Sri Guru ji’s feet are like Lotus flowers. Meditate on them everyday. This will give strength to your wisdom and you will be able to find your real form.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, listen, oh Omnipotent One, we came to the Jambu Deep. We came peacefully and casually. As we came, we met the Sidhs. Where the place Gorakh did his Tapp, Guru ji sat there. All of the Sidhs came to Guru ji, bringing him one sesame seed. They put it in front of Guru ji and said: “share this with everyone!” The Sidhs had used their powers to hide the water in the well. The Omniscient Guru knew what was going on. Guru ji said to me: “Bala, grind this sesame seed in a mortar and pestle. Mix it with water and give it to everyone.” There was a river that flowed quite far from where they were. Guru ji yelled out loud to call the river. The river came to Guru ji, right away. It was like someone calling for their cow that they raised. I filled the water in a bowl and mixed the grinded sesame seed into the water. I give the water to all of the Sidhs. The Sidhs that had gathered were embarrassed as they tried to make fun of Guru ji’s teachings of charity.
Mangal Nath, the wise, spoke: “you are the great Avatar of Kaliyuga. You are the Alakh Niranjan form. You are omnipotent in every way, possessing all of the powers. These foolish Sidhs tried to compare themselves to you but now they are embarrassed. They felt pain. They are Manmukhs who don’t know your glory. They are engrossed in their own egos. The ones that recognize you as the Akaal Purakh, they know that you are the Home of Virtues.” Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji heard this and said: “Mangal Nath, listen: without the Naam, Mukti cannot be achieved. Without the Naam, the person goes to Hell. The ones who are Bemukh from the Naam, they feel a lot of pain.” Bhangar Nath heard this and said: “without Jog, Gyaan and Mukti cannot be achieved. How are you saying this about Naam? You don’t know our ideology in your mind.” Guru ji said: “in the Sri Naam, when the mind is still in it, Ishwar becomes compassionate and gives Gyaan in the heart. Without Naam, there is no Jog. Think about it (it is the Naam you recite in Pranayama). For this reason, all of the Siddhis have the Naam, which gives joy. The Naam is the greatest. It’s like the best ship that takes you across.” Guru ji uttered a Shabad to embarrass the Sidhs:
Ramkali Mahalla 1..
You preach to the world (that the world is a myth) but set up your own house. Abandoning your Asan of contentment, how will you find the True Lord? You are attached to possessiveness and the love of sexual pleasures. You are not a renunciate, nor a man of the world. ||1||
Yogi, remain seated in contentment, and the pain of duality will run away from you. You beg from door to door, and don't feel ashamed. ||1||Rahao||
You sing the songs, but you do not understand them yourself. How will the burning pain of greed within be relieved? Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, let your mind be absorbed in the Lord's Love, and you will intuitively experience the charity of contemplation. ||2||
You apply ashes to your body, while being hypocrites. Attached to Maya, you will be beaten by the clubs of the Jumms. Your begging bowl (heart) is broken; it will not hold the charity of the Lord's Love. Bound in bondage, you come and go. ||3||
You do not control your seed and semen, and yet you claim to practice abstinence (Jattis). You beg from the mothers but are lured by the three qualities. You have no compassion; the Lord's Light does not shine in you. You are drowned, drowned in worldly entanglements. ||4||
You wear religious robes, and your patched coat assumes many disguises. You play all sorts of false tricks, like an entertainer. The fire of anxiety burns brightly within you. Without the karma of good actions, how can you cross over? ||5||
You make ear-rings of crystals to wear in your ears, but Mukti does not come from learning about the Gyaan. You are lured by the tastes of the tongue and sex organs. You have become an animal; this sign cannot be erased. ||6||
The people of the world are entangled in the three modes; the Yogis are entangled in the three modes. Contemplating on the Shabad, sorrows are dispelled. The pure and white Truth is achieved through the Shabad. The one who contemplates the truth from the myth is a Yogi. ||7||
The nine treasures are with You, Lord; You are potent, the Cause of causes. You establish and disestablish; whatever You do, happens. One who practices celibacy, chastity, self-control, truth and pure consciousness, O Nanak, that Yogi is the friend of the three worlds. ||8||2||
(SGGS 902-903)
You become hypocrites and show off to the world to inflate your ego. Seeing the nonsense, you don’t earn anything. How will you receive bliss without chanting the Naam? The ones who see the world as a myth, the don’t show off for ego. Chanting the Naam with a still mind, the Master meets them.” The Sidhs heard the Shabad and were embarrassed. They became quiet and couldn’t answer back. They said: “Adesh, Adesh.” The Sidhs went to another place.
There was a place called Gorakh Matta. The Sidhs went there and did their Asanas. Some sat on deer skins; some put their arms on a Bairaagan. Some rubbed ash on their bodies. They were egotistical and sat quietly. After the Sidhs arrived there, Guru ji came as well. Guru ji said to all: “Adesh.” The Master sat near them. There was a dry tree nearby. Guru ji sat under that tree. The tree became green right away. Many leaves came out immediately. The Sidhs were amazed to see this. They were jealous and said: “from which Guru did you learn this from? Tell us the name of your Guru. By which pain did you become detached. Which pain does not let you go home. You keep travelling to new places. You don’t stay in any one place. How much power do you have?” The Flag of the Bedis said: “I am the Sikh of the Truth by my mind, words and actions. There is no one bigger than the Truth. The Shabad is my clothes. I have lost the bonds of attachment of the world. I am poor. I have no powers. I travel the world for this reason. The words of ego, the travelling of the world with ego, this power has only been given to you by the Parmeshwar.” While saying this, night fell. Everyone went to their own places. The Sidhs sat in their Asanas.
Sri Guru ji said: “get up Bala. Its cold. Get some fire.” I went to get fire. The Sidhs followed me. I took some fire by picking up a piece of the Dhunni (wood and dung) but the Sidhs took it away from me. I had nothing so I came back and told Guru ji everything. Guru ji said: “shake your clothes.” When I shook my clothes, 4 pieces of dung came out. I grinded the pieces of dung. By Guru ji’s words, the dung grew. I then lit the fire. The Sidhs were amazed seeing this. They said: “where did they get that from?” They used their powers and sent a strong wind. The trees that were strong, were uprooted. Soil and stones flew. We covered our faces. The tree where Guru ji sat under was about to fly away, Guru ji grabbed it with his hand and said: “stay here!” When the tree was touched by Guru ji’s hand, it became still and implanted. The wind blew all night long. The Dhunnis of the Sidhs flew away but not Guru ji’s. It was soon morning and Guru ji hid the Dhunnis. When the Sidhs got up to see their Dhunnis, none of them could find theirs. Only Guru ji’s Dhunni remained. There was no other fire anywhere else. The Sidhs used their powers but they couldn’t make fire to appear.
Gorakh said to Bharthri: “go to Sri Guru Nanak ji and get fire. There is no other place with fire.” Bharthri came to Guru ji and said to him: “we wish for fire.” Guru ji said: “bring an earring and one sandal of Gorakh. If you give me these, I will give you fire.” Bharthri came back to Gorakh and told his Guru what happened. Gorakh decided to give the things and thought he would call them back with his power. He gave his sandal and an earring to Bharthri.
When Bharthri placed the items in front of Guru ji, the fire was given to him. The Sidhs all lit their fires and heated the freezing cold. Gorakh realised that he was powerless. He sat without patience. He was drowning in the river of worry. He didn’t know what happened to his powers. Seeing the state of their Guru, Bhangar Nath got angry and wanted to use his power to bring back the earring and sandal. His powers did not work and he lost. They came to Guru ji and said: “please fill my bowl with milk. Please don’t delay.” Guru ji took the bowl and dipped it in the well. It was filled with milk. Bhangar brought the milk back and gave it to everyone. Everyone drank the milk and were satiated as the milk did not finish from the bowl. Everyone was amazed to see the miracle.
Shamboo Nath shook in anger, knowing Gorakh Nath’s things were with Guru ji. He came to Guru ji and said: “it is the time of Purbi (the time of holy baths). Why don’t you call the Ganga? You are powerful. We can all take a bath right here.” Guru ji said to Bhai Mardana ji: "get up and take my stick. Go to the shore of the Ganga and run a line from there to here. Don't look back though." Bhai Mardana ji obeyed and went to the shore of the Ganga by Guru ji's power. He dragged the stick from the Ganga back to where Guru ji was. The flow of Ganga followed him. It was just a little distance remaining when Bhai Mardana ji was in doubt: "I wonder if it is following me or not." He looked backwards. As he looked back, Ganga stopped moving. He continued to drag from that point but the Ganga no longer followed him. He was surprised and came back to Guru ji. He told him everything. All of the Sidhs were sitting there as he spoke. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji heard this and said: "if you hadn't looked back, the Ganga would have come here. You brought it for many Kos but it's close by. Oh Sidhs, you should call the Ganga from there. It's really close by. Mardana brought it many Kos. Bring it here so all of us can bathe." The Sidhs got together and used their powers in every way. Nothing happened. The Ganga did not move. The Sidhs were embarrassed as they lost. They saw Sri Guru ji as more powerful than them. Many bowed to Guru ji's feet. Some were still egotistical.
Machinder Nath then spoke: "give us sweet fruits to eat. Stay here. Don't go anywhere. I want to see your powers if you can feed us or not." Where Guru ji was, there were many trees of Reetas. Guru ji looked towards one branch of the Reetas. It was above his head. The other side was over the Sidhs. The branch that was on Guru ji's side, he looked at the Reeta fruits and made them sweet. Some of the fruits fell in front of Machinder. Machinder saw the fruit and picked them up. He ate them and noticed that they were really sweet. He said to the Sidhs: "these were bitter before but they are really sweet now. I can't stop eating them." The Sidhs heard this and some of them got on top of the Reeta tree that was close to them. They wanted to test the fruits. They broke some fruits and ate them. They were really bitter and couldn't be eaten. They regretted biting into them. Sri Prabhoo ji said: "the ones that are in my direction, they are sweet. The ones that are on your side, you should use your power and make them sweet." The Sidhs used their powers but couldn't make them sweet. That Reeta tree still exists, even till today. Half are sweet on the tree and half are bitter. The power of Guru ji can be evidently seen. The Sidhs got jealous seeing this.
Night soon came. The Sidhs got together and tried to do a trick. They dug a hole and put a clever child to sit in it. They put soil on top of him. The place was leveled with a little hole for the child to breath. They said to Guru ji: "if you want your Pooja to happen in every place then call the Dharti (Earth) to you and ask her who she belongs to. If she responds then she is yours, then nobody will stop you. You can get your pooja done. If you don't find yourself powerful then we can do it for you." Sri Guru ji smiled and said to the Sidhs: "only the Master of the Universe is powerful. I don't have even a little bit of power. You are egotistical over your powers. Show me your powers if you have it." The Sidhs heard this and said: "oh Dharti, if you are ours, then answer us 3 times. Say that you belong to the Sidhs." The child heard the que and spoke: "I am under the command of the Sidhs." The Sidhs asked a second time and the child responded again. When the Sidhs asked a third time, Satguru ji spoke in between: "you can still speak?" As soon as the child heard that, he died. No answer came. The Sidhs kept asking but there was no response. The Sidhs were shocked. After a while, they dug the child out to see that he had died. They were embarrassed and lost their strength. They came to their seats and went quiet, like the wife of a thief. Praan Nath and Mangal Nath came to Prabhoo ji. They made many requests and praised him: "you are the form of the Niranjan. The earring and sandal that you have of Gorakh Nath, please give them back along with his powers. Please make the child alive again. Sri Guru Nanak ji, please be compassionate. These people don't know anything because they are egotistical. They are fools who keep doing bad things and regretting it." Guru ji saw them as his beloveds. He heard their requests with love. Guru ji gave the earring, sandal and powers back. He laughed and said: "in the ocean, if a drop falls into it, it's of no use. Your Guru's power is like a drop. It doesn't affect me. Take this sandal and touch the child's head with it. Make him alive again, quickly." The two Naths were happy and took the 3 things. They took the earring and the Sandal along with the power. When Gorakh got the items back, he received his powers again. The child's head was touched with the sandal. He was alive again. The Sidhs wanted to go somewhere else. They all said: "Adesh, Adesh." They went to their own lands.
Guru ji stayed there one more day. In the morning, Guru ji wanted to leave. The name of Gorakh Matta was changed to “Nanak Matta.” This name was beautiful. Sri Guru ji left from that place. He wanted to bless everyone.