A celebration took place in Guru ji’s home. Karah Prashaad was made and distributed as Sri Hargobind ji was safe from danger. The sounds of the Dhundhabs and Napheeryas were heard at the door of Guru Arjan Dev ji. There was joy as men and women all gathered. They all expressed their well wishes to Guru ji for his son. They were shocked to hear what Prithi Chand had done and cursed him: “he tried to give poison to Sri Hargobind ji through his babysitter. Akaal Purakh ji protected him. Prithi Chand has stained his face till the day he dies. He has dropped his shame and is sitting in his home. He has been exposed. He’s a fool for being Guru ji’s enemy for no reason. The Jot of Guru Nanak Dev ji lives inside Guru Arjan Dev ji who is generous and gracious. He is complete and omnipotent. Prithi Chand wanted to cheat Guru ji, who can never be cheated. Guru ji thinks of others.” The Sikhs would talk in this way and Prithi Chand’s Sikhs would hear them. Prithi Chand’s Sikhs would come and tell Prithi Chand: “thousands of Sikhs are swearing at you. They call you a sinner and a corrupt person. There are celebrations happening there. There are instruments playing and there is a great crowd. Karah Prashaad is being distributed.” Prithi Chand heard the news and thought to himself: “my task didn’t go through and my chest still feels like it has a sharp object in it. The opposite happened what I wanted. People are talking bad about me. They call me a bad person. My face is stained. The Brahmin that I paid was a fool. He didn’t do my task. He was going to give the boy poison in the morning. He should have given the poison at night so nobody would know. If my enemy would have died, I would have been happy. My mind would have blossomed. That child is fortunate that he survived three of my attempts. Everyone is talking about me. My enmity has gone really bad with Guru ji. I can’t hear my disrespect everyday.” Prithi Chand was worried and in pain. He told his people to get ready to go: “pack everything. Pack it all today. We should be ready to leave first thing in the morning. We won’t wait for the sun’s rays. We will be on our way by then. I don’t want anyone to see us leaving. If people see us, they will swear at us.” Preparations were made. The belongings were packed and loaded on to the carts. He said to his people: “I don’t want to hear anyone say mean things to us. The people that hate us will fight with us, if they see us in the morning. When our people hear those words, they may get into a fight with them. We are fewer in numbers so we may suffer losses.” Prithi Chand waited for the night to be spent. He was worried now as Baba Mahadev ji had cursed him with a worried mind. He didn’t eat anything.
In the house of the Guru, Dhundhabs, Shehnais and Napheeryas were playing. Prithi Chand could hear them in his home. They felt like spears in his heart. The praises of the Guru felt like arrows in his chest. He was afraid. Night time came and Karmo brought food for Prithi Chand. Karmo gave Prithi Chand hope: “why are you worried? You are very smart. You know the people who are close to the Emperor. Your enemies should be worried. You are friends with people like Sulhi. Don’t worry. Once we meet the Emperor, we will kick these people out of the city. We will live here in peace. They are kicking us out today, we will kick them out soon. Have hope. Let go of your worries. It will be good for you to go. Without effort, nothing is possible. We will get the Gurta Ghaddi. Take the arrows out of your chest. Don’t be hurt. Meet the Emperor and have him send his army. They should be arrested and sent away from this place. We will be respected here. If the boy would have drunk the yoghurt, he would have died. There wouldn’t have been this celebration. We would have stayed here then.” Karmo said many things to Prithi Chand but he was still worried. He ate his food but thought to himself: “how will I meet Jahangir? The people in his court will hear me and help me. They will feel bad for me. If people don’t listen to me, I will pay them and get them to do what I want. I will send Guru Arjan Dev ji a letter from Delhi.” Prithi Chand laid down to sleep but he did not sleep. He was worried and wondered if his plan would be successful. He was always thinking of doing sins. His eyelids did not close all night. He spent the night in pain. At around 2 am, he got up and had everyone load the carts. The servants and maids got ready and got on top of the carts. They all started off on their journey.
After travelling for 2 days, he got a message on his way: “Sulhi Khan is in Punjab. He is not with the Emperor.” Prithi Chand got happy that he could meet Sulhi in Punjab before going to the Emperor. He reached the village of Haiher (currently in Lahore, Pakistan) which was under Sulhi Khan’s command. He owned the Jageer of that village. Sulhi was visiting Haiher to collect his taxes. Prithi Chand had his carts turn towards Haiher. He thought of many things as he turned towards Haiher. He thought he was going to be successful now. He had his carts move faster. It was as though Sulhi was going to have the Gurta Ghaddi ready for him. Prithi Chand spoke to his people: “my work will be done now. My wishes will all be fulfilled. Sulhi is close by. He is a close friend of mine. Our friendship is deep. I will meet him and have my enemy arrested. I will have his son arrested as well. I will have them jailed in a dark jail so no one can have them released. They will live in the jail and I will snatch their home and wealth. Just as a big planet covers a smaller planet, I will cover him. They won’t be able to do anything then. They will have to listen to me to be happy.” He kept telling his people that he was going to be the Guru soon and no one was going to stop him. He only wanted to be the Guru because he wanted the money. He gave hope to his people so they would trust him.
Prithi Chand reached Haiher and set up camp. He got up in the morning and took a bath. He wore expensive clothes. He sent a servant to Sulhi to inform him of his arrival. Sulhi got the message and sent a message back: “come meet me.” Prithi Chand came to see Sulhi. As soon as he entered Sulhi’s court he yelled out: “may your glory grow. May you be victorious and may your enemies die.” Prithi Chand came and sat next to Sulhi. Sulhi Khan spoke: “my friend, what happened that you had to come yourself? You must be in trouble that you came yourself. I want to know why you had to come. You didn’t send a servant. My brother, I would have completed your task if you would have sent a servant. I am your friend. I am loyal to you. I will do your task quickly.” Prithi Chand heard Sulhi and responded as if he was the Guru: “the Guru will protect you! I trust you fully. You will see my task as your own. You will do it quickly because you love me like a brother. You are without corruption. We will be friends forever. My heart is without corruption as well. When you came before to help me, my enemy left the city. He took his belongings, Sikhs and servants and went to another village. I came to see you then. My enemy stayed for 3 years in Vadaali. He came back to Amritsar after 3 years. I don’t know any hatred. My enemy was showing me love along with his family and lived there. They have been living there for 2 years in Amritsar. I am the elder brother and it is my right to be the Guru. My father was naïve and did not see my brother’s deception. He did a bad thing by making my younger brother the Guru. My brother does not give me any money. He keeps all of the money of the Sangat. He has ego in his mind. His wealth is growing by the day. He is not afraid of the Emperor or any other government official. He is egotistical and thinks nobody is equal to him. People from all four directions come to him in the thousands, brining him money and gifts. They come and bow to him with many gifts. He fights with me for no reason. I don’t say anything bad to him. Many people who come to the city, he says bad things about me to them. Those people along with other Sikhs slander me. He is ruining it for my Sikhs and servants. He doesn’t let anyone worship me and says: “there is no other like me.” Now, he had me kicked out of my home by force. He is making himself look big without any fear. I left my home as I had no support there. I came to you for your support. You are my best friend who helps me in my time of need. I don’t trust anyone else. There is no other close friend of mine other than you. I bless you everyday so that you prosper and grow. I only give you blessings. The throne of my father is really high. It is the throne of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Please help me get it. Only you can help me get it. Help me take it from both of my brothers.” Sulhi, the Pathaan, heard this and became angry. He said to Prithi Chand: “is your brother still fighting with you? Doesn’t he know that I came before? Looks like he doesn’t know how strong I am. The owner of our country, he doesn’t fear him either? When I came for the first time, I came for you. Didn’t your brother know that I am your friend? Did he forget this? He left the city because of my arrival. I will punish him with my power. I can punish him right now but the best thing to do is to go to the Emperor and tell him the whole situation. After that, we can come and arrest your brother. You will be the Guru and no one would argue this. The Emperor sent me to the region of Majha for an important task. I am sitting in Haiher to collect taxes of this region. I have been here for a while. I still have a while to go. I will take all of the money and go to Delhi. I will take you with me to Delhi. I will tell the Emperor and then he will call you. He will give you justice. He will clear your troubles and make all of the Sikhs bow to you. He will make you the Guru in his city. You are my friend. I will help you and the whole world will know of our friendship. The Sikhs will then all come to you and bring you money and gifts. You will be happy and take the money. They will see you as the Guru. You will have no enemies. This will be your reward for being my friend. You will live in wealth and you will be happy. Live in my village for a few days. You can go to Delhi when I go. The Emperor signed this village of Haiher to me. I will give it to you so you can live here in joy. You can make your life and living here. The Sangat will come here and worship you. Nobody else will be worshiped here.” Prithi Chand heard this and became very happy. He said to Sulhi: “listen Sulhi, I bless you with peace and joy. Your glory will grow and your wishes will all be fulfilled. You will be praised for the rest of your days. The Guru will be by your side and wash your troubles away. You have done a great thing by giving me this village. You will live forever. You gave me this village and so I will make my house here. I will bless you all day and all night long. One more thing, my brother made a great Sarovar in Amritsar. The Sikh Sangat comes there and bathes. I wish to make a Sarovar here. This is a good thing that I wish to do. If you are happy with me, I will make a Sarovar with pure water here. It will be beautiful. I will make a Mandir in the middle of the Sarovar. The people will come here instead of Amritsar.” Sulhi responded: “this is a very good thing that you wish to do. This will give many people joy. This is good for all. Many people will come to bathe here and drink the Sarovar’s water. Animals and birds can come and drink its water. Make it how you want to. I will help you. Your Sangat will come and bathe in the Sarovar. Your praises will grow.” Sulhi then gave a lot of money to Prithi Chand and said: “this will be my donation. Take this money as my contribution.” Prithi Chand then said: “sign over the village to me.” The registration was done and then Prithi Chand constructed his new home. After a while, he spent money and had many brick kilns set up. He wanted to copy Sri Amritsar Sarovar. He said: “many gifts will come. People will bring money. Celebrations will happen at my Teerath.”
Prithi Chand started the construction of his Sarovar with great enthusiasm. He spent a lot of money. He had hatred and jealousy towards Guru Arjan Dev ji and tried to be his equal. Where was the power, wisdom and Gyaan going to come from?