ਬਾਲਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸੀ੍ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ Cholera and small-pox were raging fiercely in Delhi at that time. The Guru ordered to spare all the offerings to reduce the suffering of the poor. The food, medicine and clothes were distributed among the poor and the sick. He won many followers in this way.Shortly after the above occurrence, the Guru was seized with high fever which was followed by small-pox. His mother sat by him and pleaded, My son, why art thou intent on thy death? Thou hast only lately been seated on the Gurus throne, thou art still a child, and it is too soon for thee to depart. The Guru replied, Be not anxious. My safety is in His Will. He is the Reaper of His crop; it is His pleasure, and sometimes He reaps it while it is still green, half-green and sometimes when it is ripe. The Creator will do what is best.The Guru was ill for several days. He knew his end had arrived and called for five paise and a coco-nut. He waved his hand three times in the air in token of circumambulating his successor and said, Baba Bakale, which meant that his successor would be found at village of Bakala. He then breathed his last on 30th of March, 1664. His body was cremated on the bank of river Jamna where now stands the Gurdwara Bala Sahib. When Guru Ji realised that his time has come for ascenscion, he took a coconut and 5 paise and uttered these words Baba Basehe je Gram Bakaley - meaning that the next Guru (his Grandfather- Guru Teg Bahadur) ) resides in the village of Bakala - who will take over the Guru Ship after him..
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