The Raja sat there for a while. His soldiers were looking for him. One of the sons of the chandaal he saw in his dream, came and saw him. The Raja thought the area was familiar to him. It was the same place he saw in his dream. The son of the chandaal stood from afar and noticed that it was his dead father sitting. He wanted to go to see his father but he was afraid, as they had buried him. He said to himself: “this is my father that died. We thought he died but he cheated us. He is wearing expensive clothes.” The boy ran back home. Everyone was still crying as the chandaal had just died a day before. He said to everyone: “why are you crying? Father is still alive! He is not dead! He cheated us! Come and see him if you don’t believe me.” The wife of the chandaal stopped crying and got up in a rush. She took the whole family and followed her son.
The mourners saw the Raja and shouted out in shock. The chandaalni saw her husband in front of her eyes and said: “what did you do? You left your family and kept us in pain. I cried the whole night. You did not come and tell us that you were well.” In this way, everyone came to see the Raja and were shocked to see the chandaal alive. The Raja didn’t want to go close to them and wanted to stay back. The Raja was shocked to see the family from his dream. They were the same people. He had not forgotten them but didn’t say anything. It was the same wife he had in the dream as well as the children. He looked all around and recognized the village from his dream. He was confused. As they tried to come close to him, seeing him as their relative, the Raja kept moving away. The chandaalni said: “you are my husband. We have many fond memories together. We have had sons and daughters together. Why are you not letting your children touch you? You are wearing expensive clothes and weapons. This doesn’t make you a king. You did a drama that you died but you actually left us and got all these expensive things. Why do you not pick up your son in your lap? Come to your home and live with your family. You loved them so much.” The other chandaals came as well and surrounded the Raja. The Raja thought about his dream and noticed that this was his family. When he saw himself, he knew that he was the Raja of Mandi. The Raja said: “I am not your relative. You are mistaking me for someone else. I am the Raja of Mandi. You are low castes. Don’t come close to me. I don’t want to be impure by touching you. Why don’t you notice who you are and who I am? I am not one of you. How can we be related?” They argued for a while.
After a while, Satguru ji himself, the Gracious One, came. The soldiers of the Raja came with Guru ji. Guru ji asked all of the chandaals to sit down and talk. Guru ji asked the chandaals: "what is the problem?” The chandaals said: “this person is our relative. He pretended to die but he cheated us and now he has clothes and jewellery along with a horse. Looking at his body, this is exactly our relative. There is no other difference besides his clothes. He used to live with us. All of us have recognized him. We will not let him go now. If he goes, his family will go with him. His wife spent her whole life with him. Where will she go now?” Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji knew everything. He was omnipotent. He spoke to the chandaals: “the person that died, he was your relative. Go and dig his grave. See if he is still there. If your relative is still there, then we will know that the Raja is not your relative. If there is no body in the grave, then the Raja is your person.” Everyone heard Guru ji’s words and said: “this is good. We shall dig the grave.” The chandaals went and dug the chandaal’s grave. They found the body of their relative. The chandaals were all shocked that there were 2 people with the exact same face and body. The chandaals didn’t go back to Guru ji. A messenger was sent to Guru ji that told Guru ji that their person was still in the grave and that they had made a mistake. Guru ji then got up and said: “let’s go back.”
It was evening when everyone came back home. The Raja was confused about his dream and the reality he just experienced. He couldn’t talk about the weird experience he had: “what just happened to me?” He wanted to speak to Guru ji because he was confused: “I can’t make sense of what happened. How can a dream be reality? I recognized them and they recognized me, but it was a dream.” It was soon night time so everyone ate and went to sleep.
In the morning, the Raja woke up and bathed. He wore his clothes. He couldn’t stop thinking about the events of the previous day. He thought to himself: “I will ask Guru ji today.” He took his ministers and soldiers and walked slowly to Guru ji’s home. He didn’t wear any shoes as he now had faith in Guru ji. He came to Guru ji’s court and bowed to Guru ji’s lotus feet. He then sat down with great humility. Guru ji said to the Raja: “Raja, you look very worried today. Why is your mind upset? What did you see that made you depressed?” The Raja heard Guru ji’s words. He had great faith now. He thought to himself: “Guru ji knows what I’m thinking.” He folded his hands and said: “you are omnipotent, Guru ji. You know what is in every heart. You know what I am thinking. You know past, present and future. You know secret and obvious. Guru ji, I am confused and in doubt. There is nobody else besides you who can give me my answers. I saw a dream two nights ago. In the dream, I grew old and died. I saw my queens and subjects crying and mourning my death. They were beating themselves in mourning. I was then born in the family of chandaals in my next birth. I grew up and had kids. I grew old as a chandaal and died again. Yesterday, when we went hunting, the chandaals from my dream surrounded me in reality. They were the same people from my dream. This was shocking to me. My wife, sons, and daughters were the same. They recognized me and I recognized them. You saw the argument we had, Guru ji. Was this whole thing true or false? I am confused. I can’t figure this all out. Please bless me and tell me the truth. Tell me what happened.” Guru ji heard the Raja and then spoke to him: “what has been written by Prabhoo will not erase, but the Satguru can help you. This is what happened to you. Don’t be depressed. The Satguru was with you and helped you, think about all this. You were to be born as a chandaal in your next birth. Prabhoo wrote it like this. This was your destiny. You left your home and came here to bow to the Guru. You brought gifts with faith and devotion. For this reason, Satguru ji helped you and made the birth of a chandaal happen in your dream. The Guru cut your birth as a chandaal. The whole life of a chandaal was condensed into one night’s dream because you did the Seva of the Guru. You were doubtful about the destiny not being erased. You said: “how can the Guru help if the destiny cannot be erased?” I had to show you how both can happen together. I showed you how the Guru can help you. The Guru can save you from the most difficult troubles if the Sikh comes and bows to the Guru and becomes a devoted and faithful Sikh.” The Raja was over-joyed. A great love entered the Raja’s heart. He began to shed tears. He placed his head on Guru Arjan Dev ji’s feet and said: “you are great Guru Arjan Satguru. You protect your Sikhs. You listen to your Sikhs’ pleas. I am humble in front of you. Please grab my arm and take me across this world ocean. There is no other Guru equal to you. You erase the birth and death of your Sikhs. Please give me your Charanamrit and make me your Sikh.” Guru ji saw the faith and devotion in the Raja’s heart and decided: “his doubts are now gone. He has faith. His mind is still.” Guru ji called for water. Guru ji’s feet were washed with the water and the water was given to the Raja and his queen to drink. He became Guru ji’s Sikh.
Bhai Kalyana ji was called. Guru ji said to the Raja: “this Bhai Kalyana is the one that brought you here. Worship him.” The Raja heard this and said: “he is my Ishwar. I will put my head on his feet and do his Simran. He connected me to you. I will take him with me and serve him. I will send more gifts for you in Bhai Kalyana ji’s hands. I will be very happy sending all of the gifts for you.” For many days the Raja stayed with Satguru ji and was filled with patience and love. He listened to Guru ji’s wisdom and did the Simran of Prabhoo ji all the time.
Guru Arjan Dev ji wanted to complete the Sarovar of Amritsar. He wanted to follow his father’s instructions. When the Raja asked for leave, he folded his hands and said: “please take money from my hands, Satguru ji. Please accept it and make it successful. I would like to make a beautiful pool of water, a Sarovar. I want pure water to be in this pool. This is a wish of my heart but it is up to you what you wish to do.” Guru Arjan Dev ji said: “your mind has been inspired by Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. Sri Amritsar will be a great Teerath. I wanted to make a Sarovar as well. My father had commanded me this. Look how you were inspired to do this Seva? Whatever money you send here, that will be spent on the Sarovar. Your money will be successful and you will be prosperous. Your Seva will be very gracious for everyone.” The Raja was filled with bliss as Guru ji accepted his plea. He was going to leave Guru ji and began to shed tears. He bowed his head and took leave. He took Bhai Kalyana ji with him and went back to his capital city.
The Raja came back and was happy to see his city. For a few days, the Raja did Seva of Bhai Kalyana ji. After a few days, he gave a lot of money to Bhai Kalyana ji and said: “please give this to Guru ji as he is doing the Seva of the Sarovar.” The Raja sent some soldiers and some of his men along with him. Bhai Kalyana ji and the Raja’s men came to Amritsar. Guru ji saw that a lot of money had come and that it was time to build the Sarovar. It was time to find the Sarovar again as it had been a few years since Guru Ramdas ji had begun the digging. Guru ji said to Bhai Bhudda ji and Bhai Gurdas ji: “find the right place for the Sarovar.” Guru ji was making the great effort of making the Teerath, which was going to give Mukti to many Sikhs. Listen to the history ahead which has been written by Kavi Santokh Singh ji.