Ans. To his mother Guru Hari Krishan said, “My time to depart from this world has arrived”. The mother then said to him, “You were distributing spiritual mirth, sitting on the throne of Guru Nanak.
Why have you decided to depart so soon?
Whoever comes under your merciful gaze, is rid of all calamities. The way you are spreading the light of Guru Nanak’s spiritual torch, everyone is full of your praises. Please do not think of departure. You know quite well that the Sodhi clan is full of quarrelsome people. They could create many problems after you are gone”.
Guru Hari Krishan consoled his mother and said, “Dear mother, all this is happening according to Divine writ. No one can harm Guru Nanak’s throne. This high and sacred throne will always distribute spiritual comforts (to the world). What has been founded by Guru Nanak will stay till eternity and continue to distribute pleasures and comforts. (Gur Partap Suraj)”.
Then he said, “You are my mother, you should not think like others. You should recognize God’s will and teach others also to abide by it. This illusory world is like a play that looks real for a short time. One cannot get happiness by attaching oneself to this transient world like the shade of a cloud.
What we see is just an illusion, like the one created by a magician. Whosoever will consider it real and try to hold on to it, will ultimately repent. Life is like the flow of a river (it does not stop). This is how God has made His play. Creation and destruction is a perpetual game, everyone has to endure this game*”. Then the congregation requested the Guru, “after you who shall we bow our head to, and who will preach us the divine teachings”?
Guru Hari Krishan said, “The Adi Granth has exhorted the praise of Satt Naam (the true Name) as the chore of the foremost importance”.