He himself adopted the sin-destroyer Vanaprastha Ashrama.
(He) disguised himself as a sage
He put on the garb of a sage (rishi) and gave his kingdom to the reciter (Amrit Rai)5.
(Know the king) People kept on shouting
The people tried to the king to do so, but, he had abandoned all sorrows.
Abandoned wealth and home
And leaving his wealth and property, absorbed himself in divine love.6.
ARIL
The Bedis (Kush-bansi) were delighted to receive the kingdom
Having been bestowed the kingdom, the Bedis were very much pleased. With happy heart, he predicted this boon:
That when we will say 'Nanak' in Kaliyuga
“When in the Iron age, I shall be called Nanak, you will attain the Supreme State and be worshipped by the world.”7.
DOHRA
The descendants of Lava, after handing over the kingdom, went to the forest, and the Bedis (descendants of Kusha) began to rule.
They enjoyed all comforts of the earth in various ways.8.
CHAUPAI
(O King!) You listened (carefully) to the three Vedas
“O Sodhi king! You have listened to the recitation of three Vedas, and while listening to the fourth, you gave away your kingdom.
When we take three births,
“When I shall have taken three births, you will be made the Guru in he fourth birth.”9.
Thither (Sodhi) the king went to Ban,
That (Sodhi) king left for the forest, and this (Bedi) king absorbed himself in royal pleasures.
How to tell this story
To what extent, I should narrate the story? It is feared that this book will become voluminous.10.
End of the Fourth Chapter of BACHITTAR NATAK entitled “The Recitation of the Vedas and the Offering of Kingdom”.4.
NARAAJ STANZA
Then the strife (in the fields) increased,
There arose again quarrels and enmities, there was none to defuse the situation.
The call-cycle went like this
In due course of time it actually happened that the Bedi caln lost its kingdom.1.
DOHRA
The Vaishyas acted like Shudras and Kshatriyas like Vaishyas.
The Vaishyas acted like Kshatriyas and Shudras like Brahmins.2.
CHAUPAI
(due to corruption of karma) they were left with (only) twenty villages,
Only twenty villages were left with the Bedis, where they became agriculturists.
After so much time has passed
A long time passed like this till the birth of Nanak.3.
DOHRA
Nanak Rai took birth in the Bedi clan.
He brought comfort to all his disciples and helped them at all times.4.
CHAUPAI
He (Guru Nanak Dev) conducted Dharma Chakra in Kali Yuga
Guru Nanak spread Dharma in the Iron age and put the seekers on the path.
Those (people) who came to the path of righteousness according to him,
Those who followed the path propagated by him, were never harmed by the vices.5.
All those (people) fell on the path of religion
All those who came within his fold, they were absolved of all their sins and troubles,