The revenue from the villages began to come in. Guru Amardas ji began to think about it: “the Baoli is now complete. The money now needs to be used for the good of humankind. A new Teerath needs to be established, where the Sangat can bathe their minds and bodies. Many people come to Baoli Sahib and bathe in the Baoli. There needs to be a Teerath for Guru Ramdas ji to preach the path of Sikhi. Guru Nanak Dev ji founded Kartarpur Sahib. He gave the throne to Guru Angad Dev ji in Kartarpur but told him to go to Khadoor Sahib. Guru Angad Dev ji then preached there. Guru Nanak Dev ji knew that his sons would cause problems for Guru Angad Dev ji. Guru Angad Dev ji was radiant in Khadoor, without any conflict. Guru Angad Dev ji did the same thing and had me sent to Goindwal to establish it. He separated me from his children so they don’t cause conflicts.” Sri Guru Amardas ji was placed on the throne and preached the path of Sikhi in Goindwal. Guru ji thought about everything in the past and decided to send Guru Ramdas ji to establish a new city and Teerath. Guru ji thought to himself: “there was a Teerath from the time of Satyuga. For a long time, this Teerath has been lost and forgotten. Nobody re-established it. In Satyuga, the whole public requested Brahma to send a king to take care of the public. They wanted a Raja that followed Dharma. Brahma heard the people and thought to himself: “people on earth are in pain, without a king. There is chaos right now as nobody is protecting and leading the people. They definitely need a king, so they can live in peace and stability.” Brahma ji created a king from the bodies of the 8 Lokpals (Devatas of directions, East- Indra; Southeast- Agni; South-Yamraj; Southwest- Surya; West- Varun; Northwest-Vayu; North- Kuber; Northeast- Som). The King had 8 virtues and was named “Chup” (Vaivaswata Manu). Indra had the virtue of happiness. This virtue was given to Chup. The virtue of Yamraj was to punish; Kuber was wealthy; many other virtues were given to him. Raja Chup was a great king who ruled the earth. He was the first King. He kept everyone happy and punished the criminals. He ruled for a very long time. There was no other king like him. After he died, Ikhvaak (Ikshvaku) became the king (Ikshvaku was the great-grandson of Kashyap; grandson of Surya; son of Vaivaswata Manu). Like his predecessor, he was a great king as well. He was a Satsangi. He was a bhagat of Parameshver, who was wise. The land surrounded by the ocean, he took care of it like his son. He was very strong.
One day, Ikhvaak thought to himself: “I should perform a Yagna and invite all of the Devatas and Devis.” He made preparations for the Yagna and collected all of the necessary items required for the Yagna. He gathered countless items for the Yagna. He sent out invitations to all the Devatas. Wise Rishis and Munis chanted Mantras in the Yagna. Brahma and Brahmani; Shankar and Bhawani; Vishnu and Laxmi; Inder and other Devatas with Devis, all came to the Yagna. Agni Dev, Kuber, Megh and other Devatas came happily. The 11 Rudras came and the Vishvadevas (Vasoo, Kratoo, Satya, Kalaa, Daksha, Kaam, Dhriti, Karoo, Paroorva, Matruva), Gandarvs, Kinnaras came. They came to take part in the Yagna. Other Rishis and Tapasvis came. This was a great Yagna in which everyone was satiated. Everyone was given “ahooti” (offerings) and other gifts. Ahooti to the ancestors were given. Donations were given to everyone on earth. There was no poor person left. All around the Havankund sat, Indra, Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. Everyone was given their right. Everyone sat in the love of Akaal Purakh and did the Bhagti of Akaal Purakh with great joy. The praise of Ikhvaak spread throughout the world. Everyone was happy with Ikhvaak. The supreme Devatas said to him: “ask for a boon.” Ikhvaak folded his hands and stood up. He said to them: “Oh Prabhoo, if you are happy with me, give me this boon: where you are now, where this agankund is, this should become a Teerath. In this Teerath, people should come here and have their sins washed away. This Teerath should have the greatest radiance and no other Teerath should compare to this one. In every direction of the agankund, all of you Devatas should live here forever. (All of the Devatas are in service of Sri Amritsar Sahib now) Whoever comes here and takes a bath, bows in every corner, they should be blessed by having their sins washed away. They should be removed from the cycle of birth and death.” As everybody heard, they looked towards Akaal Purakh. Narayan noticed that everyone wanted the same thing. Narayan ji said: “oh king, you are a great Bhagat. You think of the well-being of everyone. You have asked for a great boon. You will be blessed. I am happy with your request. There will be a Teerath in this place. This Teerath will stay for a few thousand years, but then it will be hidden and forgotten. When Kaliyuga will be 5000 years old, my Avatar will come to earth and re-establish this Teerath. My name will be Sri Nanak and I will start a path of Bhagti (Ved Vyaas ji has mentioned Guru Nanak Dev ji in his Bhavikhya Puraan). Yog, Yagna and Tapp are the Dharma of the first three Yugas but require a lot of effort. In Kaliyuga, people will be without strength to do these things. They will be weak from strength and wisdom. The great path of Bhagti will be shown in Kaliyuga. I will come in human form and travel the whole world. I will establish Sikhi in every direction and show Gyaan with Bhagti. After passing through three bodies, coming into my fourth incarnation, I will re-establish this great Teerath. In the fifth incarnation, it will be completed. In the middle of the pool, I will make the Harimandhir. There will be none other like it. It will have the glory of the true name, Satnam. In my 6th incarnation, the place where I sit now, I will make the Akaal Bhoonga. It will be a beautiful Takhat (seat of power) where I will hold Divans. I will be called the Guru of the world. I will stay here forever. The whole world will come here to bow. They will be amazed. My light will stay here forever. It will be radiant.” Akaal Purakh, the Purshotam, blessed Ikhvaak in this way. Akaal Purakh looked towards Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Kartikeya, Yamraj and others. They all were happy and gave boons: they all said: “we will all live here. The masters of the 3 Loks will stay here.” They were all given respect and given leave.
Ikhvaak was a great and radiant king. The Kshatriya clan started from him. Ram Chander ji was born in his family along with other great kings. This is the same family from where the Bedis and Sodhis came from. Guru Amardas ji thought about this and knew it was time to re-establish the Teerath. He wanted Sri Ramdas ji to go to Amritsar and construct the Teerath. He said to himself: “My sons should stay here. If Sri Ramdas ji, the leader of the Sodhis, goes there, there will be no conflict. He will reveal the hidden Teerath. The old boon will now be fulfilled.” It was Akaal Purakh who gave the boon and now Akaal Purakh will reveal the ancient Teerath. The time had come to reveal the greatest Teerath of all.