Attempts to kill the Guru        Guru Arjun Saheb’s elder brother Prithi Chand was hoping his son Meharban would be made the next guru. He saw the birth of Guru Hargobind Ji as a threat to his son’s chance to be the guru. He was so upset that he did not even go even congratulate Guru Arjun Saheb on the birth of his son.         Prithi Chand made many attempts to kill Guru Hargobind Saheb while he was still a baby. One time he sent a nanny to poison the Guru. The nurse put poison around her nipples on her breasts and tried to feed it to the child. The Guru did not drink it and by now the poison had entered her blood. She fainted, fell back and died.         One day he sent his male nurse to poison the child. The nurse tried to feed the baby yogurt that was mixed with poison, the child did not eat it, instead he started to scream very loudly.        When Mata Ganga Ji heard the screams, she came in the room. She saw that the child did not wish to eat the yogurt so she told the nurse to feed it to the dog. The dog died from eating the yogurt.         When this happened, the nurse confessed that Prithi Chand sent him to kill the boy.         Another time Prithi Chand attempted to use one of Guru Hargobind Saheb’s child friends, Nand Ram to poison him. He bribed Nand Ram’s uncle to help him in his evil plan. The uncle gave Nand Ram two packs of  sweets. One pack was okay while the other had poison mixed in it.          The uncle told Nand Ram to eat the sweets on the right side and give the ones on the left side to Guru Hargobind Ji. The two friends started to eat the sweets. Nand Ram did not eat the okay sweets, instead he ate the sweets with the poison while the Guru ate the sweets that were fine.         While eating the sweets, Nand Ram fell to the ground and died. After this, the uncle told everyone that he was bribed by Prithi Chand.          To escape public disgrace, Baba Prithi Chand left Wadali and moved to the village of Haheri. Back to Main Page   | Gurmat Studies Foundation | Guru Nanak Academy | Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Gatka Akhara | Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!