The Simran of Sri Sarasvati (the Devi of Knowledge and Arts) is like a sharp axe. This axe cuts the trees of obstacles, clearing the path in the jungle of problems.
Sri Guru Angad Dev ji stayed for some more days (less than 5) at Kartarpur. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji spoke to Guru Angad Dev ji: “you should go back to your place. It is my command that you not stay here. My time for leaving my body is very near. It’s only a few days now. Go to Khadoor.” Sri Guru Angad Dev ji folded his hands. He put his head to Guru Nanak Dev ji’s feet and said: “your command is upon my head. Oh Master of the Universe, I would like to ask you a question: when the time to leave your body is near, should I be here at that time? If you give me permission, I will come back here.” The Light of the Bedis said: “don’t come back here to me. I will come to you in your heart. Nobody will know this. I will come and meet you in a hidden way. My Light will come into your heart.” The words of the Guru instilled in Guru Angad Dev ji’s heart. He didn’t wish to leave but he couldn’t disobey. He got ready to go right away. Guru Angad Dev ji bowed in the Ashtanga way in front of Guru Nanak Dev ji with humility. He bowed to Guru ji’s feet with love. He had left his mind at the feet of the Gunkhaani. Only his body travelled to Khadoor. He took leave, the Sukh Raas. He slowly came to Khadoor, to his home.
The people of Khadoor came to meet Guru Angad Dev ji. They all bowed to Guru Angad Dev ji. They asked how he was. The King of the Trehans respected everyone who came. He hid the unlimited powers that he had received. He didn’t make himself known to anyone as the new Guru. He did not tell anyone that he was the Master of the Loks, the Creator, Sustainer and the Destroyer. Whoever came to him with a Jagyaso mind, they would serve Guru Angad Dev ji. Guru Angad Dev ji would give them the wisdom of Gyaan. He cut their bonds of attachment with the wisdom. He kept his radiance hidden. It was like the sun hidden in a pot. The way he tolerated the intolerable and hid his unlimited powers, nobody has every been able to do that. There was never such a person in the past, present or future. He was the creator of all the universes, who nourished them all. It was like hiding the whole ocean into a seashell. It was like holding the space of the universe in his fist. He remained sitting in Khadoor in his home, hiding his powers. Kavi Santokh Singh bows to his feet and sings his praises. I bow to Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, the Parmeshwar.
The Katha continues in Kartarpur. Listen oh listeners with love and eagerness. The praise of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, don’t get depressed about him. Listen to his wisdom and cut the bonds of attachment. Where the Darbar of Sri Guru ji was, there was a Pippal tree there. Its shade was thick and radiant. Guru ji would sit there from then on. His eyes were filled with compassion. He destroyed the sins. He looked towards the Sangat and spoke of the highest Gyaan. He spoke the sweet words of Gyaan. Since Guru ji had done his drama of the Dhaanak form, the Sikhs that had ran away, they all came back. They found out that Guru ji did the drama to test the Sikhi. They regretted running away. They came to Guru ji’s presence and spoke to Guru ji to have their mistakes forgiven. They remained with Guru ji and served his feet to receive bliss. The practice of Shabad was continuous. Keertan was sung and the meanings were discussed. The praises spread through to the Turks. The fortunate ones came to do Darshan of Guru ji. They heard Gurbani with love and focus. Guru ji blessed them as well. People from many lands came to Kartarpur. They bowed their heads to Guru ji’s lotus feet. They did his Darshan and made him their Peer. They said: “this is Khuddah in human form.” Many Turks came and became the Mureeds of Guru ji. They listened to Guru ji’s words and had the doubts cleared from their hearts. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras came. They all touched Guru ji’s feet. Guru ji was the supreme Gyaan. He was the cloud of Gyaan. The people served Guru ji and sat around him to hear his words. They folded their hands and said: “Dhan Dhan.” Satguru ji sat in the middle of the Sangat. It was like the moon among the stars. Guru ji gave wisdom to all:
“Listen Sikhs: you have human life, which is rare. It is priceless. See your own real form and be successful. The pleasures of the senses exist in the species of animals as well. The wisdom of Brahm does not exist anywhere else other than the human life. Think about this in your hearts: who am I? What is the reason of the world? Make the distinction and understand the difference between Sat and Asat (infinite and finite). Let go of the Asat (world) and embrace the Sat (Brahm). The body and the universe are made of the 5 Primal Elements. See all of this as the Asat which depends on the Sat. Just as the rope is true and the doubt of the snake is supported by the rope; the doubt of the snake is false; see the Hangta and Mamta as false. Love the real form of yourself. Come out of the whirlpool of doubt. Meet the Satsangat and make your life a success. Without thinking of the Sat, the life is a waste. If you receive the human body, do the Simran of the Naam. Otherwise it will be a waste and based on pain. The 3 states of life (child, adult and senior) one stays in them. The person is in pain when he is born. He is born as a small body. It has no strength and is foolish. The mother lays the body down and does the housework. In this state of childhood, it has many faults: doubt (illusions) or forgetfulness, jealousy/suffering, wandering, desire, dependant. Firstly, see it as powerless. Nothing can be done by the baby on its own. It is unwise and doesn’t understand anything. It is filled with doubt and keeps looking around, grabbing random objects. The child is jealous and greedy. It keeps burning as it can’t get what it wants. Just as a monkey can’t remain still, that is how the child is. It keeps wandering around. It always desires different objects. It depends on others. The baby is unwise. It can’t speak and always remains impure. It wants things but can’t say anything. It is always afraid of its mother and father. It is always disrespected by being scolded. It is like a dog going to different doors and receiving disrespect. Childhood is the mind of pain. There is no joy seen. For this reason, do the Simran of Sri Kartaar. You have human life so make it successful.
The child then becomes an adult. The ghost of lust possesses it. The Chit blooms with desires. Many types of desires bloom in the mind, like a pauper near a rich person. It makes desires. The adult is captured by different desires. They live inside the person. The ghost of lust sucks the blood of the Jeev. It throws the person into the pothole of desire for women. It never comes out of the hole. The birth is wasted. The person experiences the pleasures and sees it as life. These pleasures are the reason of pain. It is like a golden pot, containing poison. It drinks the poison seeing the beauty of the golden pot. The pleasure of the woman is like the golden pot. It indulges in lust and feels pain. Adulthood is like a dark night. The 5 thieves overpower it (lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego). Sat, Santokh, Vairagya, Vichaar, Shaanti, this is the wealth of the body. The thieves rob this wealth by which the Jeev takes birth after being poor. The one who is aware of these thieves, the wealth of the Aatma is protected. Those people are Dhan who keep this wealth. They are still in bliss all of the time. Their way is beautiful. Adulthood is your archenemy. Lust and anger are your enemies. They strike at you, constantly. They cut the mind to pieces. Just as the heavy rains in Saavan make the flow of the rivers strong; in the same way, that is how desire becomes strong in adulthood. The ocean is deep and vast. Fish, turtles, alligators and whales live in it; it is hard to cross it but boarding a ship makes it easier. The adulthood is with vices. It is hard to cross it. The Satsangat is a great ship. The Simran of the Naam are the sails of the ship. Come to the Satsangat to cross the world easily. You will be in bliss which is the shore. You won’t be able to cross without the Satsangat. Do Seva with humility.
Just as adulthood quickly eats childhood, old age eats adulthood. Old age eats away at the primal elements and makes one weak. The Bhuddi gets destroyed. The eyes can’t see anymore. The ears can’t hear. The head begins to shake. The desires grow. The fire gets worse. The skin loses its elasticity. The beauty fades away, like a tree is eaten away by insects. The woman, son and the rest of the family leave you as you are not beloved to them anymore. One is grappled by the cough and makes a lot of noise. One is without power but the anger does not go away. It’s like an owl living in a tree, that’s how one just sits on a bed, staring around. The old age is like a vulture. It kills the deer-like youth. A person becomes helpless. Everyone looks at him and laughs at him. Old age is the root of illnesses. It is the home of pain. The hair becomes white, like a Chaur being waved over the old age. It is the messenger of Dharmaraja. They wish to take over the whole body. It is like the message of death. The white hairs are here to destroy the beauty. The death quickly grabs you then. The person is in great pain then. Nobody can get away from this. Many strong people have been eaten by death. The age is nothing more than a handful of water. It does not stay. The body deteriorates by the day. The states of the body are just states of pain. If the age passes without the Simran of Hari, the body is a waste. If you want to be blessed, go and meet the Satsangat. Listen to the words and accept them. After accepting them, do the Nidhyasan of implementing them into your life. You will be in bliss. When the practice becomes determined, the real form shines through. Your real form is the same as the Sri Nirankaar. The world is an illusion of the Munn. It is destroyed then. Wherever you see, you only see the One Master. The attachment and hatred are erased, spontaneously. The person crosses the ocean of pain, easily. They become the crown of all and illuminated. The ones that are stuck in the ego of the body and wealth, they never experience peace. They are affected by the vices. The pain described before, understand this: there is no peace in wealth. If there is more wealth, the person tries to earn more. The person becomes worried. If the person sees the wealth go, his life comes in danger. To keep the wealth, he has to go through pain. He always fears the king or thieves. He keeps the money hidden in the home. The wealth was never useful to anyone who dies. If one loves wealth too much, he becomes a snake in his next life. For this reason, understand that it is not good to love wealth. Do the Simran of the One, with focus. The ones that die from wealth during their life, they never die. The are always in bliss then. As a person who drowns in water, dies and then floats, he does not drown again; in the same way, a person who is dead towards money does not sink again. Wherever there is water in the ocean, the person floats. That is how it is. Let go of your ego. Focus on the Naam. Erase the desire and duality from your mind. See the Aatam Ram inside of you. You will easily receive bliss in this way. The ones who are bound to the attachment of the family, see them as really unwise. They see their son, wife, father and mother as their own, without wisdom. They think they love them. They take many births, over and over again. He has many families in every birth. He has many wives, sons, fathers, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents and many mothers. He leaves them all. Sometimes he dies and sometimes he just leaves them. He does not come back to take care of them, whom he never wanted to leave. These relations are just like crossing the river on a ferry. The attached one feels a lot of pain. Live without attachment. At the end time, nobody will be with you. If you do the Satsangat with love, you will be saved in this world and in the next. Erase the ego of your body. See your real form and receive the great status.”
The Gunkhaani gave wisdom to the Sikhs, everyday. The Aatma is mixed in the non-Aatma. Guru ji showed the Aatma to everyone, distinguishing it from the body. He showed the Sat from the Asat. He destroyed their Hangta (me) and Mamta (mines). Whoever heard the wisdom and instilled it into their hearts, those thousands received Mukti. Whom the Master looked upon with blessings, he destroyed their duality and gave them Mukti. The Sikhs listened to the Shabad and destroyed the bonds of being born and dying again.