The gracious Guru blesses all and gives peace. The slanderers are unfortunate and receive their appropriate karma for their sins. Just as the sun rises, the darkness fades away. Owls go to sleep when the sun rises. The owl becomes blind as the sun comes up. Owls are in pain when the sun rises. The whole world sings the glory of the Satguru. They meet Guru ji and have their wishes fulfilled. There was a Tappa that lived in Goindwal who did not like the glory of Guru ji. He was the Purohit of the Marwahas, the family of the landlord of Goindwal, Gonda Khatri. This Tappa was the friend of the Tappa from Khadoor Sahib, who died by Guru Amardas ji’s words. Guru ji punished that Tappa who had the Khera Jatts make Guru Angad Dev ji leave Khadoor Sahib. Guru Amardas ji was angry at the way the Tappa had Guru Angad Dev ji treated. He punished the Tappa with his words. This katha was in the 22-23 chapters of Raas 1.
When the Baoli at Goindwal was complete, Guru ji had a great ceremony for the opening of the Baoli. All castes, Sadhoos and Brahmins were called. A lot of Langar was made. Saints, Mahants, Jattis and Ghristis were invited for Langar. Everyone gladly accepted the invitation and came to Goindwal. The Tappa of Goindwal, though, did not accept the invitation. He was jealous of Guru Amardas ji. He was burning in his own jealousy. Three times, Sikhs came to invite him but he refused to come to the Langar. Sri Satguru ji was the keeper of Dharma and wanted to make sure the Tappa came. Guru ji was the destroyer of ego, jealousy and attachment. Guru ji was without all these. Guru ji wanted to end the Tappa’s fraud and said: “whoever eats Langar in this ceremony, they will get 1 Rupee.” The Tappa still didn’t come. Guru ji then made another statement: “whoever comes to eat Langar, they will get 2 Rupees.” The Tappa still didn’t come. Guru ji then said: “5 gold coins will be given to anyone who comes to eat Langar.” The Tappa didn’t come but greed began to sprout in his mind. Guru ji raised his greed to 10 coins next. When Guru ji said 10 gold coins, then greed overtook the Tappa’s mind. He was anxious after hearing that. He made a plan to go. He went to the Langar but the door was closed. There was a wall that was 12 feet high. He told his son to go inside and get the money and eat Langar. He lifted his son above the wall but when the boy went over the other side, he fell and broke his leg. His son began to cry and the Sikhs figured out who the boy was. The Tappa ran away but the Sangat found out that the Tappa was greedy and had his son break his leg, due to greed. Guru ji smiled when he heard of the news. Guru ji said: “the people who are corrupt and greedy, their fraud is exposed in this way.” The omniscient Guru, Guru Ramdas ji was also there, observing the whole situation. He had a bucket from the Langar in his hand as he was serving. He was doing seva and uttered a Salok which comes in Gauri Ki Vaar on ang 315 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji:
Sri Mukhvaak Salok Mahalla 4
That person is not a Tappa who has greed in his heart and chases money all the time. When the Tappa was first invited, he refused our charity but later regretted it and sent his son to sit inside. The elders laughed at the Tappa saying: “the Tappa is drenched with the waves of greed. He doesn’t touch little money, but when he was shown more money, he renounced his principles.” Brother, he is not a tappa but merely a stork. This is what the Sadhoos decided. He slanders the saints and praises the world. For this sin, he is cursed by the Lord. Look at the outcomes for slandering saints: all his hard work is gone to waste. He sits with elders and is called a Tappa, but when he comes to the Sangat, he commits sins. Hari has exposed the secret sins of the Tappa to the elders. Dharmaraj told his Jumms: “take this Tappa to the place where the worst of the worse murderers are kept. No one is to face the Tappa as he is cursed by the Satguru.” Nanak reveals of what happened in the court of Hari. Only that person understands this who is adorned by the Lord.1.
Satguru ji is gracious and the idol of love. He sat in the Pangat and saw the whole situation. He didn’t stop the son of the Tappa. He made sure the son of the Tappa had Langar and received the reward. Everyone cursed the slandering Tappa who said bad things about Guru ji for many years. Whoever listens to this katha or reads this katha with love and devotion, that Sikh’s slanderers will be destroyed. Satguru ji blesses all and is the friend of the poor and weak. He is the treasure of virtue. Whoever comes to Guru Amardas ji, they are blessed.
The Katha moves forward. Listen to the glory of the Katha of Guru ji. There was a Khatri named Bhai Prema. He had no parents or siblings remaining. He was infected with leprosy. He had no way to make money and no one to serve him as he was an orphan. His hands and feet began to rot. No one would let him stand near them. His whole body had wounds all over it. Nobody wanted to look at him as he was gruesome-looking. Flies would follow him everywhere he would go and would bite him. He had a clay pot hanging in his neck to spit in. He was always alone. In time, his knees gave in and he had to slither instead of walking. If some generous person threw him some food from a distance, he would get food. Otherwise he was slithering around with hunger. He spent his time in this way. It was a painful life. Everyone hated him. Nobody wanted to look at him. He heard of the glory of the Guru. It was as though a poor person for many lifetimes received the Kalapbrish (the tree of wishes). As he heard the glory of Guru ji, love and happiness sprouted in his heart. Just as a cheap person, collects and protects his money, that is how Prema collected the love for the Guru. His love for the Guru grew and he began to sing a song. When he would sing the song, it was with so much love, that people enjoyed to listen to it. It was the love inside him that came out as a melodious tune. People would stop to hear his song. He would sing out loud. The whole village would be able to hear him. He sang from the depths of his heart. He sang only one line that he composed. People from the higher and lower classes came to hear him. He was drenched in love and didn’t know what he was singing. He lost himself in his song. He did not know Raag, poetry or Bani. He sang without any knowledge of music. He sang a very simple line: “mujh ab luddha gaya kachota – I have found my lost cover. Listen all, I will tell you a great thing: I found my lost cover.” Whenever love would come into his heart he would sing “gaya kachota luddha.” He would sing for hours. People would hear him and laugh. People would bring him water or food. They thought he sang for food, but he was doing Simran of the Guru. He wanted to see Satguru Amardas ji. He couldn’t walk. He was drenched in love and wanted to meet Guru ji. He slithered towards the Guru’s home. He would say: “I will reach Goindwal and my pain will be gone.” He would follow the Sangat on their way to Goindwal. Whoever walks on the path of the Guru with humility, why wouldn’t they receive bhugti and mukti? It took a long time but he eventually made it to Goindwal. He was very happy. He came to the street of Sri Chabarra Sahib and slithered on the ground. He took the dust and dirt near the Guru’s house and rubbed it on his face and poured it in his head with great faith and devotion. He rubbed the dust from the street where Guru ji and the Sangat would walk on. He sat on the street and the Sangat would see him. Some would say to him: “lepers cannot meet Guru ji. You can only meet Guru ji if he calls for you.” Prema heard this and got worried. He thought to himself: “if I don’t get to see Guru Sahib, then it would be a waste for me to have come here. After travelling such a long way, I will not receive any reward. I am a sinner and unfortunate. Sinners are always in pain, but I am not leaving from here. I will die on the street of the Guru but will not leave. My life is a waste if I leave. I will stay at the door of the Guru and die.” He had love in his heart and sat in a corner on the street. He would sit there with his hands folded all day long. He was drenched with love and said “Guru, Guru,” constantly from his mouth. Sometimes he would sing out loud “mera gaya kachota luddha.” The Sikhs walking by would listen to him. Prema would sing loud so Guru ji would hear him. The Sikhs would stand near him and say: “sing that again.” They would make fun of him but he would love to sing it all day and night. For many weeks he sat there and sang “mera gaya kachota luddha.” He said to himself: “I am a sinner from many past lives. This is the reason why I am ill. Guru ji, who sees the whole world, does not show himself to me. I wish to see the Guru but my sins won’t let me see him. This street is heaven. One day my sins will be spent. I am not going to leave the door of the Guru. I will stay here and die.” He thought about this all day. People would come and ask him to sing his song and laugh at him. They had no idea what was inside his heart. The Sikhs brought him food out of pity. He would eat and sit there all day long. His love grew day-by-day. He waited for Sikhi for many months. He sang all day long. He stayed there waiting for Guru ji. Some Sikhs saw his determination. The elder Sikhs had pity and went to Guru ji. They made a request to Guru ji: “Guru ji, there is a leper who is in pain and has been siting on the street for many months. He sings a very funny song. He wishes to see you. We ask him questions but he does not say anything. We can tell that he wants to see you. He does Simran of you all day and sings his song. We don’t know what his song means.” Sri Satguru ji explained everything: “I know what he sings. He says he has found his cover, his skin, his beautiful skin which was lost to leprosy. He found it because he found the Guru. He sings this and wants everyone to know what he has found. I know his love. This is the love that gives you mukti.” The Sikhs said: “but he is still a lepper.” Guru ji said: “he has faith. He feels he has already been blessed. He had faith when he heard my name.”
Prema sang and lost his senses. Guru ji knew that there was no desire left in his heart. Guru ji told the Sikhs: “bathe the leper at the place where my bath water gathers. His body will be new. Cover him with a majeeta-coloured cloth and bring him to me. Make sure he is covered from top to bottom.” The Sikhs did so. When he was brought to Guru Sahib, Guru ji lifted the cloth from his face and blessed him. Amrit flowed from Guru ji’s eyes and fell upon Prema. Prema’s leprosy was cured and he had become handsome and disease-free. Guru ji told him to stand up. When Prema stood up, he was a tall and handsome young man. Guru Sahib gave him new clothes to wear. Guru ji gave him the Mantra of Satnam Vahiguru, by placing his hand on Muraari’s head. Guru ji put a tilak on his forehead. Prema had become a mountain now from a dust particle. Guru ji re-named him “Muraari.” Guru ji then said in the court: “if someone has a daughter which is of age to be married, marry her to this Muraari. They will be in bliss in both worlds.” Sheeha Uppal then said to Guru ji, with his hands folded: “my daughter, Matho, is of age. Prabhoo ji, I will marry her with this man.”
Sheeha’s wife was a very aggressive person. He didn’t want to tell her that he had set their daughter’s wedding. Instead, he told her that Guru ji wants her to do Seva in the Langar, all day long. As she was doing Seva, Sheeha brought his daughter to Guru ji. Matho and Muraari were married, right away, in front of Guru Sahib. Guru ji gave them mukti and bhugti. Those people are unwise who do not do the Simran of such a Guru. Guru ji blessed Muraari with everything. Everyone who saw this, said: “Guru ji can do the impossible. In an instant, Muraari was disease-free and now has a wife.”
Sheeha’s wife found out that her daughter was married off to a leper who is an orphan. She got angry and began to hit her head with her hands. She came crying to Guru Sahib and said: “Prabhoo, why did you do this? He is an orphan and a leper. You married my daughter to him.” Guru ji laughed and said: “this Muraari will be seen as my son from this day forward. I have married your daughter to him. Your daughter is Matho and his name is Muraari. The Sangat will say Matho’s name first. The ones who say their names: Matho Muraari, their wishes will be fulfilled. Whoever worships them, their wishes will come true. These two have done my Prema Bhagti. They have been given a Manji.” Sheeha’s wife was satisfied and went home. Guru ji said to Matho and Muraari: “go now and preach the True name of Akaal Purakh. Preach Gursikhi. Go and live with peace and happiness. Whatever words will come from your mouth, will become true. You may grant gifts and curse anyone. Your Bhagti is complete and you have achieved moksha. You have achieved a very beautiful status. Whoever meets you will be saved. There is nothing else you will ever need.” They received the gifts of every world and left. They started their new life and did Simran. They preached Sikhi. Their generations preached Sikhi. The Guru is the saviour of the ill and the poor. This is why Guru ji is known as “Deen Dyaal.” He blessed many people. He blessed the unfortunate and the unwise. Guru ji’s praises spread far and wide. Whoever speaks of the Guru’s katha with love, they will receive the four gifts of Dharam, Arth, Kaam and Moksha.