Early Morning

Early one morning after bathing in the Kali Bein, a rivulet flowing by the side of Sultanpur, he disappeared in the nearby forest and, according to Puratan Janamsakhi, he was taken to the presence of the Lord (dargah parmeshar ki). God offered him a cup of nectar (amrit) and charged him with the mission of preaching the glory of His Name. He returned to Sultanpur after three days, to the delight of the local people, who had assumed that he had been drowned in the stream.

Guru Nanak, in his hymns, has identified the Supreme Being with Shabd, as is apparent in the following hymn in Rag Maru:

Thou are the timeless Being
And Time (Kal) is not on Thy head.
Thou art invisible, unfathomable and peerless.
Thou art the blissful melody (Shabd),
Calm and tranquil.
One is attuned to Thee
By immersing oneself in sahaj.
Maru, M.1, p1038

Within the body is the true amritsar
(Pool of nectar),
And through love and devotion
Doth the mind drink of it.
Maru, M.3, p.1046