PACHMI PARKASH - Global Sikh Studies

Baba Ji. Baba Ji blessed them all and were served with sweet rice, curd and other
dishes and also blessed them with robes of honour.
Baba Ji then gave word saying that the Pataans that had kidnapped the children and
their Preacher should be bought to Hoti. And so they were all bough forth in front of
Baba Ji. They were all fed, and were given teachings of enlightenment, saying that if
they wished their religion to grow, they should read namaz and keep rojas, speak the
truth and always be afraid of Allah, and that then their prophet would favour them,
while converting someone forcibly was a great sin.
The Pataans then asked for their sins to be forgiven and later became the safeguards
of their village. Meanwhile Baba Ji sat down both children on his laps and blessed
them with his love. Baba Ji gave them great blessings and told them to do perform the
Singing of Guru Ji’s hymns for the devotees, also advising the mother and the Uncle
to send the children to Bheni Sahib in Panjab where Mata Jiwan Kaur would look
after them like her own sons and would teach them the Gurus instructions and make
them into great Scholar. So with Baba Ji’s blessing, they were taken to Bheni Sahib
and they grew up to be great Ragi singers and scholars.
Caretaker of the loved ones
In the district of Amritsar there was a very well known area called Raja Sansi where
Sant Jevandh Singh Ji, the Beloved Saint and disciple of Baba Aaya Singh Ji Maharaj
lived.
Sant Jevandh Singh Ji had built a Sikh Temple in his fields, which was later one of his
disciples a Bhai Jiwan Singh continued to serve and look after. At this site, there were
also four or five disciples who stayed here serving food to anyone who came. Also
from this village their was another devotee of Baba Ji’s by the name of Bhai Inder
Singh Ji who always used to look after travelers who had traveled from great
distances.
Just as the Lord has created beautiful flowers with thorns and sandalwood trees along
side the bamboo shrubs. In this same way there was a villager who lived near by and
every morning would come and curse the disciples of Raja Sansi, complaining that
they were always singing hymns in the early mornings which were disturbing his
sleep. He would slander Guru Maharaj Ji and the disciples would always remain
peaceful. This soon became an everyday occurrence.
Now even though the water of Ganges is calm and pure, however when put onto a fire
it boils and even when the cool sandalwood is rubbed, fire is created and so in this
way, with this individual constantly disrespecting Guru Maharaj Ji, the disciples
reached boiling point.
On many occasions, Bhai Inder Singh tried to explain lovingly to this villager to stop
this behavior but to no avail. One morning, he came again insulting and cursing and
all the disciples tried to calmly stop him, but when Bhai Inder Singh Ji came towards
him to talk, the villager picked up a stick to hit Bhai Inder Singh with. Bhai Inder
Singh Ji grabbed the stick on one side and gently pushed the villager back at which
moment the villager fell to the floor and instantly died.
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