The ones who take the support of the Satguru’s Shabad, they take the weapon of Naam Simran and defeat the enemy of the mind. They are in bliss in both worlds.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Listen to the Katha, oh son of Pheroo. The Destroyer of Sin and Pain travelled. He told me the history of Shamas Tabrez on the way. We travelled and came to a place where a Fakir’s Mela was looted. The Fakir was talked bad about. He was exposed and his façade unravelled. He was embarrassed among the people. Guru ji came back to the place to bless him. Guru ji was compassionate and wanted to rid him of his pain. Guru ji stayed at the same woman’s home as coming before. He stayed in the same place. It was the Dooj of the moon phase again when Guru ji came, just as it was the last time he was here. There was no Mela though. Guru ji was compassionate and felt sorry. He asked the woman about what happened: “Shuh Suhaagan used to live here. There was a Mela last time I was here. There is nothing here now. Does he still live here or not? Many used to follow him.” The woman said: “he was exposed as a fake. His stuff was ruined. He was like the fruit of Simmal. When it ripens, there’s nothing but dust inside.” The Flag of the Bedis heard this and sat outside the woman’s home.
There was a handicapped person that came towards Guru ji. He had no arms or feet. When he did Guru ji’s Darshan, the person had arms and feet again. He came out to be very handsome. He folded his hands and spoke with humility: “your Darshan has made my body complete again. You cut my pain. I am well now! I can’t leave you now. Keep me in your sanctuary.” The Kirpa Nidhaan laughed and said: “if someone in the city asks you where your feet and arms came from, you should tell them that Shuh Suhaagan cured you.” He obeyed Guru ji and went into the city. The people saw him and were surprised. They asked: “where did you get your arms and feet from?” The person said: “Shuh Suhaagan fixed my ill body.” The people were amazed to hear this. This news spread throughout the city. As he spoke around, he came to Shuh Suhaagan. Shuh Suhaagan heard of this and asked the person: “where is the real person who took your pain away?” The person said: “come with me. I will show you who destroyed my pain.” Shuh Suhaagan was amazed. He wished to do the Darshan of the one who fixed the handicapped person.
The two people came to Guru Nanak Dev ji. There was compassion in both of their eyes. Shuh Suhaagan did Guru ji’s Darshan and understood that it was the same Darvesh who came to his door and turned back. “He is the Khuddah, the Master of the Universe. He came to destroy my fake façade.” He grabbed Guru ji’s feet. He became humble and didn’t lift his head. He said: “you are the Jagadeesh. Forgive my mistakes. You are my Sahib and I am your servant. I am the lowest of lows, you are the saviour of the low. You took an Avatar to save the people. You hid your greatness and had me praised. You are really great! This is your Dharma.” Guru ji said: “understand this: the Shuh is manifested everywhere. Recognize him. Give everyone your Darshan and do everyone’s Darshan. Do the Bandagi all the time. Connect your mind to Khuddah.” Shuh Suhaagan obeyed Guru ji’s great words. He was forgiven and so he went home. He became a Mureed of Guru Nanak Dev ji. He was followed in his city then. The handicapped continued telling everyone that he was cured by Shuh Suhaagan.” The people believed again that the Shuh really came to Shuh Suhaagan.
The flags were hoisted at the Fakir’s place again. The Nagaras rang again. The Mela started up again. People from all 4 directions came. People would meet and say: “only the bad ones slandered him. He was a complete saint. Shuh really comes to his door. His boon gave the handicap person arms and feet.” People came and brought gifts. People from far away came. The Fakir’s sangat grew more than before. He did the Simran of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. His Pooja in the world grew till he remained on earth. He started his own Panth who wore Kungroos on their feet. They wore Molis around their necks. This Panth still exists in the world. In this way, Guru ji blessed him. Guru ji is the Patit Paavin, the purifier of the sinners. Who else could do this other than Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji? He had saved the people of Kaliyuga. He was the great “Gareeb Nivaaj!”
Guru ji walked on ahead. He was benevolent. He was going to save the people. Where the Tilla (top of a hill or mountain) of Baal Gundhai was, Guru ji came there. Many Jogis lived in this place. Baal Gundhai was a Jogi as well. In his Dhera, there were many good horses in the stables. He also had many colourful clothes to donate to others. He would have delicious foods made for visitors. Baal Gundhai made sure everyone ate well. They were given nice homes to rest in. If he saw someone naked, he would give them clothes. If a traveller was tired, he would send a horse for them, sending one of his people. He wished to donate and serve others all of the time. He was like a tree with a lot of fruit, that gave shade and food. Guru ji came to the Dhera and sat down. When Baal Gundhai got news that there were 2 Sadhoo visitors sitting outside his Dhera, and aren’t coming in, he called 2 Jogis and said: “go and bring those Sadhoos in.” The Jogis came to where the radiant Guru was sitting. They said: “come visitors, get up and come to Baal Gundhai’s place. There are nice homes to sit and rest in. You can spend time with joy in there.” Sri Prabhoo ji said: “we won’t come. We will spend the night here, where we sit. A Sadhoo should be like this. Whatever the time calls for, the Sadhoo should be happy with it.” The Jogis came back to Baal Gundhai and said: “the Sadhoos aren’t coming.” Baal Gundhai got up himself and came to Guru ji. Where Prabhoo ji was sitting, Baal Gundhai came there and spoke with respect: “come oh visitor Sadhoos, with me. The clouds are coming and so it will rain soon. You can spend the night in the home with joy.” Sri Guru ji said: “we are Sadhoos who don’t live in the 3 Gunas. We are Ateets. We accept whatever comes to us. We see pain and pleasure as the some. We spend our time like this. Where would we keep looking for a home to stay in? We travel to many foreign lands. Wherever we sit, we spend the time there. This is our ideology.” Baal Gundhai then said: “whatever compassion the Akaal Purakh does, whatever pleasureful items he gives, we shouldn’t disrespect it. Everything belongs to the Niranjan Akaal Purakh. It is good to serve others with nice items.” After saying this, Baal Gundhai took Guru ji with him.
When we came to a nice house, he said to us: “see this nice place. You will enjoy your time here.” Sri Guru ji said: “what drama of kings should I see? This is for kings.” When Baal Gundhai showed the colourful cloths to Guru ji, Guru ji said: “this is the way of kings.” Baal Gundhai took Guru ji to the stables and showed a lot of horses to us. Guru ji said: “listen Baal Gundhai, this is the way of Rajas. It is good for kings. The Sadhoo Ateet renounces the world. What will I do with all these things? One should seek Aatam Gyaan by letting go of the ego. The saint’s treasure is the wealth of Naam Simran. You and I should only see that which will give the unending bliss. The wish for material things, the Ateets don’t wish for them.” Baal Gundhai was surprised to hear such words. He said: “tell me Ateet, what is your name? Where did you come from and where are you going? You have a radiant form. Your personality is great.” Guru ji said: “my name is Nanak Nirankari. This is Bala.” When Baal Gundhai heard the names, he bowed with love to Guru ji. He said: “now I know that you are Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji who spoke to the Sidhs. You are really powerful. You are really wise. Please answer my question: you were sitting outside, were you going to be in joy or in pain? You came into a nice home where your fatigue would be gone.” Guru ji said: “where I was sitting, I would have spent the night there. The Fakirs can’t always find nice places like beautiful homes or places.” Baal Gundhai said: “why don’t you tell me what would have been your state: in joy or pain?” Guru ji said: “it would have been a troublesome night. The clouds were coming.” Baal Gundhai lifted his hands carrying Saag and a Roti of Bhakhra. He said: “this is what I eat. I don’t eat the delicacies. That’s for the visitors. They are for serving the people. I never consume those things. They’re for giving away. Many people come here in joy. They rest here while travelling by.” Guru ji was really happy to hear this. He praised him a lot: “out of all the Jogis, you are the highest because you think of the good of others. You are wise because you use your intellect to serve others.” We stayed for one night and then left in the morning.
We then arrived to Sialkot. Guru ji said to me: “oh Bala, a friend of mine lives in this city who is a Sansari. The one who came with us, whose name is Moola. He lives here. I wanted to meet him. Let’s go to his home.” Guru ji and I came to Moola’s home. The Supreme Bedi came and Moola’s wife saw him. The wife saw Guru ji and said to her husband: “the one whom you left with before for 6 months, that Sadhoo is back again. You should hide in the home otherwise he will take you again. Hide where the cow dung is kept to dry.” Even though Moola knew Prabhoo ji well and how powerful he was, being omnipotent and omniscient; being the Master of all hearts and could do as he wished; he still listened to his wife, and didn’t use his wisdom. He went to the back of the home where the shed of the cow dung was. The shed was really dark where he hid. Guru ji knew what was happening. Guru ji shouted: “Moola! Moola!” Moola’s wife heard this and came to the door. She said: “who you are calling out for, he is not home. He has gone to another village for a task.” Guru ji said: “he has become a Bemukh. His Karma has gone bad. I came to see you but you hid in the home. You said: “life is a lie and death is the truth.” You became a fool and didn’t understand this. You hid by listening to your wife.” Guru ji uttered a Salok:
Salok M:1..
The friendship with lovers of money is false and only garbage comes from it..
Moola, you did not see death, where it can come..21..
(SGGS 1412)
After saying this, Guru ji turned his back and left. At that same time, a black cobra came and bit Moola in the dark. Moola yelled and came outside. He called out to his wife: “oh one with bad Karma, you killed me. You climbed on my head and took my life. Tell me where he went now. I will ask for forgiveness.” He said this and fainted right away. He lost his awareness and fell. He couldn’t say anything further. His wife couldn’t say anything. She began to cry. The news spread in the city: “a complete saint came to Moola’s home but Moola listened to his wife and hid. He disrespected the saint and was bit by the snake. He is going to die now.” The people of the village came to Moola’s home and saw Moola’s blue body. Guru ji came out of the village and sat down in a nice place. Many people came to Moola’s home. People met and spoke: “Guru Nanak Dev ji is sitting outside. Let’s take his body to him. He is the Complete Being. He will forgive his mistake.” The people put Moola’s body on a platform. 4 people lifted the platform and brought Moola’s body to Guru ji. They heard of where Guru ji was. They all talked bad about Moola and praised Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. Both rich and poor heard of this and joined the group of people going to Guru ji. Many others joined in. There was a great crowd with Moola’s body. Everyone came to Guru ji. They bowed to his feet while taking Moola off of the platform. They placed Moola in front of Guru ji. They folded their hands and spoke with humility: “he is guilty and you killed him. Please be compassionate and make him alive again. He became unwise while knowing everything. He was under the influence of his wife.” Guru ji heard this and said to all: “his life is done. He can’t be saved now. He was killed from the court. Nobody can save him. He did my Darshan so he will be rewarded. When I will wear my 10th incarnation, I will cut his life and death cycle. He will be born many times. I will hunt him and give him Mukti. He will take births as pigs, rabbits and deer.” Guru ji then went quiet and didn’t say a word afterwards. During the time of Guru Gobind Singh ji, while he was in Sri Hazoor Sahib, Guru ji went hunting with Bahadhur Shah. Moola was a rabbit at that time. Guru ji killed the rabbit. Moola’s soul came out and bowed to Guru Gobind Singh ji. Bahadhur Shah saw this and asked about him. Guru ji spoke of Moola Khatri’s Mukti to Bahadhur Shah. Bahadhur Shah bowed to Guru ji. This place was Shikaar Ghat.
The people brought Moola’s body back to his home. Many people came there. When Moola was brought to the home, he died. His breaths finished. The women began to cry. The people cremated his body amongst the wooden pyre. Guru ji stayed one night and left from there. When the people heard of Guru ji’s departure, they all ran to meet him. They all grabbed Guru ji’s feet and said: “please save us!” Guru ji said: “make a Dharamsala in this place. Make Panchamrit and do Keertan. You will be rewarded.” Guru ji gave everyone Charan Pahul and left the place. There is a Gurduara there till today called “Gurduara Babay di Ber.” People obeyed and made a Darbar there. It is radiant today. People do Pooja of the place and receive rewards. The Ber is still there too.
As Kavi Santokh Singh ji was saying the Katha, the listeners questioned him: “how was Moola given Mukti? How was he saved? Tell us the whole Parsang.” Kavi Santokh Singh ji spoke: “listen oh wise ones to what happened to Moola. The Tenth Paatshaah, who gave a lot of joy to his Sikhs; the treasure of Degh and Tegh; whose praises cannot be said, Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, was really beautiful and radiant. When the Compassionate One sat on the Takhat, he saved many Sangats. He destroyed the sinners with his radiance. One Vaishnav heard of Guru ji’s praises: “Guru ji is really great of the Sodhi Soorya Vansh. He has come to Nanded. He sits on the seat of Guru Nanak Dev ji. He gives wisdom to whoever goes to him. He gives them Mukti. He is really wise. He has Vivek. He is the treasure of the saintly form.” When the Vaishnav Sadhoo heard this praise, he came to Guru ji for Darshan. Guru ji was at Heera Ghat at that time. Janmeja had killed many Brahmins at that place known as “Bhamanmara.” When the Vaishnav came, Guru ji was gone hunting with his many weapons. The Vaishnav asked the people in the Dhera: “is the Treasure of Wisdom here? Where is he? I wish to do his Darshan.” One Sikh heard this and said: “Sri Guru ji just left before you came. He has gone hunting in the jungles.” When the Vaishnav heard this, he became doubtful. He thought to himself: “he doesn’t seem have the ability to give Mukti. He is without compassion. He kills other life forms. How can he save the world? I still came here so I will meet him once.” After thinking about this, the Vaishnav walked towards where Guru ji went hunting. Where the Giver of Mukti was hunting, that’s where he went. The Vaishnav saw Guru ji hunting. A rabbit came out. Guru ji released his hawk. The hawk pounced on the rabbit and ripped it apart. Guru ji was very happy to see this. The Vaishnav saw this and regretted coming: “why did I come to him? He is happy seeing the animal suffer. How would he have Mukti to give?” Guru ji understood what the Vaishnav was thinking. Guru ji touched the rabbit with his hands. The rabbit came into the form of a Devata right away. He was wearing golden jewellery and was very handsome. Kamadeva was embarrassed with the person’s beauty. The Devata praised Guru ji and went towards the sky. It was Bhai Moola. When the Vaishnav saw this, his faith became deeper in his heart. He ran and grabbed Guru ji’s feet. A deep love arose in his heart. When he came to Guru ji’s Dhera, he asked Guru ji: “who was that whom you gave Mukti to?” Guru ji spoke of the Prasang of Bhai Moola to all. Hearing this, the Vaishnav became a Sikh in the best way. In this way, Moola received Mukti.” Kavi Santokh Singh ji told everyone this Prasang.