Guru Arjan Dev ji heard the pleas of the world and fulfilled their wishes. His praises were sung by all. He would sit from morning till noon and work on the writing of Guru Granth Sahib ji. He would then come to Amritsar for a while. He would do the Parkarma and bow his head to the Harmandhir Sahib. Guru ji would sit in the Sangat and listen to the Keertan. The Sangat would see him as the chakor sees the moon. Divaan would be held in the Harmandhir Sahib and the Masands would come to do the Ardaas. They would present the gifts from the Sangat. It was as though the Devatas would visit Hari. Guru ji would be generous to let the Sangat see him. The Sikhs would have all of their wishes fulfilled. Guru ji would sit for 3 hours and then return to his tent at Ramsar. He would live at Ramsar other than the time he would visit Harmandhir Sahib for a few hours. He would write new Bani that would come from Akaal Purakh during that time. The Bani was full of Bhagti, Vairagya, Jog and Gyaan. He would give wisdom in his Bani in many ways. He would do this on a daily basis. Guru ji spent many days like this. When Guru ji would have the Bhagat Bani written, Bhai Gurdas ji would get surprised and experience Vismaad. He said to Guru ji: “the Bani of the 5 Gurus have the name Nanak in it at the end. Now you are having the Bani of the Bhagats written but it has the Bhagat’s name in it at the end. I hear the different voices but I don’t see them. Please resolve my doubts.” Guru Arjan Dev ji then said: “if you want to understand this and meet the Bhagats, then come an hour earlier than your normal time at Amritvela. Your doubts will be resolved.” Bhai Gurdas ji was happy to hear that he was going to see the Bhagats.
Bhai Gurdas ji’s tent was a few feet away from Guru ji’s tent. Bhai Gurdas ji would come to Guru ji’s tent when he had to write. Otherwise he would do Bhagti in his own tent. He heard Guru ji’s words and went to this own tent. He slept the night and woke up at Amritvela to take a bath. He did his morning cleanses and got ready to go to Guru ji. He came an hour earlier. He was amazed to see an amazing sight: he saw Guru ji sitting in his tent with the Bhagats speaking to Guru ji. They were all sitting around Guru ji. He was surprised to see the radiance and stood their stiff in the doorway of the tent. It were the Bhagats who were the same form of Akaal Purakh sitting with Guru Arjan Dev ji. One by one the Bhagats would speak their Banis. Bhai Gurdas ji listened to the conversations. After a while, the Bhagats got up to go back to Sach Khand. Bhai Gurdas ji folded his hands and moved to the side to give the Bhagats way. His eyes were shedding tears and he was filled with love. Bhagat Kabeer ji and the other Bhagats came out of the tent. Bhai Gurdas ji bowed to all of the Bhagats at their feet. He folded his hands and bowed to all of the Bhagats. The Bhagats folded their hands and respected Bhai Gurdas ji. The Bhagats asked Bhai Gurdas ji about his wellness and filled him with bliss. The Bhagats respected and bowed to Bhai Gurdas ji as he was the scribe of the Bani of Akaal Purakh. His job was no less. All of the Bhagats introduced themselves to Bhai Gurdas ji and told him that they will be by his side when he writes their Bani. Bhai Gurdas ji met all of the Bhagats and resolved all of his doubts. The Bhagats went to Sach Khand after. Bhai Gurdas ji was humbled and went inside Guru ji’s tent. Bhai Gurdas ji thought to himself: “Guru ji asked me to come inside an hour before but I remained outside of the tent.”
Bhai Gurdas ji bowed to Guru ji. He understood that Guru ji was Akaal Purakh’s form who was visited by many powers. He was standing in front of Guru ji and sang his praises: “you are the form of Nirankaar. In the physical form you came. In Satyuga you were Bhavan and measured the 3 dimensions in 3 feet. In Treta you were Ram of the Raghus and killed many demons. In Dwapur you were Krishan and killed the armies of the enemies. In Kaliyuga, you came as the Guru, Guru Nanak Dev ji. This form is the one with the unlimited powers. I am an unwise human who does not know how great you are. Your glory is great and could not be measured. Oh ocean of compassion, forgive me. I have erred. Please forgive me as I am your servant.” Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji then said, while being happy: “I am very happy with you. Ask for a boon. There is no one more worthy of respect than you. You are my beloved servant.” Bhai Gurdas ji folded his hands and said: “the Bhagats that come to you, the way you meet them and have discussions with them, you can touch them as well; I would like to see them and talk to them as well. I wish to ask them about Gyaan.” Guru ji said: “so it shall be.” Bhai Gurdas ji was very happy to hear this.
Guru ji, the giver of Mukti, continued with the dictation and writing of the Bani. The Shabads were filled with love. The Bani of the Bhagats would be written at the end of a Raag as the Bhagats would speak. No other Sikh was allowed to come into this tent. Guru ji and Bhai Gurdas ji were alone in that tent, with the servants standing on guard outside the tent. The world, in which humans were in pain, Guru ji was making a ship for those people to sail them across. As Guru ji would dictate, Bhai Gurdas ji’s quill would write, at the speed of the wind. Bhai Gurdas ji would write as soon as Guru ji would speak. He worked really fast. Bhai Gurdas ji would understand the Bani as he wrote as well. If there was something he didn’t understand, he would ask Guru ji for the translations. Bhai Gurdas ji was a great scribe. He wrote as Guru ji spoke the Bani.
One day, when it was noon, Guru ji went to Amritsar after writing the Bani for the day. Guru ji visited the Sangat and came back to Ramsar. It was around 4pm as Guru ji came back. Guru ji composed the Bani of Bhaavan Akhri. (This Bani was written for Mata Ganga ji, as she wished for jewellery from Guru ji. She was told by her friends: “you are very beautiful but you do not wear any jewellery. Ask Guru ji for a jewellery box.” Mata ji told Guru ji what her friends said. She asked for a jewellery box. Guru ji said: “I will make you a jewellery box but tell me, would you like the real jewellery or the fake one?” Mata ji understood and said: “the real one.” Guru ji then wrote Bhaavan Akhri for her. As there is a Salok about the Guru in the beginning and the same one at the end, it is like the top and bottom of the jewellery box. The Bhaavan Akhri was the true jewellery. Mata Ganga ji recited this Bani everyday as her Nitnem.) Guru ji wrote the same Salok of the praises of the Guru in the beginning and in the end. Bhai Gurdas ji was happy to write this Bani. He said to Guru ji: “this Bani is wonderful! The translations are amazing as is the flow of the Bani.” Guru Arjan Dev ji heard him and said: “the glories of the Parmeshwar are in this Bani. The Gurbani is the jewellery of the soul. This Bani has diamonds and other precious gems in it. Praise-worthy gems are in this Bani. The worldly jewellery does not compare to this. Whoever reads this Bani will get Mukti and Bhugti. The ones who taste this Bani will know the joys of both worlds.” They both conversed in this way. It was soon night and they both went to rest. Guru ji and Bhai Gurdas ji went to their respective tents.
Guru ji sat in his tent and thought to himself: “I wish to compose Bani which Sikhs can read as their Nitnem. They should recite this Bani everyday with love and memorize it. This Bani should have all of the teachings of the Vedas and Shastras. Just as the Sri Madh Bhagwat Geeta has the summary of all the Vedas and Shastras, this Bani should have that. In Kaliyuga, it is hard to understand the Geeta. This Bani should be easily understood which will give joy to all.” Guru ji thought about this till he went to sleep at around 10 pm. Guru ji then went to sleep. Guru ji clears the pain of his servants.
The master woke up at Amritvela and did his morning cleansing routines. He did the daattan (meshwak) to clean his teeth and took a bath. He then came to the tent of Bhai Gurdas ji. He took Bhai Gurdas ji with him and went to the edge of the Ramsar Sarovar. They both took a dip in the Sarovar and wore their clothes. They sat there in the northeast corner of the Sarovar where there stands a Beri tree, even till this day. The ocean of compassion sat cross-legged under the shade of the Beri tree. Bhai Gurdas ji sat in front of Guru ji. Guru ji said to Bhai Gurdas ji: “the fierce time of Kaliyuga is coming. The army of desires will attack the world. Humans will sin in order to fulfill their desires. They will go to Hell because of these sins. They will endure a lot of pain in Hell for many years. No one would help them there. The ones for whom these sins were done for, they will not be able to help them. The Jumms will punish them. The souls will pay for their sins and then come out of Hell. They will come to earth via the moonlight. The moonlight will carry the soul and come down to earth via the rain clouds. The rain will be consumed by plants and then the animals will eat the plants. They will be in the food and be crushed by the teeth and endure the pain. The soul will then reside in the belly and endure the pain of the fire of the digestive system. It will then be broken up and go through the various organs of the body to become blood. The soul passes through many nerves. The blood becomes fat and then skin. It then mixes into a 7-element form to become sperm. It then enters the womb of a female to become a new lifeform. The pains of the womb cannot be counted. The feces and urine pass above the head. When the life is born, it cries in pain. The birth is painful. One dies again after doing so many sins. These are just a fraction of the pain that one goes through for doing sin. The actual amount of pain cannot be counted. I wish to compose a Bani that a person can recite everyday to wash away the sins. Whoever recites it everyday, makes it reside in their heart, and lives by it, they will not be born again.” Guru ji said this to Bhai Gurdas ji and wanted to save the world. The sun came up and the birds sang the songs.