One day Gobind Rai (Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji) went to the riverside with his friends, and they all began to practise throwing stones in the river. Gobind Rai took off his gold bangle and to everybody’s surprise threw it into the river. When Mata Gujri Ji came to know of this, she at once […]

One day Gobind Rai (Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji) went to the riverside with his friends, and they all began to practise throwing stones in the river. Gobind Rai took off his gold bangle and to everybody’s surprise threw it into the river.

When Mata Gujri Ji came to know of this, she at once sent her brother Kirpal Chand, to go with Gobind Rai and find the bangle.

On reaching the river Kirpal Chand asked Gobind Rai:

“Where did the bangle fall?”

At once Gobind Rai took off his second gold bangle and threw it straight into the river saying:

“Just there uncle”

Kirpal Chand was rather cross and took Gobind Rai to his mother. She called him to her side and asked why he had done that.

Gobind Rai said:

“Dear mother, you have nothing to worry about. I have only acted upon my father’s advice. You asked me to sing his hymns every day and one of his hymns says:

“Whose lips no blame or flattery speak.
Who values iron as gold.
O such a man no power on earth,
As a slave can ever hold.”

I don’t want to go against my father’s advice and I don’t want to be a slave to the coloured clay (gold).”

Everybody was pleased with Gobind Rai and he spent his early days at Patna. He would get up before sunrise, take a bath and say his prayers.

After breakfast he would sit down to study. In the afternoon he practised archery and organised mock-fights with his friends. In the evening he prayed once more sitting among his friends and then went to sleep. He was always very busy.

He became the beloved Bala Pritam and was talked about by everyone in Patna.

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