compares the face of a woman to the moon but it is nothing but fat and blood wrapped in flesh. You say the fair colour as beautiful. Without the materials it is made up of, there is nothing else. If you would see the fat, blood and flesh on their own, you would find it disgusting. You compare the teeth to the jasmine flower but they are just bones without flesh. If the teeth would break off, you wouldn’t want to touch the teeth. You should see the whole body like this. There is nothing more than bones, flesh, blood and fat. The body is filled with feces, urine and other bad smelling material. Oh one with the blinded wisdom, what are you so attracted to? There is spit in the mouth and mucus in the nasal passages; which you praise so much. There is flesh on top with small hairs. Oh Raja, think about all this. What material is pleasing to you? Everything is so smelly in the body. To love the body of a woman is bad. The body is clearly impure and disgusting. Listen on, the love that you have for other women, this love will take you to Hell. The messengers of Dharmaraja give you pain. They take an idol of a woman made of iron and heat it up. They then tie that flaming hot idol to your neck. This gives pain by which the person yells out in pain. The Jumms then beat you with sticks for a long time. The pleasure that a lustful person experiences with a woman, which is only for a few seconds; the person suffers much pain in Hell for a long time. Other types of pains are also given. The Simritees, Vedas and Puranas say this.” The Raja heard these fearful words and began to think to himself. He saw his sins and fell to Guru ji’s feet. He said: “I was unwise and earned many sins in my life. I understood this by your words. Please forgive me by being compassionate. I won’t sin like this ever again.” Guru ji was happy to hear this. Guru ji said: “listen carefully Raja: don’t sin like this again. I have forgiven your past sins. Do the Simran of Satnam with your focus. Make a Dharamsala in your city. Do the Satsangat meeting others. Sing the praises of Hari.” When the Raja learnt this wisdom, he took the Pahul of Guru ji’s feet. Many others became Sikhs as well. Guru ji said: “do the Simran of the Satnam. It will give you joy.” The bad deeds were renounced. Everyone was given the wisdom of Simran, charity and Ishnaan. Guru ji spent many days there. The Raja folded his hands and said: “our land only has rice and silk. No other food grows in our area. Please be compassionate and give us a boon so other foods and cotton can grow.” Guru ji heard the words of his beloved servant and said: “other foods and plants will grow here.” Guru ji then got ready to leave. The people of the area heard and came to meet Guru ji. They folded their hands and said: “Sri Guru ji, stay in our land. It has become pure by you coming here. The beautiful Sikhi is illuminating here now. Why do you wish to leave? Have compassion and stay here forever.” They made requests to Guru ji in this way. They didn’t let Guru ji leave. The next morning, Guru ji disappeared. The people regretted this. They were not satiated with Guru ji’s Darshan: “we didn’t serve him to our hearts’ content. The glorious One left without telling us.” The people did Simran of Guru ji, day and night. Many people were blessed with Mukti.
The Master left this area and came to another land. This new land had no food or fire. The people only ate meat. They would put one rock on top and one on the bottom, keeping the meat in between and chant the Mantra of Suriya for about 4 hours and 45 mins; by which the meat would be cooked. They would eat the meat in this way. They would serve saints with love. They would feed anyone who came. Whoever would see the saint first, they would feet them. This was the tradition of the land. Guru ji saw a nice place and sat down. There was a person there who tended sheep. He saw Guru ji and came to him. He stood and folded his hands while saying: “I will kill a sheep for your food. Your fatigue of travel will be destroyed. If you don’t eat the sheep, my master will beat me. This is the tradition of our land: whoever sees a visitor, they have to feed them. Otherwise the Raja punishes them. The people embarrass and taunt them for not feeding the guests too. There is no food or fire here therefore don’t wait for food.” Guru ji said: “if you kill the sheep and cook it, I will eat it.” The shepherd killed a sheep and cooked it with the Mantra of Suriya. He prepared the meat and placed it in front of Guru ji. Guru ji saw it and said: “the bones and skin of this, collect them and bring them here.” The shepherd obeyed and brought the bones and skin. He placed it all in front of Guru ji. The Master of the World saw it and spoke: “get up sheep and graze on green grass.” As soon as Guru ji said this, the sheep came back to life and ran around. The shepherd saw that Guru ji was omnipotent. He bowed to Guru ji’s feet. He sat near Guru ji with devotion. The Light of the Bedis said: “the Shahukaar of this land, go and bring him to me.” The shepherd went into the city and sat near the Shahukaar and said: “listen, there is a saint here who destroys pain. He is omnipotent and powerful. He has called for you.” The Shahukaar heard this and became happy. He left with the shepherd and came to Guru ji with eagerness. They both bowed to Guru ji and sat down. They did Guru ji’s Darshan and were filled with bliss. The Guru of the world said: “listen Shahukaar, if you have some food in your home, bring it here.” The Shahukaar said: “in this whole area, food does not grow, oh Dervish. Everyone eats meat here. If you wish to eat meat, I will bring it now.” Guru ji said: “if you become Sikhs then say the name of the Sri Prabhoo. I will give you food and fire if you follow my path.” The Shahukaar became humble and said: “you are a carefree saint. If you give us these two things, everyone will become your Sikhs. They will all follow your ideology.” Guru ji became compassionate and said: “find some food in your area and bring it here.”
The Shahukaar came to the city and began to look for food in the homes. He was able to find 1 Ser of wheat by looking for it. He brought it back to Guru ji, bringing the Raja and the people with him. They all bowed to Guru ji’s feet and sat down with love. Guru ji said: “plant the wheat. The crops will grow without shortage.” They all obeyed and planted the wheat. The new wheat grew and was ready in a few days. Everyone was happy to see this. Everyone took the Pahul of Guru ji’s feet. Their minds were drenched in Prema Bhagti. They all followed the path of Sikhi. The Prabhoo was seen as the Guru, the Giver of Joy. A Dharamsala was made where the glory of the Prabhoo was sung. Guru ji sat with everyone and spoke from his mouth: “there will be no shortage of food in this land. There will be no shortage at all.” Guru ji shook rocks and made fire. The struggles of all were gone. Everyone was happy with this. They sang the praises of Sri Satguru ji. There was no food or fire there. In this way, Sri Guru ji gave them these gifts. He made them practice Simran, charity and Ishnaan. He started the Panth of Prema Bhagti. Guru ji stayed there for a few days and then decided to leave. Guru ji was in a nice form. The people got together and became humble. They said: “the people of this land are fortunate to have your Darshan. You made our lives blissful for both worlds. You are the Sri Hari in a human form.” The Master gave hope to all. The Omniscient One left from that place.