Death of Draupadis Sons Explained

Dadi: "Guddu, what would you do if someone kicked you really hard in front of everyone?"

Guddu: "I'd probably cry and get really angry!"

Dadi: "What if instead of getting angry, you apologized to the person who kicked you?"

Guddu: "That's crazy! Why would I apologize when THEY hurt ME?"

Dadi: "Let me tell you about Guru Amar Das Ji - a man so humble that he did exactly that."

Guddu: "Tell me!"

Dadi: "Guru Amar Das was already an old man when he became the third Sikh Guru. He was humble, patient, and devoted. Under his leadership, thousands of Sikhs gathered at Goindwal to learn from him."

Guddu: "That sounds successful!"

Dadi: "Too successful for some. Datu was the son of the previous Guru, Guru Angad. He believed HE should have become Guru after his father died. He was jealous, bitter, and angry."

Guddu: "Oh no, family drama!"

Dadi: "Datu even declared himself the Guru at Khadur, but no Sikhs followed him. They all went to Guru Amar Das instead. This made Datu even more furious."

Guddu: "What did he do?"

Dadi: "He went to Goindwal while Guru Amar Das was meditating and burst into his room. He started shouting insults: "You were just a servant in my father's house! How DARE you call yourself a Master!""

Guddu: "That's so disrespectful!"

Dadi: "It got worse. Datu kicked the elderly Guru so hard that he fell off his seat onto the ground."

Guddu: "*gasps* He kicked an old man?!"

Dadi: "Right in front of everyone. The Sikhs were shocked. Any other leader would have called for punishment. Any ordinary person would have fought back or at least shouted."

But Guru Amar Das? He got up slowly, his old body aching. He walked over to Datu... and began gently rubbing Datu's foot.

Guddu: "What?! Why?!"

Dadi: "He said, "I'm so sorry. I'm an old man. My bones are hard. Your young foot must have been hurt from kicking me.""

Guddu: "*silent for a moment* That's... I don't know what to say."

Dadi: "The entire gathering was stunned. This was humility beyond anyone's imagination. Guru Amar Das then quietly left Goindwal and went back to his ancestral village."

Guddu: "He left? Because of that bully?"

Dadi: "He locked himself in a small house and put a sign on the door: "He who opens this door is no Sikh of mine.""

Guddu: "So he was hiding?"

Dadi: "He was testing. The Sikhs were heartbroken. Led by the elderly Baba Buddha, they searched everywhere. Finally, they found his hiding place."

Guddu: "But the sign said not to open the door!"

Dadi: "So they broke through the BACK WALL! They said, "You told us not to open the door. You didn't say anything about the wall.""

Dadi: "*laughs* Clever devotees!"

Guddu: "They begged him to return. Baba Buddha said, "Your previous Guru tied us to you. Where else would we go?""

Dadi: "Did he go back?"

Dadi: "With tears in his eyes, he did. And Datu? He tried to leave with his stolen wealth, but robbers attacked him. One robber kicked him on the same foot he had used to kick the Guru. That foot became infected and caused him agony for years."

Guddu: "So karma caught up with him?"

Dadi: "It often does. But notice - the Guru never cursed him, never wished him ill. The universe simply reflected Datu's own violence back to him."

Guddu: "Dadi, I don't think I could be that humble."

Dadi: "Most of us couldn't, beta. That's why Guru Amar Das is remembered centuries later. His humility wasn't weakness - it was the greatest strength. He won without fighting. He proved his worthiness through gentleness."

Guddu: "I'll try to be less angry when people are mean to me."

Dadi: "That's a good start. We don't have to apologize to bullies. But we can choose not to let their anger live inside us."