Oh donner of the quiver full of arrows and the bow, Guru Gobind Singh ji, you are the home of bliss and the giver of Mukti. You are the destroyer of sinners. You live in the hearts of your servants and destroy their fears. I bow to your Lotus feet, which give joy.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, listen oh wisest one, Bhai Mardana ji spoke to Guru Nanak Dev ji: “the bridge that Raghuvir tied, let’s walk on that, oh Great Guru ji.” Guru ji said: “when Ram ji returned from Lanka, he broke the bridge. The way does not exist anymore. There are some symbols remaining of the bridge though. He used the power of the Naam to tie the bridge. We will take the power of the Naam and cross the ocean.” The Jagan Nath then crossed the ocean in this way. He walked on the water and did not get wet. We followed. When we were half way through, we saw a really big sea creature. It was 100 Kos long. Guru ji walked on the sea creature. When he got to the head of the creature, Bhai Mardana ji got scared looking at the creature. He was shocked and said: “Sri Prabhoo ji, by your radiance, the creature didn’t eat us. Otherwise it would have eaten us up. Just as a grain easily fits in the mouth of a human, we would have been nothing but a grain for it. We have seen a sea creature before but this one is much bigger. How many Kos are these creatures? Please tell me.” Prabhoo ji said: “watch the drama. Don’t have doubts seeing the Maya of Parmeshwar. The previous creature was 35 Kos. This one is 100 Kos. Its species is called “Tim.” There is one that can swallow it in whole. That is called Timangal. There are really big ones.” After saying this, Guru ji went quiet. When the soil from the feet of Guru ji touched the creature’s head, it was able to speak. Guru ji asked the creature: “who are you and how did you become a fish?” The creature became humble and said: “listen to how I became a fish: I was there at the time of Janak Raja. I did a strict Tapp. I would stand in the water in cold or heat. I had patience as the water was up to my neck. One day, Raja Janak came to me casually. He said to me: “you did a strict Tapp and it is complete. Let go of this Tapp now and go to the Satsangat of Sadhoos. Go there and do Seva in a good way. Your Munn will receive Gyaan in this way. You will undoubtedly receive Mukti.” I bowed to his feet and said to him: “I will do this Tapp for one more year. Then my Tapp will be completed.” The Mukat Raja said: “I told you good teachings but you did not obey. For this reason, you will become a sea creature and live in the water.” I heard this and became scared. I wanted to ask about the end of the curse. I asked: “how long will I be a sea creature? Will I receive Mukti or not?” Janak said: “in the time of Kaliyuga, the Compassionate One will take an Avatar. When his feet will touch you, your curse will be destroyed.” I asked Janak: “how will I know of him? Tell me everything.” Janak said: “listen Munni, when he comes to you, his feet will touch you and you will remember everything. He will give you Mukti and go onwards.” I know that you are the Sri Guru Nanak Nirankari ji. Please bless me. Keep me in your shelter now.” Guru ji heard these words and said: “your age is only 24 hours now. You will leave your body. Till then, do the Simran of Vahiguru. I will give you Mukti and then go.” The creature did Simran for 24 hours. He left his body and the curse was destroyed. He left his body and became the form of Chaturbhuj Vishnu. He had earrings in his ears, his colour was black like clouds. His body was handsome, like a second Kamadeva. He praised Guru ji and went to Vaikunt. He sang: “jai jai Satguru!”
The Light of the Bedis travelled on. We came close to Lanka. Big Daynts were wandering the shores. They were like black mountains walking. Bhai Mardana ji got scared seeing them. He lost his patience and said: “the Rakshishes will come and eat us. They won’t take long to kill us. Let’s not go close to them. Let’s go somewhere else.” Guru ji said: “you recite and listen to my words all the time but you still don’t think of good things. Your mind is stuck in the big Maya Attachment. Your body is possessed by ego. You haven’t destroyed your doubt yet. When ghosts possess a body, that person forgets his own body and becomes the ghost. Mantras need to be read by exorcists. The ghosts leave then. The person remembers who he is. Till he was possessed, he is in pain. When the ghost leaves, he is in joy. The ghost of ego has possessed your body. You have forgotten your real self, the Aatma. The Shabad of the Guru is the Mantra that destroys the sense of your body. The ego of your body would be destroyed. You would then see your Aatma and know who you really are. Mukti and bliss are achieved. The bonds are broken along with the noose of the Jumms. It is like the snake shedding its body and leaving it. It does not go back. When the ego of the body goes, the person does not go back to the same status. Till he dies, the person sees his body as destructible. He does not feel the pain of the body.” Bhai Mardana ji said: “you are the Treasure of Virtues. You have the great Yog. When I am blessed, I will be able to see my real form.” We spoke to each other and then the 2 strong Daynts came. They stood and spoke: “where did you come from? Why are you sitting here?” Guru ji said: “I am Ram, oh guards. I wish to meet your Raja, Bibheekhan. When he comes out from the palace I will meet him.” The Asuras heard this and went into the city. They gave their Raja the news: “in the great gardens, there are 3 humans. They said: “we are Ram, the messengers of Parmeshwar.” They wish to meet you.” Bibheekhan got up right away. He ran barefoot towards the gardens. Many Rakshishes went with him, who were huge like mountains. Their nostrils were like deep caves. The 2 guards were ahead. They all came to Guru ji with love in their hearts. Bibheekhan placed gifts and bowed with devotion. He said, “Ram Ram,” and sat near Guru ji. Guru ji asked how he was. Guru ji said: “listen Lankesha (King of Lanka), you have been separated from Ram Chander ji for a long time. Did you meet him again or not? You are the greatest Bhagat amongst the Daynts.” Bibheekhan recognized Guru ji as the complete saint. He folded his hands and said: “listen Sant ji, since I separated from Ram Chander ji, I have been doing his Simran. I didn’t see myself separated from him. His Naam lives in my Chit. I meditate on the Giver of Mukti. I am always in bliss. The bodies meet but are destined to separate. The ones who really meet, never separate because the Naam Mantra is inside their hearts. When Sri Ram ji came to Lanka, I tried to convince Ravan to give Sita Mata back to Ram ji so he could rule with joy. He got mad at me and kicked me in the chest. He disrespected me in the fully filled court. I tolerated the pain of his kick and became humble. I saw the shelter of Ram Chander ji. I thought of going to him: “when he destroys Lanka, Ram ji would win. He will give me the kingdom of Lanka.” I thought of this and went home. I was humble and went to Ram Chander ji. When I did the Darshan of Ragunath, the wish for kingdom was destroyed. My thoughts became pure. I thought to myself: “the kingdom is a great ocean of pain. The tasks of the world are a deep well. One can’t come out of it.” I became detached from the world and bowed to Ram Chander ji. The Omniscient One already knew what I was thinking. He said from his mouth: “come Lankesh! Sit down here.” I folded my hands and said: “I don’t wish for a kingdom or any land.” Sri Raghupati ji said: “when you left your home, this is the wish you had. You wanted me to give you the Lanka kingdom. This is my way. Understand this Bibheekhan. When a Jagyaso leaves his home with humility, I fulfill his first wish. I then give them the beautiful state of Mukti.” He said this to me. I have the support of his Naam all the time.” Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji said: “you are great Bibheekhan! You attained the status of Chiranjeev. You stayed in your body and focused on the Ram Naam. The Rakshish are all afraid of you. They obey you and are your servants. They don’t give pain to anyone. They all have faith in Prema Bhagti.” Bibheekhan heard this and said: “the Bemukh Daynts were all killed by Ram ji. He gave me the kingdom and went to Ayodhya. I was with him along with the Bandar Dal. When we went there, I was given the wisdom from Ram ji: “Ishwar’s Avatars come to this earth for specific tasks. They complete the tasks and go back to Vaikunth. The people sing the glories of the Avatars and achieve joy. The saints are my “Nit Avatars.” The “Namit Avatars” come to complete specific tasks. Meeting them, the sins are washed away. There is no difference between the saints and me.” Ram Chander ji said this to me. My pain was gone. You are a saint. I see you as Sri Ram Chander ji. You are the Giver of Joy. Please give me wisdom. There is no difference between you and Ram ji. I have seen that Ishwar is the same everywhere.” When Guru ji heard this, he uttered Bani:
Sri Mukhvaak Ramkali Mahalla 1..
The Gurmukh tied a bridge by the support of Vidhata.. The Lanka was looted and the Daynts were pacified..
Ram Chand killed Ravan and Ahiravan (Mahiravan - the ruler of the Patals).. The secret was given to him by the Gurmukh, Bibheekhan..
The Gurmukh made the rocks float on the ocean.. The Gurmukh saved the 33 Crore (Devatas)..
(SGGS 942)
Sri Guru ji said: “listen Bibheekhan, you are the Gurmukh who gave Sri Ram ji the secret (to killing Ravan – he told Ram ji that the Amrit was in Ravan’s navel. Only bursting his navel would kill Ravan). Ram ji killed Ravan and completed his tasks. Ram ji thought of the Guru’s Shabad and made the rocks float in the ocean. The Shabad of the Satguru is the greatest. Leave the shelter of the 33 Crore Devatas. Contemplate on the Shabad of the Satguru in your heart. Ingrain this wisdom that I have given you into your heart. See the whole world as a dream. Recognize the One Aatma everywhere. Do the Sangat of saints; this is where joy is, day and night. This is the good wisdom. It will give Mukti to sinners.”
Bhai Mardana ji spoke: “I have heard that Hanuman ji lives here too. Sri Prabhoo ji, show him to me.” Bibheekhan heard this and spoke: “where Ravan’s resting place is, Hanuman sits near there. He does not bow to anyone besides Sri Ram ji. He does not obey anyone else.” Guru ji said: “I will come into the form of Ram along with Sita on my side. Call him and show him to us. We are here now.” Bibheekhan sent a Daynt to Hanuman. The Daynt said: “Sri Ram ji has come with Sita Mata. He is calling you. Bibheekhan has gone to meet them. I came to inform you of this.” Hanuman ji heard this and got excited. He left with the Daynt, with joy in his heart.
Guru ji changed his form into Sri Ram ji’s form. I was made into Lachman. Bhai Mardana ji was formed into Mata Sita ji. Hanuman ji came there. His body was huge like the golden mountain. He had a gurj resting on his shoulder. He bowed to the Lotus feet of Guru ji. He sat down with bliss in his heart. He opened his eyes wider to see Guru ji. He got goosebumps and was really happy. His love overflowed for Sri Ram ji. Guru ji then spoke in the form of Sri Ram: “listen to my words, Hanuman, my beloved: see me as omnipresent in your mind. When you see me everywhere, you will always be connected to me. You will never separate from me. Every body that you see, see them as Sita. Sita then takes on the form of Raghubir as well as Lachman. See the Bandar Dal, Baali and Jaamvant as Sita. Sita is Angad and Sita is Sugreev. She is also the Daynts, Ravan, his sons and Bibheekhan. Sita is Maya. There is no one else besides Sita. Everything you see is Sita, the Maya. Sita is everywhere, taking the existence power of Ram. Ram is the Chetna. The whole world was made by Sita with Ram’s Chetna. Sita nourishes the world and Sita destroys. Sita uses the Chetna of Ram. Ram is omnipresent, existing in all. Without Ram, there is no heart. There is Sita and there is Ram. There is no third.” Hearing the sweet words, Hanuman was drenched in love. He was happy and said: “you showed the Truth. Keep me with you.” In the form of Sri Ram ji, Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji said: “where Katha and Keertan happen, that is where I live forever. Listen to Keertan with love. Staying there will give you the same reward as staying with me. Love the Satsangat. You can go back to where you were now.” Hanuman ji bowed and went to the cremation place of Ravan. He came there quickly. He made another body of himself and went to where Katha and Keertan would happen.
Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji came back to his original form. Myself and Bhai Mardana ji were in our original forms again. We took leave from Bibheekhan and went to another place. Santokh Singh bows to the Guru as the Adhyaaya is completed.