In the hearts which have Brahm Gyaan, they know their true form. I bow to their feet and say the beautiful Katha.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, listen to the next Prasang. Guru Nanak Dev ji continued: “listen to Janmayja’s story, how he was in pain after knowing everything. One day, Ved Vyaas ji sat with King Janmayja. He told the king the painful history of his ancestors. Janmayja inquired about them: “Yudhistir gambled and spent a lot of time in pain; nobody stopped him. He was good in his Dharma but he did a bad act. His personality was good and always spoke the truth. How did his wisdom become so?” Vyaas ji said: “listen, what Ishwar has destined, that will surely happen. Somebody can make millions of attempts and be really wise; what is destined to happen cannot be stopped. It will happen.” Janmayja said: “listen oh king of Munnis, tell me what will happen in my future. How can I let something happen that is destined? If someone doesn’t know, destiny may unfold.” Vyaas ji said: “I will tell you your future. A horse will come to your home. You will buy the horse and keep it in your stables. You will ride it one day to go hunting. You will go towards the south and get really tired. You will set up your camp on the shores of a pond. You will sleep all alone. Another horse will come out of the pond and mate with your mare horse. The mare will become pregnant and give birth to a horse. The horse will have black ears. You will consult your ministers and decide to do a Yagna with the horse. Many Brahmins will come to your home for the Bhojan. There will be a problem there. You will sin gravely as you will kill Brahmins. You will be in pain and become a leper. You will come to me to listen to the Katha of the Mahabharat. I will tell you not to doubt the Katha of the Mahabharat, which will make the Leprosy go away. I am telling you now that you will doubt it. The pain will then kill you when you doubt. I have told you everything. You know what is going to happen to you. You can do what you want to. You can stay alert.” The king heard this and was amazed. He stopped buying horses. He stopped the root of the problem for his future. He thought: “how can the effect be there without the cause? If one does not plant a seed, how can there be thorns that give you pain then?” He held on to this determination for a while. He spent some time like this. When a horse would die in his army, he wouldn’t replace it. There was soon a shortage of horses. His ministers folded their hands and said: “oh king, this won’t work. You have a stubborn determination. How can there be an army without horses? It’s like a lioness without paws and claws. You need to buy horses for the army. You don’t need to ride them. Many Saudagars come to sell you horses, hearing your praises. They leave with sorrow. They aren’t happy and say bad things about you.” Hearing the words of the ministers, he thought to himself: “they are right. A king like me should buy horses. How will the Saudagars make a living? I won’t ride the horses. I will buy them.” He thought of buying horses. He only bought steeds. He bought many steeds.
One day a Saudagar came to the king. He had a smart mare and showed it to Janmayja. Many soldiers saw the mare and declared it as a good one. They said to the king: “this mare should only be with you. Buy it and keep it with you. It will give birth to many good horses. The offspring will be good. You will look good riding the offspring. You don’t need to ride mares.” Hearing the officers, the king bought the mare. He saw the nice mare and was impressed. He gave money to the Saudagar and kept the mare at home. It was his death that he had just purchased. The mare had good qualities. The stable boy rode the mare to check its walks. The stable boy said: “I have never seen such a mare before. You should ride it, Raja ji. It is very clever and fast.” The Raja heard this and got on top of the horse. He went towards the south to hunt. He then saw a deer and chased it. None of his other soldiers could catch up to him. The Raja was soon alone. He chased the deer and hunted it down. After killing it, he got tired and thirsty. He drank some water from a pond and fell asleep. His horse was tied to a tree. Soon, a horse came out of the pond and mated with the mare. It went back to the pond before the Raja could wake up. When the Raja woke up, he got up and mounted his horse. He came back to his palace. The mare was pregnant and soon gave birth to a horse with black ears. The horse was beautiful and good for a Yagna. Everyone advised Janmayja to do the Asmedh Yagna, which gave good rewards. The Raja forgot the future that Vyaas ji had told him. He prepared for the Yagna and mounted his horse to win many other Rajas. When he came back home, he called many Brahmins for a Bhoj. He had many types of foods made. He was going to give the Brahmins gifts. One of his Queens followed him. Where many Brahmins were eating, the Raja came there. A strong wind blew which removed the covering of the queen. Some of the Brahmins saw the naked body of the queen and laughed out loud. The Raja got angry seeing them laughing. He didn’t think of right or wrong. He grabbed some of the Brahmins and burned them to death. He had many killed in a few seconds. He was now considered a great sinner and contracted leprosy. Vyaas ji came back to the Raja and tried to convince him. He began to tell him the history of Mahabharat. As he listened his leprosy got better. When he came to the Prasang of Bheem throwing elephants towards the skies and never coming back down; still being up in the skies and not coming back to earth; the Raja heard this and did not believe it. There was a little leprosy lesion left on his nose. He squirmed his nose in disagreement and sat without knowing the truth. Vyaas ji used the power of his Mantras and lowered the elephants down to earth. The bones of the elephants came down to the court. Everyone saw the bones of the elephants and were amazed. The leprosy lesion remained on the nose. He cried out in pain which became the reason for his death. His pranas left him and he went to the afterlife. In this world, only Gianis are happy. The rest of the world is in pain. Peers, Sheiks, Masayaks; all fear death and cry.
Gopi Chand and Bharthri; these kings cried after piercing their ears. They left their homes and begged from other homes. People try really hard to earn money; a cheap person losing their money and crying. The Pandits speak Gyaan from their mouths and unwise people don’t value it. During their end, they are under the control of the Jumms. They cry in pain. When a woman’s husband dies, she cries while saying her husband’s praises.” Sri Guru ji said: “listen Mardana, the whole world is in pain. They are stuck in attachment like being stuck in the middle of the ocean. You can’t see the shore. Vahiguru Satnam; the ones who accept this, they win in this world. The other Karmas come under the accounting of Dharmaraja. There is no way to be released from those actions. They have to be played out whether it be good or bad. Make your heart pure and serve the Sri Naam. They won’t have to suffer the accounting of Dharmaraja. Dharmaraja has to rip their papers. They go straight to Sach Khand and nobody stops them.” In this way, Guru ji explained the Shabad.
The Shahukaar placed his head on Guru ji’s feet. He said: “your words are like soap, cleansing my mind like dirty clothes. Come to my beautiful home. Set foot in it and make it pure. My great fortune has come to fruition that you have come to me. You said priceless words to me.” Prabhoo ji heard the words and went to the Shahukaar’s home. Where the beautiful home was, a nice bed was laid out for Guru ji. He had Guru ji sit there with great love. He brought his wife to Guru ji. To give the woman peace, Guru ji said: “even if the husband may be weak, handicapped or a leper; you should see him as the Prabhoo. You should serve him in every way and not love any other man. When the husband dies, some Patibrat women die. She does not value her own body. She is given great joy in heaven. Both husband and wife go to heaven with joy. The woman that leaves her husband and seeks the love of another man; she becomes shameless and leaves the honour of the world; meets other men for pleasure; when the Jumms come, they drag them and punish them. They heat iron pillars and tie the man or woman to it. They give other types of pains. Who would listen to your screams then? The world slanders them. In the afterlife, they face a lot of pain. This is what happens to the characterless woman. The Patibrat woman is praised in the world. They receive many joys in Heaven. Look with a great oversight. Stop doing what you are doing.” The woman heard this and fell to Guru ji’s feet because of the fear of the Jumms. She said: “oh Sant ji, I have sinned. I seek your sanctuary and forgiveness.” Guru ji said: “your sins have been washed away. Don’t commit any more sins. Be obedient towards your husband. Do the Simran of Satnam which will give you joy.” Guru ji gave wisdom to the woman and stayed the night. He gave peace and joy to the couples’ hearts. The Giver of Joy then travelled on.
We soon reached a village ahead. (This may have been Dipaalpur, Pakistan) We arrived and looked for a place to spend the night. The One that created the whole universe was looking for a place to stay. Nobody offered us a place to spend the night. Wherever we sat down, the people made us get up and leave. The people were foolish in that place. Guru ji came out of the village. Within the fields outside the village, lived a Leper Fakir. He was always in pain. His limbs deteriorated and he was in pain. He always waited for someone to give him food. The Compassionate One saw him with compassion and decided to go to his hut. The Master of the Universe sat in the hut. The Fakir folded his hands and said: “nobody ever comes close to me. Birds fly away from me. You came to me with compassion.” Guru ji decided to stay the night and sat down. The Leper suffered in pain, all night long. He moaned in pain at night, saying: “hai, hai.” When it was midnight, Sri Guru ji sang a Shabad to destroy the Fakir’s pains:
Dhanasri Mahalla 1..
My heart burns, over and over again. Burning and burning, it is ruined, and it falls into evil.
That body, which forgets the Word of the Guru's Bani, cries out in pain, like a chronic patient. ||1||
To speak too much is useless. Even without speaking, He knows everything. ||1||Rahao||
He created ears, eyes and nose. He gave us a tongue to speak so fluently.
He preserved the mind in the fire of the womb; the instrument of the body blows within. ||2||
These worldly attachments, loves and pleasurable tastes, all are just black stains.
One who departs, with these black stains of sin on his face, shall find no place to sit in the Court of the Lord. ||3||
By your grace, we chant Your Name. Becoming attached to it, one is saved; there is no other way.
Even if one is drowning, still, he may be saved. O Nanak, the True Lord is the Giver of all. ||4||3||5||
(SGGS 661)
Sri Guru ji sang the whole Shabad and went quiet. The Leper Fakir heard the whole Shabad. The leper’s body was cured right away. The sorrows and pains within his mind were all gone as well. His body became pure. His mind became pure. When morning came, he took the Pahul of Guru ji’s feet. A new Prema Bhagti arose in the Fakir’s heart. The news spread in the village. The people saw what had happened and came to see Guru ji. They did the Darshan of Guru ji and brought gifts. They felt embarrassed for making Guru ji leave the village and said: “oh saint, please forgive our mistake. Please make us your servants. Your Darshan is great and generous.” Guru ji heard this and blessed everyone. They were all given the Pahul along with the wisdom of the Satnam chant. Guru ji told them to do Satsangat and then travelled on. The Kavi is a sacrifice to his feet.