Bibi Rajni and Dukh Bhanjani Beri

Dadi: "Beta, do you know where the beautiful city of Amritsar got its name?"

Guddu: "Doesn't it have something to do with the Golden Temple, Dadi?"

Dadi: "Yes! It comes from "Amrit Sarovar" - the Pool of Nectar. And let me tell you the miraculous story of how that holy pool healed a sick man, all because of one woman's unshakeable faith."

Guddu: "A miracle? Tell me, Dadi!"

Dadi: "This story is about Bibi Rajni, the youngest daughter of a wealthy tax official named Rai Duni Chand. He had five daughters, and Rajni was known for her deep faith in God."

Guddu: "Was she different from her sisters?"

Dadi: "Very different, beta. One day, her father gathered all five daughters and asked them a question born of pride: "Tell me, who provides you with your food, your clothes, your beautiful house?""

Guddu: "What did they say?"

Dadi: "The four older sisters quickly replied: "Father, it is YOU who provides everything for us!""

Guddu: "That sounds like the right answer..."

Dadi: "But young Rajni answered differently. She said: "Father, it is God who provides for everyone. You are merely an instrument of His will.""

Guddu: "Uh oh. That must have made her father angry."

Dadi: "Furious, beta! He felt she was being ungrateful. In his rage, he decided to teach her a cruel lesson. He arranged for Rajni to be married to a beggar who had terrible leprosy!"

Guddu: "Leprosy? That's a disease that damages your skin, right?"

Dadi: "Yes, a very serious illness. This poor man's body was badly affected - he couldn't walk properly, and he was in constant pain. Most young women would have cried or run away. But Rajni?"

Guddu: "What did she do?"

Dadi: "She accepted her fate with calm faith. Her belief in God never wavered. She worked hard to provide for them both, sometimes even begging for food. And she never, ever complained."

Guddu: "That's incredible devotion!"

Dadi: "One day, her husband made a humble request: "Please take me on pilgrimage. Perhaps through God's grace, we might find healing.""

Guddu: "Did she take him?"

Dadi: "Yes! Rajni got a large basket, placed her husband inside, and lifted it onto her head. Can you imagine? She carried him like that to Hardwar, to Tribeni, to every holy place they had heard of."

Guddu: "She carried him on her HEAD?"

Dadi: "All the way, beta. At each sacred river, she would pray and help him bathe in the holy waters. But at every place, his disease remained."

Guddu: "That must have been so discouraging."

Dadi: "Then they heard about Guru Ram Das and a new sacred pool being built at a place that would become Amritsar. With renewed hope, Rajni carried her husband there."

Guddu: "What happened when they arrived?"

Dadi: "The Guru's community welcomed them. Rajni began serving in the langar - the community kitchen - cooking meals with love while constantly thinking of God. Each day, she would carefully place her husband in his basket under the shade of a Ber tree near the edge of the pool."

Guddu: "A Ber tree?"

Dadi: "A jujube tree, beta. Now, one day while Rajni was busy cooking, her husband sat alone under that tree. He watched two crows fighting over a piece of bread in the sky."

Guddu: "What happened?"

Dadi: "The bread fell into the pool below. Both crows dove after it. And when they came out of the water - beta, this is the miraculous part - their feathers had changed from black to pure white!"

Guddu: "White crows? That's impossible!"

Dadi: "The sick man couldn't believe his eyes either. He realized this was no ordinary water. With tremendous effort, he dragged himself from his basket to the edge of the pool and slipped into the sacred waters."

Guddu: "And then?"

Dadi: "When he emerged, beta - his leprosy was completely gone! His skin was smooth and healthy. He could walk upright. He was completely cured!"

Guddu: "A miracle!"

Dadi: "Overwhelmed with joy, he returned to sit under the Ber tree, waiting for his wife."

Guddu: "She must have been so happy!"

Dadi: "Here's where it gets interesting. When Rajni returned from the kitchen, she saw a handsome young stranger sitting where she had left her sick husband. She didn't recognize him at all!"

Guddu: "Oh no! She thought something bad happened?"

Dadi: "Yes! She cried out: "What have you done with my husband? Where is he?""

Guddu: "How did she finally believe it was him?"

Dadi: "He showed her that one finger still had marks of leprosy - the one finger that hadn't fully gone into the water! When Guru Ram Das came to see what the commotion was about, the man told his whole story."

Guddu: "Did the Guru bless them?"

Dadi: "He blessed them both. The former leper stayed to help build steps leading down to the pool and construct buildings around it."

Guddu: "And what happened to Rajni's father who had been so cruel?"

Dadi: "When Duni Chand heard about the miracle, he came to see with his own eyes. He was humbled. He realized his daughter's faith had been right all along - it WAS God who provides everything!"

Guddu: "What about the tree where the miracle happened?"

Dadi: "That Ber tree still stands today, beta! It's over 400 years old now. It's called "Dukh Bhanjani Beri" - meaning "the tree that removes suffering." People visit it at the Golden Temple to this day."

Guddu: "And the pool became Amritsar?"

Dadi: "Yes! The Pool of Nectar gave its name to the entire city that grew around it."

Guddu: "What does this story teach us, Dadi?"

Dadi: "Beta, Bibi Rajni's faith never wavered - not when she was married to a sick beggar, not when she had to carry him on her head for miles, not when healing didn't come at the first holy place, or the second, or the third. She kept believing, kept serving, kept praying. And in the end, grace came - not just healing for her husband, but the discovery of a sacred pool that would bless millions of people for centuries to come."

Guddu: "So faith and patience together bring miracles?"

Dadi: "Faith, patience, and service, beta. Rajni served in the kitchen with devotion while waiting for God's timing. Sometimes our prayers aren't answered where or when we expect - but if we keep faith, the answer comes in ways more beautiful than we could imagine."

Guddu: "I want to visit that old Ber tree someday, Dadi!"

Dadi: "We will, beta. And when we do, we'll remember the faithful woman who carried her husband in a basket, believing that God provides for everyone."