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Lesson 5: Dedication of Baba Amardas Ji

Every morning before dawn, Baba Amardas Ji would go to River Beaas to

fetch water for Guru Angad Dev Ji’s bath. The river was quite far.

One such day, it rained heavily. The wind was

howling, but water had to be fetched for the

Guru. Baba Amardas Ji picked up his pitcher
and walked with great difficulty towards the

river. It was dark still. He filled the water

and put it on his head.

The streets were flooded and the water was knee deep. Heavy rain slapped

his face and in the darkness, Baba Amardas Ji lost his way. He went past a
weaver’s house. His foot hit against a peg in their yard. He fell on the

weaver’s loom. Yet he held fast on to the pitcher full of water.

The weaver woke up when he heard the crashing sound outside their house.

He asked who it was. His wife was quick to recognize Baba Amardas Ji. She

muttered, ‘Who else it could be but that homeless Amru, who has nowhere

to go?’

Baba Amardas Ji did not like what she said. He retorted, “Woman, you have

gone crazy. I have my Guru to go to.” He moved on with the pitcher of
water for the Guru’s bath.

It is believed that after this incident, the weaver’s wife actually went
crazy. Her husband came to Guru Angad Dev Ji and told the whole incident.

He asked for forgiveness. That’s how Guru Angad Dev Ji found out about

the dedication of Guru Amardas Ji.

Guru Angad Dev Ji was touched by this incident. He embraced Baba

Amardas Ji and gave him a blessing, ‘Baba Amardas is not homeless but the

home of the homeless, defense of the defenseless, shelter of the

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