The Mother of the World, who mounts the lion; has 8 arms; destroys the fools; I bow to her feet and speak the beautiful Katha of Guru ji.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Listen to the Katha, oh Pheroo Nandan (son of Baba Pheroo – Guru Angad Dev ji). This Katha destroys the sins who listen to it. The Deen Dayal was in Talwandi. He stayed there for many days. One day, Pitha Kalu ji came home and spoke to Guru ji to convince him: “oh son, follow the traditions of the Ghristi. Let go of the garb of the Fakirs. The money that we had, you had lost it by giving it away. Take on some work now. Earn money with wisdom. We are hit by old age. It is your turn to give us joy. Take care of all the work of the home now. Live in your city and be happy. Stay here so we can see you all the time. Your mother will be happy seeing you. Call your wife and sons here. Live here with love and raise your family. We are all separated right now, living in different places. Without you, the whole family is suffering in pain.” Guru ji heard his father and spoke words of Gyaan: “listen Pitha ji, the wisdom is like a canoe. The attachment of wealth is the river. The boat that sails on this river, it is quickly sunk. If the Satguru comes and drives the canoe, he can guide the wisdom and save it from the attachment of wealth. It stays on top. The Satguru tells the wisdom Gyaan. To see your Aatma is the other shore. Only reaching the shore can one be in peace. Otherwise, one continues to be born and die. That is painful. One keeps coming back to this world.” After saying this, Guru ji looked at his father with Compassion. He blocked and destroyed the Maya around his father’s heart. He gave his father the Aatam Gyaan, right away. It was as though someone was made sober quickly after being drunk. Pitha ji saw the Gyaan. He then spoke with love and amazement: “I thought you were my son. You are the great Being Himself! You are the Deen Dayala. You gave me Gyaan in my heart. Give me the Brahmgyaan by which my birth and death is destroyed. I wish for the infinite bliss. I don’t know who I am. I live between joy and pain. My mind has never been still, ever. I am stuck between attachment and jealousy.” When Guru ji saw his father’s state and wish for Mukti, Guru ji spoke: “the one who is Bemukh from Parmeshwar, that is the Munn. The form that is in front of Parmeshwar, that is the opposite of Munn. The Munn is destroyed then. Just as water becomes ice being away from the sun; and becomes water when in the light of the sun; that is how the Munn (mind) is. Make the Munn go towards the Parmeshwar. Joy, sorrow, attachment and jealousy; make your mind separated from these. In all places and all life forms, there is no other than the Parmeshwar. Just like there is water under the earth, that is how the Parmatma exists everywhere. If you say that you can’t see him, I will show you. The Gyaani whose heart is pure, that is where the Parmeshwar is, like a fountain. The one who wishes for Gyaan, they are like the well. As they make the efforts to take water out of the well, in the same way one meets the Parmeshwar with effort. The Agyaani’s heart is covered just as the earth covers the water in the ground. They don’t get the water. The water is everywhere. Parmeshwar is everywhere. I have given the instructions to meet the Parmeshwar. The world that is formed, who else do you think lives here? The seed takes on a great form, the big tree spreads. If you try to look for the seed, you can’t find it in the wood or the flowers. You won’t see the seed there. You can look your whole life but you won’t see it. The wise person will look inside the fruits and be happy. Their chest will be cool finding the seed. This is how to find the Parmeshwar. There are 3 types: the Tamsik people – they are like wood and speak harsh words. They only look in the solid wood. They don’t find the Ishwar. You can’t find oil in the sand. The Rajsi people – they are like the leaves. They give pleasures like shade. They can’t get to Hari. It is a like a blind person walking by a pearl and not knowing it’s there. The Shantki People are like flowers. Their sweet words are fragrant. They have an idea of the seed. They accomplish some tasks but can’t get to the Prabhoo seed. The Gyaanis are like the fruits. They meet the Prabhoo like the fruit holds the seeds. There is no where else to find the seed. It lives in the Satsangat. That’s where the Parmeshwar lives. Oh Pitha ji, only the One Parmatma is everywhere. Think about love and hatred. Stop your mind from your imagination. See the One in all places. The Maya is the enchanter in the universe. See it as the shadow of your body. Sri Kartaar ji is like the sun. When the human is in front of the sun, his/her shadow follows behind. The Maya is not respected by such saints who love the Hari. The ones who turn their backs towards Hari, the foolish people chase their shadows to grab it. The shadow is in front. The person tries hard to catch it but fails. For this reason, the one that is the root of everything, do his Simran and follow his will.” After hearing the Gyaan, Pitha ji gave up the bonds of the world in one instant. His heart became pure and he started to do Simran. Gyaan came into his heart and the attachment ran away. He was connected to Hari, day and night. The duality was all destroyed. He only saw the One Parmatma everywhere. His imagination and thoughts were destroyed like a jeweller only seeing the gold, not the jewellery’s make. He only prices the gold. For a long while, Guru ji spent his time in Talwandi.
The time of Sharaads came. Pitha Kalu ji called for all the items for the Sharaads. He organized the Bhojan for the Sharaads. He called the Brahmins to eat the food. A great crowd gathered in the home. A Pandit was called at that time who made delicious foods. The other Brahmins sat for the food. Guru ji casually came inside the home. The sun of the Bedis sat next to his father and said: “what task are you busy with? Our house is full today.” Pitha Kalu ji said: “we are doing the Sharaads of the Pittars (ancestors). We do it on this day every year. This is the Vedic tradition that we have continued. The Shrutis sing about this.” Guru ji said: “oh Pitha ji, if you listen to me, your ancestors have already been given Mukti. You think the Sharaads feed them but they have gone where there is no hunger nor thirst. They do not wait for the Sharaads anymore. They are in the infinite bliss. The ancestors of people who need Sharaads, they get hungry and thirsty. The ones who have no desires, why would their descendants do their Sharaads? They have received Mukti. You should give the food to the Brahmins but you don’t need to do the Sharaads though.” Pitha ji said: “without seeing this with my own eyes, how can I believe this? Show me the reality of what you say. Show me where my ancestors are. When I see them, I will have faith. I will do as you say then.” Guru ji heard this and said: “if you want to see where they are, then close your eyes. See all of your ancestors where they are sitting.” Pitha ji believed his son and closed his eyes. He saw an amazing sight. He saw the Vaikunt where all of the Bhagats lived. He saw homes made of gold and diamonds. He saw all of his ancestors. When the ancestors saw Baba Kalu ji, they all got up to meet him. They respected Pitha Kalu ji. They spoke sweetly to him: “your effort is great! You are Dhan! Parmeshwar was born as your son because you did this Tapp for 100 lifetimes. Your son gave Mukti to all of the ancestors. We came to Prabhoo’s court.” Pitha ji said: “since when have you come here? When did you receive the Anand? When did you come to Sri Hari ji’s Lok? There is no jealousy, ego, attachment or sorrow here.” The ancestors said: “listen Kalu, when the Sri Ikankaar took an Avatar in your home, we came here since then. We received the infinite status. It is the highest status. The bliss will last forever. Don’t see your son as your son. See him as Hari and do his Bhagti with love.” Seeing his ancestors in bliss, Pitha ji was amazed. He didn’t want to leave the place. He wanted to stay in Sach Khand. He saw a great bliss in Sach Khand. Guru ji grabbed his father’s hand and shook him. Pitha ji opened his eyes and came back to his senses. Sri Guru ji said to his father: “did you see your ancestors or not? Tell me what you saw.” Pitha ji’s doubts were all gone. He saw Guru ji as the Prabhoo and was drenched in love. He said: “I saw everything. I saw that they lived where there was only bliss. Please be compassionate and send me there too. Take me there. I want to leave this body of feces and urine. I want to go where there is always bliss.” Guru ji said: “Pitha ji, your age is done. You will leave in a few days. Give everyone food now. After that, sit down and sing the glories of Hari.” Pitha ji agreed and got up.
Pitha ji served the food to all of the Brahmins that had come. Everyone got food who came. After a few days, Pitha ji’s end-time came. Just as an elephant easily breaks a flower garland around its neck, that is how Pitha ji easily left his body and went to Vaikunt. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji did the cremation of his father’s body according to tradition. Mata Tripta ji left her body a few days later as well. Guru ji did the cremation of her body as well. She went to Sach Khand because of her love for her son. All of the wealth and items in the home, Sri Guru ji gave it all away to the poor. The elders of the Bedi clans tried to convince Guru ji in many ways to stay in the village of his father: "why are you a Virakat? Stay here." Guru ji said: "the world is false. It will not last forever. Let go of the love for this world. Do the Simran of Satnam with love and eagerness." Guru ji spent his days outside the home. He came home at night. He spent many days in Talwandi. His glory spread everywhere. Many people came to visit him with love. They would listen to his wise words with eagerness. Their eagerness grew 4 times. Guru ji gave them the wisdom of Mukti. He was benevolent. He said: "have faith in the Satsangat and do the Simran of Satnam. See the One Parmatma everywhere. The mind makes many thoughts. The one who wins the mind, that person receives the highest status, the Param Padh. For little pleasure, a person wastes the human life just like a merchant who goes to the foreign land with little money as the principal investment; the Jeev bring the human body to the world and experiences pleasures. The fools are stuck in vices day and night. They do not buy the name. They waste their life. In the end they leave empty-handed. They go to Hell and feel pain. After suffering Hell, they are born in lower life forms. They leave the world in this way. Some go to Sach Khand who donate with charity in the human life. They keep doing donations and earn with Tapp. They experience the pleasures of Heaven and then they are born as humans again. They aren’t in a profit but they keep their principle human life. The ones with pure Aatmas and pure minds; the ones who profit, listen about them: they do the Simran with their bodies, actions and minds. They take the profit and go to Sach Khand. They receive the infinite bliss that never goes away. For this reason, see the human body as the principal by which one can make a profit. Do the Simran of the Naam and discard your wishes." The people that heard this, they said: "you are Dhan! You are the complete Mahapurakh Parmeshwar." The ones who followed his instructions, they received Mukti with the Param Padh. Guru ji then wished to leave Talwandi.
Guru ji called me and Bhai Mardana ji. He said: "let's go and see the Teeraths where many humans visit." Chacha Lalu ji folded his hands and said: "son you are going. What will happen to me?" Guru ji said: "this world is false. Do the Simran of Satnam. You will never be in pain." Satguru ji's words are like the Jaiphul which destroys the attachment. The Jaiphul destroys pneumonia. Chacha ji was really happy and said: "son, whatever is your wish, you should do that."
Listen Sri Guru Angad Dev ji to the Katha. Guru Nanak Dev ji took me and Bhai Mardana ji. We met everyone in Talwandi and took leave. He set off to defeat the hypocrites and destroy the ignorance. To go for the great victory and to win the 10 directions, the flag of the Bedis set off. He took the army of Dharma and went to destroy hypocrisy and ignorance. He took Prema Bhagti as the flag; the Love was the ploom Farla. The glory of the Akaal Purakh was the Nagara which sounded like thunder. He took the sword of Gyaan. The technique was the bow. He had a repertoire of examples which were his arrows. Where the strong ones were, Guru ji took his powers as the canon. It was used to destroy the strong forts of ego. The fields were floored. The enemies then joined him. The Simran of the Satnam was the chainmail. Many swords of doubt could not pierce it. Humility was his shield. Jealousy arrows could not pierce this shield. He had compassion as the chariot and charity were the horses. The charioteer was the truth. Patience, Santokh and charity along with Bigyaan and others were the great warriors to defeat the attachment. He took Vivek as the Raja. Faith, love, wisdom, to see all as One, to be steadfast in the Dharma and the good Ishnaan; Guru ji set off with these warriors to defeat the ignorance.