Mata ji looked towards the ground for a long time. After a while, she gathered her courage and patience. She said to Guru ji: “Sri Guru ji, you are omnipotent and the master of the world. You are the master of all the powers and all of the dimensions. You can do anything you want to. Prabhoo ji, you can do anything in an instant. You listen to your Sikhs in far away lands and dimensions. You come to your Sikhs and help them where they are. You fulfill the wishes of your faithful. You do the tasks of the whole universe. The whole world says this. Baba Bhudda ji praised you and said that you fulfill everyone’s wishes. He said that he is only a grass cutter. I am to ask you for the boon. Baba Bhudda ji said that he asks for you to fulfill his wishes. You are omnipotent but you told me to go to Baba Bhudda ji to get the gift of a son. I didn’t follow your task properly to get the boon. I have made a mistake. You are the only one that can correct me. Please teach me the proper way. To serve the great beings, one needs to be wise. To get a son which has the radiance of the sun, teach me how to fulfill this task. Please look at my folded hands and show me the way. Please bless me so that my fear and worries are gone. I want to be blessed as a mother. I made a mistake. Please forgive me. If the dust of your feet touches my head, I will be blessed to be a mother.” Mata Ganga ji was humble and requested for wisdom. Guru ji heard his wife and said: “he is a farmer, a Jaat, who has won all of his senses. He is called the “Jitendra.” He is a worker who works for a living. He is the Jogi of Jogis. Sweets and gourmet foods aren’t desired by him. Go to him with love and humility. Serve him with what he likes. Don’t show that you are the wife of the Guru. Go to him as a humble Sikh of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Wake up at Amritvela and take a bath. Recite Gurbani and do Simran. Filter and grind the wheat with a chakki, two rotating stones. Half should be whole wheat and half should be channa flour. Grind it yourself. Add salt while kneading the dough. Make really thick rotis, missay parshaday. Put ghee on top of the missay parshaday. Make yoghurt tonight. Recite Gurbani and don’t put too much water into the yoghurt. Make a thick lassi. The pots you are going to use for the lassi, light incense into them to get rid of the smell. Take two or three onions with you. Take all that you prepare and place it upon your head. Do not wear shoes. Walk to Baba Bhudda ji yourself. Don’t take anyone with you. Bow to him and make your request yourself. He will be happy and give you the boon. Don’t think too much. He will give the boon for the next generation of Guru Ramdas ji’s family. You will undoubtedly have a son. He will be very powerful and strong. Whoever will serve him will also become very powerful. Everyone will bow to him.” Mata ji was really happy to hear Guru ji’s words. It was as though she already received her son.
Mata ji couldn’t sleep the night due to happiness. At Amritvela she bathed and got ready. After reciting Gurbani, she filtered the flour and grinded it. It took her a while to grind it. Her maids wanted to help but Mata ji stopped them. Mata ji prepared the fire and cooked the missay parshaday. She made 5 thick rotis and placed ghee on top. She made very delicious lassi after giving the pot incense. She took a few bulbs of onions with her. After preparing everything, she placed everything upon her head and started her journey without shoes. She walked from Amritsar to Chabaal (Bheer Baba Bhudda ji) which was about 20 km away. 2 maids walked behind her at a distance. Mata ji didn’t let the others come as the 2 that came, came by force to keep an eye on her. It was a difficult path for her but Mata ji didn’t feel the pain. She had the food upon her head which hurt her head. She got blisters on her feet but nothing was affecting her. She had faith in her heart. There was nothing that was unattainable for her.
Mata Ganga ji reached the city. Baba Bhudda ji was working in the fields. He did not eat anything the night before, in anticipation of Mata ji coming the next day. He knew that the great task of doing the Ardaas of the 6th Guru, the powerful one, was upon him. He knew that Mata ji was going to come in the morning. He didn’t even drink water the night before. When he saw Mata Ganga ji walking towards him, he got up with love and met her. He folded his hands and said: “you are Dhan. You are great. Only you were eligible to become the wife of the Guru. Your son his hungry that is why you are here. You travel in palanquins and chariots but today you walked bare-foot. You carried everything upon your own head and came to feed your child today. Why would your wishes not be fulfilled? You are great and came without shoes. You have no pride of being the wife of the Guru and kept your mind humble. You have love and humility in your heart.” Baba ji came forward and removed the pot of lassi from Mata Ganga ji’s head. Mata ji folded her hands and bowed to Baba Bhudda ji for being the most senior Sikh of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Baba Bhudda ji took the bundle and began to eat the Missay parshaday. He ate the delicious food and drank the lassi. He said to Mata ji: “when the son is hungry, the mother drops everything and takes food for the son. You have satiated me today and walked a long way. I was hungry from the day before.” Mata Ganga ji heard this and began to make her request. She was humble and folded her hands. She said: “please bless me with the heir to the Ghaddi of Guru Nanak Dev ji. I come to you as a servant. You have been in the presence of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji and served them. There is no other more powerful being than you. You are the sun that removes the darkness of pain. I made a mistake before and came on chariots. I beg for your forgiveness as a Sikh of Guru Nanak Dev ji. I was unwise as to how to serve great beings. You are great who does not see mistakes. You only see love. You are never hungry or have any desires. You’re telling me that you are hungry to make me happy.” Baba Bhudda ji finished his food, being fully satiated, he washed his hands. Just as he was about to speak, a cool breeze began to blow. Thundering clouds rolled in all of a sudden. Flashes of lightning came with the clouds thundering. The lightening lit up the whole sky. The cloud looked like a great warrior, thundering, looking at Baba ji and coming towards him to inspire him. The lightening bolt was like an unsheathed sword in his hand. It was as though the cloud came to motivate Baba Bhudda ji to bless Mata Ganga ji. Looking at the great signs, he was amazed. He understood the command of Akaal Purakh. He had become the form of the Warrior Spirit. He said to Mata ji with great power and enthusiasm: “you will have a son who will be powerful! You are great! Your son will be a warrior and a great wielder of the sword! He will not sit on a Ghaddi of Saints. He will sit on a Takhat, instead, like kings and warriors. These are the signs that I am seeing. He will be a lover of the battlefield and wage war on the sinners. He will destroy the sinners. He will be filled with Bir Rass. Just as I crush this onion (taking an onion and crushing it between his palms), that is how he will crush the heads of the sinners with his own hands. Just as you fed me, a hungry person, to satiate me, you will be satiated with your son by having this son. He will wear two swords: Peeree (sword of the peers, the saints); Meeree (sword of the kings)! His name will be “Har Govind Jagadeesh,” the master of the world! He will be a great warrior and come to your home as a son. He will tame many kings and defeat the sinners! Listen Mata, you will be praised for giving birth to him; just as Kaushalya is for giving birth to Ram and Devaki for giving birth to Ghanshyam, Krishan. You are amongst those mothers now. You will receive this reward for your great deeds. Your son will be the most handsome, strongest and tallest person in the world. His arms and legs will be huge. There will be no one stronger than him. His arms will be like the trunks of an elephant. People will stop to look at his amazing body.” 1651 (Vikram), Asoo (September/October) 31 was the day that Baba Bhudda ji said this. Mata ji was really happy and said: “you are a great Sikh of the Satguru and served him with great devotion. You grant wishes to anyone who serves you.” Mata ji bowed to Baba Bhudda ji and went back to Amritsar. She walked back and met her maids that followed her, on the way back. Others joined and inquired of what had happened. They asked: “did you get your boon? You went with faith and devotion. What did Baba ji say?” Mata ji assured everyone and said: “yes I got the boon but will tell you what happened when we get home.” Everyone came back to Amritsar and bowed to Harimandhir Sahib, thinking of Guru ji. From this day onwards it became known that whoever wanted a son, should do exactly what Mata Ganga ji did and go to Baba Bhudda ji’s home to receive a boon for a son. The mother should prepare Langar and go to Baba Bhudda ji’s home. The mother will get a child as she wishes.
Mata Ganga ji was quite tired as she got home. Her feet were blistered. She didn’t think of eating anything yet. She hadn’t eaten all day. Her lips were dry so she drank water. Her feet were bleeding and her clothes were dirty. She was hungry but didn’t lose her patience. She was happy that her son was going to be the heir to the Guru’s throne. Mata ji had never had to walk so much, as she travelled on chariots her whole life. She was happy to get the boon. She had no pain or worries in her mind. She had worried long enough. She had faith that she will have a son. The maids washed Mata ji’s feet with warm water. They massaged her legs and made her sit down. The maids asked Mata ji to eat. Mata ji said: “I want to wait to see Guru ji before I eat.” Mata ji waited for Guru ji. There was a joy in the whole house. Guru ji came to his home from his court and sat on his bed. He said to Mata Ganga ji: “what happened today?” Mata ji said: “I will have a son who will wield the sword. He will wear two swords. Baba ji was happy with my Seva. He said many other words in joy. He said my son will be the master of Meeree and Peeree. He will be a radiant warrior. No one will be bigger or more handsome than him. It is all your grace by which I went to Baba Bhudda ji. When he ate, thundering clouds came in all of a sudden. The lightening flashed; the clouds thundered. Baba ji saw this and got happy. He said my son will sit on Takhats and be a warrior. He will punish the sinners. No one will be able to face him on the battlefield. He will have many virtues and will make the family grow. This is what Baba ji said.” Guru Arjan Dev ji was happy that Guru Hargobind Sahib ji’s Avatar was near. Guru ji said: “the glory of the Saints is great. It cannot be fully spoken of. The Saints can make rivers flow on dry land. They can dry up filled ponds as well. They can make kings out of paupers and paupers out of kings. They can wake up the dead and kill the live with their words. They can stop the rivers and make the mountains move. There are many examples in the world that everyone knows. Nobody knows where the ability of the Saints ends. Devatas, demons and human are not able to face the Saints. The command of the Saints is not reversable. Akaal Purakh listens to the words of the Saints. The powers of the universe obey the Saints. Baba Bhudda ji is the embodiment of Tapasya. He has seen all of the Gurus and is the Aatam Gyani. Whoever serves him, their wishes are fulfilled. He destroys pain and trouble.” Guru ji praised Baba Bhudda ji from his holy mouth. Mata Ganga ji heard this with faith and bowed her head. She said: “great is this Sikh without sin.” It was as though a poor person got the Kalapbrish. That is how happy Mata Ganga ji was. All her worries were gone. She gave food to Guru Arjan Dev ji and sat beside him with love. After Guru ji ate, Mata Ganga ji ate food as well. Mata ji slept in joy and peace that night. I, Kavi Santokh Singh, bow to the lotus feet of Mata Ganga ji, who is full of virtues. She is to be the mother of the great warrior, Guru Hargobind Sahib ji.