PACHMI PARKASH - Global Sikh Studies

Content with what you have, blessed are you as you are living the good fortune of the
four heavens on earth.
Now these three sisters would love and care for their baby brother all the time to such
an extent that they would not allow the younger two sisters to either play or even pick
him up saying that Sant Ji had given them the brother. The sisters went to the extent to
say to the younger two, that if they wanted a brother they should go and ask Baba Ji
for one of their own. Now sisters although they love each other always tend to fight as
do brothers so this was nothing unexpected. Eventually in frustration the little two
sisters went to see Mela Singh their neighbour and asked him to take them to see Baba
Ji. Mela Singh looking at these two younger siblings felt sorry for them and so asking
their mother, he took them to Hoti for Baba Ji’s blessed vision. Both of the younger
sisters paid their respects in Baba Ji’s presence and then stood in the congregation as
their older sisters had told them they had did with folded hands and refusing to sit.
Baba Ji asked, “What’s the matter?” They sweetly replied, “Baba Ji you blessed our
sisters with a little brother, but they don’t even let us touch him, saying that they
bought him from Baba Ji and that we should get our own, so please can you give us a
brother too.”
These innocent girls with such a sweet request from their pure hearts made Baba Ji
laugh just as any of us do when hearing children acting like adults. The congregation
touched by the girls and their innocent wish, also asked Baba Ji to fulfill the girls
wish. Baba Ji compassionately said, “Girls! Don’t cry the Almighty Lord will bless
you with a little brother.”
Listening to Baba Ji’s words with great joy they took leave and returned back home
informing their mother and sisters of the blessing they had received.
Again after a year another son was born into the family and the children would
innocently compete with each other saying that their brother was better than the
others. Kishan Singh along with his family became complete devotees of Baba Karam
Singh Ji Maharaj for the rest of their lives, forever indebted to them.
Dhan Baba Karam Singh Ji Maharaj!
Butter for the gathering
The Hoti camp was always very busy with devotees always coming and going in large
numbers for a vision of Baba Karam Singh Ji Maharaj. On the day of Sunday because
of it being a holiday, Officers, Soldiers and much of the local and distant congregation
would come. Now on one occasion on this holiday, as usual all the congregation had
gathered along with the soldiers. Baba Ji had given instructions that the food should
consist of fried bread; this was relayed to the cooks. The cooks with devotion went to
see Baba Ji to explain their dilemma saying, “O Lord! There is only a small amount of
fresh butter just enough for us to make sweet rice, but not enough to make fried bread.
Baba Ji explained that in a free kitchen of this size we should always be stocked up
with the necessary things, that they should have ordered the butter four or five days
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