The couple was happy when Bhai Bhagtoo ji was born. Their relatives were happy when the child was born. They celebrated in various ways. They sang songs of joy. Family and relatives came to give their congratulations and well wishes. There was no food in the house due to poverty. Their relatives had taken Baba Aadam and Mai Bhikha’s land and animals. They had no flour or ghee. The relatives realised that there was no food in the house and there was a new child born. They then brought food from their homes to celebrate. They all built their relationship with them again. Everything came back. In a few days, a lot of food gathered. The child was a fortunate one. Because of the child, as he was born a Brahmgyaani, the light of Guru Ramdas ji, the whole village became prosperous. The couple said: “the child brought everything with him. He has reunited the family as well.” Another old person said: “your child brings great fortunate with him. He is a great and holy soul. He made all of the family bring things to us. He will surely rule the area. (His son was Bhai Gaura, who ruled the area. Eventually his descendants took the kingdom of Kaithal) Everyone is bringing him wealth like kings. His sons will rule.” The wise people had understood that Bhai Bhagtoo ji was a great Bhagat. When he was about 4 years old, his father died. Bhai Bhagtoo had a lot of powers. He did not show his powers though. He always kept his attention focused and immersed into the light of Akaal Purakh inside of him. Nobody else knew that his status was really high.
One day, Bhai Bhagtoo ji went to Amritsar with his mother. They visited Guru ji every 6 months. They bowed to Guru ji. He was the Guru’s Sikh from his mind and words. He only thought about Guru ji and never about money or worldly things. He only spoke about Guru ji or Gurbani. Sri Satguru Arjan Dev ji was on the throne. He would bless Bhai Bhagtoo ji when he would come. He saw Bhai Bhagtoo ji as his younger brother, knowing that Bhai Bhagtoo ji was supposed to be born as his younger brother. He would refer to him as his brother. The son and mother stayed for a long time in Amritsar and did Simran all the time. They did Seva and listened to Keertan. After a few months, they took permission and came home. The mother was old and so they walked slowly. It was the month of Jeth (May/June) and they were headed towards the Jungle region (Malva). It was the afternoon and so it was really hot. They were both very thirsty and their lips were dry. The mother said: “my son, I am really tired. I am thirsty. I can’t walk anymore. I am feeling anxious without water.” Bhai Bhagtoo ji said to his mother: “oh mother, where we are walking, there is no water here. In about 3 km there is a village that has a well. After we get there, I will get you water.” The mother said: “I can’t walk another kilometre. If I don’t get water I will die. I need water now.” Bhai Bhagtoo ji got worried. He was afraid that she would die. He said to her: “Mata, please sit under this tree. I will bring water for you. I will go the village and get water for you. Be patient in the meantime. If I am late and you feel like you are going to die, go to the dry pool and pick of a soil rock. Water will come out from the ground where you pick up the rock. After you have water, put the rock back on top where you pick it up from. The water will stop flowing. Make sure there is nobody else watching you.” After instructing his mother, Bhai Bhagtoo ji went to the village. He had powers but didn’t want to show them unless he needed to.
When Bhai Bhagtoo ji went to get water, Mai Bhikha couldn’t tolerate her thirst anymore. She went over to the dry pool and picked up a soil rock from the ground. A fountain of water sprouted out like a river flowing from a mountain. The water was pure and cold. The mother was really happy. She washed her hands and drank the water. She hadn’t had water for a while. She was well again after splashing the water on her face. After she washed up, she began to wash her clothes as well. She put her clothes out to dry. As she was putting her clothes to dry, a shepherd was passing by with his sheep. The mother had forgotten to put the rock back to hide it again. She forgot her son’s instructions to not show the fountain of water to anyone. She continued to sit next to the water fountain. She didn’t know why she was supposed to hide the fountain. She was waiting for her son to come back. She was happy that her son had powers to pull water from the dry land. The shepherd had about 100 sheep and they all came to the water and drank the water as well. The shepherd was amazed to see water in the middle of dry land. He couldn’t figure out how the water was coming. He thought to himself: “there is no village here. I’ve been here before; there was no water here before. This pool is dry. It is Jeth and there is drought everywhere. The pool had been dried for a while. In this region of Malva, it does not rain much. Only wells have water. What is the reason that this fountain is sprouting upwards? It’s pure and cold. It looks like water from the river.” The shepherd saw the clothes drying. He saw the old woman as well and went up to her. He bowed to her and said: “I am amazed of how this water is flowing. There is no water from a distance. Do you know how this water is coming out? You drank the water and bathed in it. If you know something, please tell me.” Mai Bhikha was innocent and didn’t think about anything. She told the shepherd: “my son is Bhagtoo. We just came from Amritsar and I was thirsty. He told me to sit here and he went to get water. He told me to wait but if I felt like I was going to die, pick up a rock and the water will come. My son told me to do that. So I waited but then I did what he said and the water came out. The water came out and I drank it.” The shepherd heard this and realised it was a miracle. He figured that the son was powerful as well. The shepherd and the sheep all drank water and bathed in it. In that time, Bhai Bhagtoo ji came back. He saw the water flowing and went to his mother and said: “Mata, I told you not to show anyone. Why didn’t you cover the fountain?” The mother said: “I had forgotten what you said. I was thirsty and took the water out. I bathed. In the meantime, this shepherd and his sheep came too. I figured that they should have water too. Then I forgot to cover it up again. I forgot what you said. This shepherd came and he bowed to me.” The shepherd then bowed to the child Brahmgyaani Bhai Bhagtoo ji. He was only 4 but the shepherd bowed to him. Bhai Bhagtoo ji put his hand on the shepherd’s head and said: “do Simran of Satnam.” He gave him the Mantra and came back home with his mother.
The shepherd did Simran all of the time. He would watch his sheep and do Simran. People would ask him: “since when did you become a saint?” The shepherd told them what happened and showed them the pool of water. Bhai Bhagtoo ji then became famous and everyone started to come and bow to him. They would do Simran and go with him to Sri Amritsar to see Guru Arjan Dev ji. The people of Jungle would come and bow to Guru ji. They would also take Bhai Bhagtoo ji to their house to preach Sikhi. Many people become his Sikhs and worshipped Bhai Bhagtoo ji. When Guru Arjan Dev ji started the Seva of Amritsar, Bhai Bhagtoo ji brought his Sikhs from Malva and did Seva along with doing Simran all day and night. They dug dirt and carried it on top of their heads. The Sarovar of Amritsar was where Bhai Bhagtoo ji did a lot of Seva and Simran.