Prithi Chand had deep jealousy towards Guru Arjan Dev ji. He was trying to copy Guru Arjan Dev ji and so he started to have a new Sarovar dug up. He would praise the Sarovar to everyone as the people dug. He spent a lot of money to dig the Sarovar, thinking that a lot of people will come and bring money. Many labourers were working to dig the Sarovar. They dug a great amount in a matter of a few days. The Sarovar was levelled. Prithi Chand would sit all day and direct the work. The workers would be paid by him in the evening. The next day he would call the workers and have them work on the Sarovar. He had craftsmen work on the Sarovar in the same way that the Amritsar Sarovar was built. He was happy to see the Sarovar being built. He copied the Amritsar Sarovar. He had a Mandir built in the middle of the Sarovar. Just as Harmandir Sahib had 4 doors, Prithi Chand had 4 doors built in his Mandir as well. He would direct the workers himself and pay them a lot of money. There is no other Mandir like Sach Khand Sri Harmandir Sahib. Just as swans live at the Mansarovar, Harmandir Sahib houses the saints who perform Keertan. Mansarovar has many Lotus flowers. Keertan of Satnam, Hari and Ram are the flowers in Amritsar. The centre is filled with bliss. The petals are the Sat, Santokh, Daya, Dharam and Dheeraj. The smell of faith and devotion is always present in Amritsar. The stem of the Lotus is the love for the Guru’s feet in Amritsar. The saints are the swans who get the Mukti as pearls (swans are known to eat pearls). The swans meet at the Mansarovar and rejoice. The Sikhs, Sadhoos and saints gathered in the Harmandhir and rejoiced.
Prithi Chand was a flamingo who wanted to copy the swans. Prithi Chand was trying to take a marsh and make it into the Mansarovar like Amritsar. There is only mud in the marsh. He felt happy as the marsh was dug. He was leading the people astray with his foolishness. His Sarovar had the frogs of vices. He had jealousy, desire, hatred and anger. Prithi Chand wanted to scam people out of their money. The wise people were not enticed by Prithi Chand. They had faith in the real Guru.
After constructing the Mandir, water was filled in the Sarovar. Prithi Chand set up a seat inside the Mandir and started to sit like the Guru. He thought people would come and worship him like people came to Harmandir Sahib. Both Sulhi and Prithi Chand looked at the construction and were very happy. They would praise their work to the people around them: “Lakhs of people will come here to bathe. This will be a great Teerath. The praise of this Teerath will spread to many men and women around the world. This place will be greater than Sri Amritsar Sahib. I have made this Teerath in a very good place. Great people live here.” The fool did not know his destiny. His place was going to be abandoned. The Sarovar was going to dry up and the Mandir was going to be levelled like a sandcastle. He had no powers. Who was going to worship him? He had no Gyaan. He was in pain. Only some Sikhs came to his place, once in a while. The few people that would come, he would respect them and say: “there are lots of rewards for bathing in the Sarovar. All your wishes will be fulfilled and your sins will be washed away.” The people came and Prithi Chand praised his Sarovar. He tried hard to have people come to his Teerath. There were no crowds gathering at his Sarovar.
In Sri Amritsar, there was a growing crowd everyday. Sikhs bathed in the Sarovar with faith and would have their wishes fulfilled. On days of significance, there would be no place to stand. People from every direction would come and bring gifts and money. Prithi Chand would hear news of Amritsar and be shocked that no one was coming to his Teerath. He praised and praised about his own place but eventually he got tired as no one came. His Sikhs were like beggars that would come once in a while to take a bath in his Sarovar. They did not have any faith or devotion. Their wishes were not fulfilled.
The Sikhs of Guru Arjan Dev ji would come to Harmandir Sahib with faith and devotion. Their wishes were fulfilled seeing Guru ji and bathing in the Sarovar of Amritsar. The dhundhabs and napheeryas would play. In the Harmandir Sahib, mridangs, rababs and other instruments were played. The Rababis would sing Keertan in various Raags, Sri, Bilawal, Gauri, Tilang and others. The Darbar was in session from Amritvela till night. Guru Arjan Dev ji would sit from Amritvela till noon. The Sikhs would bring money and gifts. The Rababis would sing the Raags with skill and cleverness. The Sikhs would stand up and do Ardaas to Guru ji’s feet. They had all their wishes fulfilled. There was a great celebration, filled with joy, everyday. They would say out jaikaras of Guru ji. New Sangat would come everyday from far away lands. They were filled with love, that would overflow when they would see Guru ji.
Some of Prithi Chand’s people would come to spy upon Guru ji. They would go back and tell Prithi Chand about the great crowds in Amritsar: “so much money comes that cannot be counted. Guru Arjan Dev ji donates a lot to everyone. Sangat from far away lands come. How many praises can we talk about? Some come and some go everyday. Some people start living there. They give a lot of money. Some come to listen to Keertan in Raags and some sing. Some keep doing the Parkarma and some bathe in the Sarovar. Some sing Guru Arjan Dev ji’s praises. Some do Seva of water or brooming the place. Some come to thank Guru ji for their wishes being fulfilled. There are jaikaras everywhere of Guru ji. His praises are growing and spreading. Powerful and wealthy men come and bow.” Prithi Chand would be upset after hearing this: “all my efforts went to waste. Nobody is coming to my Teerath. I spent Lakhs of Rupees which will not come back. There is no celebration and no one comes. I am not being praised and nobody has faith towards me. I spent a lot of money here. In a few days I had a lot of people hired to build this Teerath. My Sarovar is great but nobody understands its value. No Sangat came and nobody had devotion towards this place. The Lakhs I have spent; I won’t be able to recover in 50 years.” Prithi Chand was worried everyday. He would here his brother’s praises and be upset. He was not in peace.
Prithi Chand would go to his friend, Sulhi Khan, to tell him his pain: “when we go to Delhi, then my task will be complete. When I go, I will get the Gurta Ghaddi of Guru Arjan Dev ji. I won’t be worshiped or praised till then. The powers will come when I get the Gurta Ghaddi. People only bow to the powers. Nobody will come here otherwise. If you do me this favor of telling the Emperor, the Sikhs will then come and praise me. We need to go to Delhi and have Guru Arjan Dev ji arrested. I won’t be in peace tell then. I will be worried till then. This Sarovar was made because of your glory. Your glory has grown in the Guru’s home. You will be saved in both worlds. Jumms won’t bother you. There is no other Turk greater than you. Your mother and father are great that gave you birth. They are blessed.” Sulhi’s chest got inflated with pride. He said: “don’t worry Prithi Chand. I will do your task in Delhi. We will go in a few days and meet the Emperor. I will tell him the whole situation. He will give you the Gurta Ghaddi when I praise you. I will arrest Guru Arjan Dev ji. No one will be able to save him. I only have a few more days here to collect the taxes. I think about your task day and night. Till I don’t fulfill your task, it will be a matter of worry for me.” Sulhi Khan and Prithi Chand would have many such discussions. Listening to Guru Arjan Dev ji’s praises, Prithi Chand would be in pain.