During Amritvela, Guru ji woke up and bathed. Guru ji did his Nitnem and came to the Gurta Ghaddi to sit on it. He met the Sikhs, who were happy to see him. Bhai Kalyana ji went to see the Raja and told him about Guru ji’s conversation. The Raja heard this and gathered all of his gifts. The guards, holding golden gurjes were walking with him. He walked with his whole royal regalia, his ministers and soldiers, who were wearing expensive clothes, accompanied him. The Raja did not wear shoes and walked to Guru ji with faith and devotion in his heart. He reached Guru ji’s home and bowed to Guru ji’s feet. He folded his hands and said to Guru ji: “I have heard your praises and have come to you.” After saying this, the Raja bowed and sat down. Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji, the Master of the Universe, was reciting Gurbani from a Pothi. He was reciting the Bani of Dakhni Oankaar in Raag Ramkali. The line that he read out loud was: “the written destiny cannot be erased, which has been written by Kartar.” Whatever Akaal Purakh wishes, only that is what happens. Only Akaal Purakh can provide peace. The Raja heard this and thought to himself: “if this is true, it is useless to meet Guru ji, as what will happen, will happen. There is no benefit in meeting the Guru then. If there is no solution for something, what is the point of applying your effort?” He folded his hands and said to Guru ji: “I have understood what you wanted to say. What is the point of becoming your Sikh if I am to suffer my own Karma as it is going to unfold anyways? Why should I have Guru?” Satguru ji replied: “the karma does not erase but the Guru does good for you. The Guru cuts the trouble and saves the Sikh. The destiny written by Prabhoo happens, but Satguru ji still gives peace and happiness to the Sikh. The love of the Guru gives Mukti in the future. Both are true.” The Raja was still in doubt. It actually got worse. He said: “how can both be true? If a person has to suffer his/her fate, then what can the Sri Gyani Guru do? If the Guru helps and erases the karma, then I can understand it is beneficial. I can’t understand how both can happen at the same time.” Sri Guru ji then said: “stay for three days. See what happens. You will see both come true. I won’t ask you to be a Sikh yet. Clear your doubts first and then become a Sikh.” The Raja agreed and presented his gifts to Guru ji. He bowed his head and came back to his camp. He ate Karah Prashaad and was filled with bliss. He stayed in his camp and went to sleep at night.
The intelligent Raja fell asleep, with his guards keeping watch. After about 6 hours, the Raja had an interesting dream. In his dream: he saw himself growing old while his family grew as well. He eventually died after ruling as king. He saw his subjects mourning his death. He left everyone crying and took another birth. He was born as a “chandaal” in his next birth. The chandaal parents raised him and married him off, when he was 10. All of the relatives, who were also chandaals, danced at his wedding with great joy. His family expanded with his in-laws. He came home and began his married-life. He was happy in his family life. As he aged and became an adult, he had kids. When the kids grew older, he married them off as well. He had many sons and daughters that he married off. The family kept getting bigger with grandchildren. He saw joy and sorrow in his life and eventually became old. His life was complete and died as a chandaal. He saw his wife crying and saying: “oh husband, who is my support now? Your family is so big. Who will take care of the dogs, pigs and all of the family members? Where are you?” The whole family was crying. They took his body and buried it into the ground. The Raja saw this dream and woke up with a startle in the late hours of the night. He was amazed to see the interesting dream. He kept thinking about the dream and didn’t sleep the rest of the later night hours.
The Raja remembered everything in the dream. A Sikh came to the Raja and said to him: “Guru ji has commanded me to tell you that Guru ji wishes to go hunting with you. Go with him, this is what Guru ji said.” The Raja bathed and got ready. He mounted his horse and took some of his men with him. He came to Guru ji’s home. Guru ji mounted his horse and went along with the Raja. The Raja kept thinking about his dream. He didn’t speak to Guru ji, being afraid. His face was full of worry but came along because of Guru ji’s command. He said to Guru ji: “Guru ji, I do a lot of hunting. When I see a deer, I kill it. I have hawks to hunt other birds as well. Watch how I hunt for deer.” As they went deeper into the jungle, they saw a deer that came in front of the Raja. The deer was really fast and moved ahead. The Raja told everyone not to chase it as he wanted to hunt it. He rode his horse behind the deer. They both ran fast like the wind. The Raja rode his horse 30 km away from Amritsar. He eventually killed the deer by hunting it. The Raja was thirsty and tired. None of his men were with him. The soldiers couldn’t catch up to him. The Raja looked around and saw a village. He saw a tree there with a nice shade. He decided to get off his horse and rest under the tree. He tied his horse and started to look for water nearby. He saw a pond and washed his face and feet in it. He drank the water and cleaned himself. He then went to rest in the shade of the tree. He laid a sheet of cloth and sat down. He rested there and was happy. He said to himself: “I’ll mount my horse when the sun is not so hot. My men will come find me by then. I’ll rest here till then.”
Guru Arjan Dev ji was on his horse, coming along with the men of the Raja. They were all looking for the Raja and coming slowly. They followed the horse’s tracks, finding the Raja. It was really hot as it was noon. The soldiers and hunters were getting anxious, looking for the Raja. The Raja’s servants were looking for him as well.