Why did he do that? Ask Vaheguru himself.
The question is, why?
Why did he do that?
There's a verse of Guru Nanak Dev Paatshah
I've been asked why did Guru Gobind Singh Ji marry twice?
Guru Har Rai Sahib married eight girls.
If you read Gurbani for ten minutes
Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa has written himself
He says Guru Har Rai Sahab Ji had eight marriages.
All of them were sisters.
All of them were daughters of one King.
Eight!
The King was afraid that all of his assets would be lost.
He thought, if I marry each of my daughters with pomp and show
I would lose everything I have.
Guru Sahib blessed him by marrying each of his eight daughters.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji actually married three times.
It was rather three and not two.
Mata Sundri Ji, Mata Jeeto Ji and Mata Sahib Kaur Ji.
Mata Sahib Kaur was childless.
Baba Ajit Singh was born to Mata Ajit Kaur Ji or Jeeto Ji.
Mata Sundri Kaur gave birth to Baba Jujhar Singh, Baba Zoravar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh Ji.
That's how history tells us.
Now ...
there's a verse by Guru Nanak Dev Ji Paatshah
Maharaj says:
Do as the Guru has told you to do.
Why chase the Guru?
Now when a Sikh asks, why did the Guru do it that way
he is raising a question of whether the Guru was right or wrong.
A devotee Singh finds this question irrelevant
He says I don't care
Whatever He did as the true Guru
He was a reflection of the Almighty.
Whatever He did must have been right.
Guru Sahib can never be wrong.
The other person is arguing with the Guru, why did you do it?
Can we do it too or not?
A Sikh doesn't have to question, why did the Guru do it?
Because we are not ready to sacrifice four sons like Them
we are not ready to sit on a burning hot metal sheet like Them
We are not ready to hold our hand up against the big rolling rock coming on to us.
I am not ready, I would rather run away.
Do you understand?
I am not ready to sacrifice my father either.
But Guru Sahib has done it.
If we can't do any of that
then how can we question Guru Sahib, why did he eat meat, or married, etc?
Do you understand?
Here, we aren't trying to analyse Guru Sahib.
We have to accept what our Guru was
without any faults.
Guru Sahib didn't have any anger or lust.
Guru Sahib was perfect.
As regards his three marriages, let it be His wish.
But what is the order for us?
You can attain celibacy
marrying one woman
that's enough.
We can still attain celibacy.
Marrying once is good for us.
It used to happen like that during those times.
History tells, there was one Chandu Shah
Who was Chandu Shah?
He had arranged for Guru Maharaj Arjan Sahib's martyrdom.
What had happened was Guru Sahib was approached with a marriage proposal
for Chandu Shah's daughter.
This proposal had come to Guru Arjan Dev Ji for Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji.
This person was rich and famous at that time. And...
Initially, the Sangat has suggested this alliance to Chandu Shah.
But he was arrogant and looked down upon it.
He declined the proposal and insulted Guru Sahib.
Later, Shah changed his mind and sent the proposal himself.
Sangat requested Guru Sahib not to accept the proposal for his Sahibzada as Chandu had been disrespectful.
Sangat was treated higher than the Guru.
It was a norm then, the Sangat was given more authority and Guru Sahib used to accept their verdict.
Sangat said no to the proposal, and Guru Sahib declined it.
Rejecting a marriage proposal used to be a big deal during those times.
As that girl would not be married elsewhere ever
because she had been rejected.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji was receiving proposals.
He accepted the second proposal too after the first one.
A third proposal came too, to which Guru Sahib said He can accept that but no child would be born off it.
That was Mata Sahib Kaur.
Let's understand it this way when there were pataasas during the first Amrit Sanchaar
Mata Sahib Kaur wasn't married to Guru Sahib at that time.
Mata Ajit Kaur had added pataasay to the Amrit.
We shouldn't be bothered by such things. Guru Sahib had risen above the lust.
We are not bothered about what Maharaj Sahib did, we must rather think about what we have to do.
He had sacrificed his four sons too.
Such was our Paatshah, Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
Whatever He says to me, would be good for me.
If I am told to go out and jump to death, I am ready to do it.
Whatever He did, was His wish.
We would never know it.
What were His internal thoughts, we would never know it.
He was limitless.