Bhai Lehna Becomes Guru Angad

Dadi: "Beta Guddu, if someone offered you the most delicious, expensive food in the world, would you eat it?"

Guddu: "Of course! Who wouldn't?"

Dadi: "What if I told you that the food was bought with stolen money or earned by hurting poor people?"

Guddu: "Then... I guess I wouldn't want it anymore."

Dadi: "Now you're thinking like Guru Nanak! Let me tell you a story about two meals - one simple, one lavish - and what they really contained."

Guddu: "Tell me, Dadi!"

Dadi: "Long ago, Guru Nanak traveled to a village called Saidpur. There lived a humble carpenter named Bhai Lalo. When he heard a holy man had arrived, Lalo ran out immediately to invite him home."

Guddu: "Did the Guru accept?"

Dadi: "Yes! Bhai Lalo served the Guru and his companion Bhai Mardana a simple meal - rice, daal, yogurt, and chapatis. Nothing fancy. But Guru Nanak ate it with such joy!"

Guddu: "Was there something special about it?"

Dadi: "Bhai Mardana asked the same question: "This meal tastes like nectar! What's in it?" The Guru replied, "That taste is truthfulness and honesty. This food was earned through hard, honest labor. That sweetness is sweeter than any rich spice.""

Guddu: "So simple food can be better than fancy food?"

Dadi: "When it's earned honestly, yes! Now, in the same village lived Malik Bhago, a wealthy governor. He was rich, but he wasn't kind to the workers. Every year, he threw a huge feast and invited all the holy men to show off his wealth."

Guddu: "Let me guess - he invited Guru Nanak?"

Dadi: "He did! But the Guru refused to come. Malik Bhago was furious. "This holy man eats simple food at a low-caste carpenter's house but refuses MY invitation?" He summoned Guru Nanak to explain himself."

Guddu: "What did the Guru say?"

Dadi: "Malik Bhago asked angrily, "Why won't you eat my food? The finest ghee, the richest ingredients - why do you prefer that carpenter's dry chapatis?""

Guddu: "Did Guru Nanak explain?"

Dadi: "He did something better - he showed him. The Guru asked someone to fetch a chapati from Lalo's house. When it arrived, he held Lalo's simple chapati in one hand and Malik Bhago's expensive chapati in the other."

Guddu: "Then what?"

Dadi: "He squeezed both chapatis. From Lalo's simple bread, pure white milk dripped out! Everyone gasped. But from Malik Bhago's rich chapati... drops of blood came out."

Guddu: "Blood?!"

Dadi: "Yes, beta. The Guru explained: "Malik Bhago, your wealth was gathered by cruelty to the poor. When you squeeze your workers, you drain their blood. Your food is soaked in that blood. Lalo's income was earned by his own hard labor - it's as pure as milk. How could I eat blood while leaving milk?""

Guddu: "What did Malik Bhago do?"

Dadi: "He couldn't say a word. The truth hit him like a thunderbolt. He fell at the Guru's feet and promised to change his ways - to be kind to his workers and earn his wealth honestly."

Guddu: "Did he really change?"

Dadi: "The story says he did. He realized that all his riches meant nothing if they were built on the suffering of others."

Guddu: "The place where Bhai Lalo lived - is it still there?"

Dadi: "Yes! There's a Gurdwara called Khuhi Bhai Lalo in Eminabad - now in Pakistan - preserving this teaching. A well that Guru Nanak used still exists there."

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

Dadi: "So many things, beta! First, "Kirat Karo" - earn your living through honest labor. This is the first principle of Sikhism. Second, caste doesn't matter - a "low-caste" carpenter's food was purer than a rich governor's feast. Third, how you earn matters more than how much you earn. And finally, appearances deceive - the fancy food looked better, but the simple food was spiritually pure."

Guddu: "So if someone cheats to get good marks in school, even if their marks look good, they're not really good?"

Dadi: "Exactly! The milk and blood aren't visible to the eye, but they're real. Everything we do carries the energy of how it was done. Honestly earned success, even if smaller, is sweeter than ill-gotten achievements. In your life, always choose the path of Bhai Lalo - simple, honest, hardworking. That food will always taste like milk."

Guddu: "I'll remember that, Dadi. Honest work is the sweetest work."

Dadi: "That's my wise beta. Now, shall we help your mother in the kitchen? Let's earn our dinner through honest labor today!"