[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangat ji, when I think about a woman \Nwho has become a change, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or has brought change to womanhood \Nin the Sikh Panth Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji is the Mehl of \NGuru Angad Dev Ji Maharaj Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mehl here means wife. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her life Sangat ji Mata Khivi Ji has shown\Nso much of strength. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say strength I don't just mean \Nphysical strength, but mental strength. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her ability to go against the stigma\Nset by society. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was that which we face even now? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is 'what will people say?' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true Sangat ji, it was then back in her time\Nand it is also happening now in out time as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so concerned about what people would say. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so concerned about making people happy, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about doing what people, all society, thinks is acceptable. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mata Khivi Ji was not like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For her, it was not important to make people happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not important to make or do what people \Nwant her to do - what was accepted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the eyes of society. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was important to her to do what was good,\Nwhat made Guru Sahib happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was accepted in the eyes of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Guru Angad Ji Maharaj, then their name was\NBhai Lehna Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told their wife that they wanted to go to \NKartarpur Sahib to stay with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve them, to learn from them on how one \Ncan do Bhagti while being a Grihst, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji never said no. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally, now at this point of time if a husband or a \Nwife, or any family member decides to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps leave the household and go to search \Nfor his life purpose, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many parents or many family members would say no,\Nwhy are you leaving? Who is going to earn money? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you going to survive? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, at that time Sangat ji, Mata Khivi Ji said\Ndo as you wish, do what makes you happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this makes you happy to go and serve the Guru\Nand to learn the ways of doing Bhagti Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst being a Grihst, do so. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, oh dear husband, this is my Benti \Nthat when you come back Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like you to teach me the ways as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach me on how I too can do Bhagti \Nas a wife Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how both of us, as husband \Nand wife could do Bhagti together in this house. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how positive the reponse of \NMata Khivi Ji was. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another quality of hers was acceptance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She accepted Hukam, which we call Bhana Manna/Hukam Manna Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gurbani Says, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to obtain or get - Khasam here means Maharaj, Guru Sahib, Parmatma - Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you Mann, when you accept the Hukam, then you are accepted as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are accepted in the palace of Parmatma, \Nyou are accepted in the house of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like I mentioned earlier, Khasmai Bhaavai - \Nwhat is accepted in the eyes of Parmatma, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Kare - do so. Do that which is accepted in the \Nhouse of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one, a soul bride, who does that, then all her\Nwishes are fulfilled. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what Mata Khivi Ji practised in her life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Sangat Ji, Guru Angad Dev Ji, Bha Lehna Ji has left to Kartarpur, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is going to take care of the house? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to feed the 4 children? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to make sure that\Nthere is food on the table? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that responsibility went on the \Nshoulders of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even once Mata Khivi Ji said\Noh no or what has happened? Why has this happened? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even once. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her whole life she learned to accept the \NBhana, that whatever is happening is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening in the Hukam of Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Sangat Ji, remember I mentioned about society? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place that she was staying in and the village, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was some woman who, I would say, \Ntried to give fake sympathy, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would come and say 'what's happened here?', Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your husband has left you, all the responsibilities\Nare on your shoulders. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now people do so as well - fake sympathy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mata Khivi Ji would not pay any heed to \Nwhat this woman would say, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she knows that they are trying \Nto break her spirit. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would just smile and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would do that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which Sangat Ji, is something that we should practise\Nas well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't stop people from talking, but one thing\Nwe can do is whatever is being put in one ear Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just take it out from the other. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we do not dwell upon it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then we start thinking about it,\Nwe start stressing about it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji's condition was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That even if Parmatma gives me Sukh,\NI will still remember Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in Dukh and times like this where I have\Nto take care of my whole family, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am alone with my children and all this society, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people are tying to provoke me, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even in Dukh I will still do Your Simran, \NI will still remember You. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Angad Dev Ji Maharaj, they say about woman \Nin their Bani, they say Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever there is Sukh there is happiness, joy, there is peace, enjoy your husband, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even in Dukh always remember your husband Lord,\Nalways remember Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O' wise woman, this is the way you can be \None with Vaheguru, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way you can unite with Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Mata Khivi Ji kept on taking care of the family Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and time to time Bhai Lehna Ji would come back Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would share what Guru Nanak Dev Ji had taught them Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would share those teachings with Mata Khivi Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mata Khivi Ji would practise Simran, Seva, \NHukam Mann'na and all of the things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhai Lehna Ji would come and tell her about \NGuru Nanak Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them had so much love for Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time came Sangat Ji when Bhai Lehna Ji has been \Ngive the Guru Gaddi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have become Guru Angad Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Guru Nanak Dev Ji tells them to move to \NKhadoor Sahib Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shift there and to start a Dharamsala there. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now Guru Angad Dev Ji comes to Khadoor Sahib Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine Sangat Ji, where it used to only be you, \Nyour husband and your 4 children, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now your house has been transformed into \Na Dharamsala where Sangat come daily Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have Darshan of Guru Angad Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't leave this Sangat on their own. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't make this Sangat go back empty-handed,\Nempty stomach. You have to feed them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji took the responsibility of cooking Langar\Nfor these Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Sangat Ji, what was the quantity at that time? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10, 20, 30 and on some days even up to 100s. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe a group of Sadhus would come. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was always on her toes. She accepted the Hukam that now my husband has become the Guru, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second Guru of the Sikhs. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her daily routine changed. Now she serves her husband, she takes care of the children, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she also takes care of the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She feeds the Sangat, she starts cooking langar for \Nthe Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time Sangat Ji again the society, at that point the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time of Guru Angad Dev Ji, the woman they used to cover their faces. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They used to cover their faces with their Dupatta, whenever they go out, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even in their house. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mata Khivi Ji, now that her house has become a Dharamsala, she has to use both her hands to work Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has to be on her toes at all times, \Nwhenever Sangat comes, she has to serve them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is no time to cover her face. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all about practicality. She took off the scarf and now she is doing seva alongside men. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And cooking Langar. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She takes these men as her brothers, as her sons\Nand she's working together hand in hand to cook Langar Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in bulk amount for Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women in the village, at first they started talking about it, 'What has Khivi Ji done here?' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she's removed her veil as well, \Nnow she's working with men, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Mata Khivi Ji again she did not pay any heed to what these people were saying, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for her what was more important was doing\NSeva of the Sangat, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as Guru Nanak Dev Ji has told. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And making sure that these Sangat were comfortable\Nand that Guru Angad Dev Ji could focus on the Sangat, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst she could focus on the food, on the Langar part. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She served her husband in the morning, \Nbecause Guru Angad Dev Ji would not eat Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form the Langar served for the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their food was very simple and Mata Khivi Ji \Nwould serve her husband in the morning Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then go to to cook Langar for the whole day. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the afternoon when Guru Angad Dev Ji \Nwould be teaching Gurmukhi to the children Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji would also do the same with \NBaba Buddha Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would also teach Gurmukhi to the children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the life of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slowly, slowly, because she kept on doing - this is where Sangat Ji actions speak louder than words Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these women, they other people, the other ladies in the Village they started seeing that there is so much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seva going on, there's so many Sangat coming to have Darshan of Guru Angad Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji, with so much dedication, is doing Seva\Nfor the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we too join her? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first legacy of Mata Khivi Ji.