Ek Onkar -Translation

hi monica,

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MONIKA JI
GUROO FATEH PARVAN JI;
THIS REFERS TO YOUR REQMT OF TRANSLATION OF THE VERY FIRST SYMBOL OF Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji''WE FIND DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS LIKE IK ONKAAR/EKONKAAR/EKOMKAAR.WE MUST LOOK FOR ITS CORRECT TRANSLATION FROM WITHIN Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.THIS IS GIVEN AS SINGLE WORD "EKANKAARU". THIS WORD IS GRAMTICALLY SINGULAR AND ITS PLURAL IS "EKANKAAR". THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATION MAY PL BE GIVEN A THOUGHT
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EKANKAARU IS SATiNAAMU
IS KARTA PURUKHU
IS NIRBHAU
IS NIRVAIRU
IS SWAMBHOO
IS GUR
IS PRASADi

Well If you want to full translation of this then I recommended to use Google translator this is the best for any type of translation I also tell my friend she know all the meaning of this Sikh mantra.

Arvind Ji ,
The Moolmantar finishes at GURPARSAAD . From there onwards the Baani " JAAPU " starts which we respectfully refer as Japuji Sahib .

Ref:VERY FIRST SYMBOL OF GURBAANI
It is very very important symbol in the whole of Gurbaani.Truely speaking the whole understanding of Gurbaani is based on knowing the correct meaning of this important SYMBOL
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We have been given varied pronunciation to this SYMBOL.Generally accepted pronunciations are EK ONKAAR or IK ONKAAR.But in SSGji its pronunciation is different which should be given a due consideration .This pronunciation is visible as EKANKAARU/EKANKAAR.
EK ONKAAR or IKONKAAR are two separate words whereas EKANKAARU/EKANKAAR is a single word pronunciation.So there is difference in the meanings of the words EK ONKAARor IK ONKAAR and the word EKANKAARU/EKANKAAR.
This is impotant to understand.
when we make use of pronunciation as EK ONKAAR or IK ONKAAR we give its meaning as
GOD IS ONE. But when we would pronounce this as EKANKAAKU/EKANKAAR now the meaning is not what we know as GOD IS ONE.
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So as per Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the correct pronunciation is EKANKAARU/EKANKAAR and its meaning is
SHABADU GUROO JOTi and this has been reffered as GUR .

Prakash.S.Bagga

Ref: EKANKAARU/EKANKAAR....
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From Gurbaani it can be observered that the word ONKAAR is not the PRIME WORD of the Sikh Philosophy.
GURU NANAK DEV Ji pronounced the concept of SHABADU GUROO and SHABADU GUROO JOTi as the Basic Concept of Gurbaani.Before GURU NANAK DEV Ji No one ever gave this concept.Therefore it is utmost important for us to know this Basic Concept of Gurbaani.
Let us understand the difference in the concept of the words ONKAAR and EKANKAAR.
In Gurbaani nowhere is being reffered ONKAAR as EK or IK ONKAAR .On the other hand we come across EKANKAAR as IKu EKANKAARas given in Sukhmani Sahib
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KAEE BAAR PASREO PASAAR,SADAA SADAA IKu EKANKAAR pp276
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To get to know the meaning of any compound word Such as ONKAAR or EKANKAAR ,the word is Disected into two meaningful words.But this Disection should be as per Rule of Grammer of Disection of Compound words.
Accordingly The Disection of the words is as onder

ONKAAR is Disected as ONG+KAAR and
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EKANKAAR is Disected as EKONG+KAAR

The word EKANKAAR can not be Disected as EK+ONGKAAR.
IT would thus be of great interest to consider the Disection of the word EKANKAAR as EKONG+KAAR to get the meaning as SHABADU GUROO JOTi{The Waves of THE WORD GUROO}that is reffered as GUR .And this GUR is PRASAADi.
Prakash.S.Bagga

Beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, therefore our most important concept. There is only ONE God. It is the same God for all people/animals/plants/planets/universes etc

FINDING MYWAYS Ji,
Divine GReetings,
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THE WORD GOD IS GRAMATICALLY SINGULAR{NOUN}.It automatically means ONE GOD.The word GOD need not to be mentioned as ONEGOD.Where is such need to say?
PL give a thaught to this aspect of the word GOD.
With best wishes
Prakash.S.Bagga

Hindus believed in several Gods so Guru Ji was making sure that we know that there is only one ultimate God. Muslims will also argue that their God is superior to any God other people believe in. Guru Ji was telling us that no matter what name you use, it is the same ONE GOD. Historically this was unique and very important for people to understand as then they could behave more like brothers and sisters as they are all children of the same God. It also is a way of stopping the idol worship that the Hindu faith follows as there is only one God, not a multitude of them.

prakash s bagga ji

To tell the truth, it has been next to impossible to follow what you are saying. And I am not alone in this concern.

A few posts back it seemed you were advocating the view that there is a plurality of Gods. Now you are saying there is only one, and therefore there is no need to say ONE GOD.

If there is one god then why bother if a person says God or One God. In one instance it is a proper name, in another instance a core idea is mentioned with the word ONE. It is still one and only one.

You are not teaching. You are confusing people. Sometimes the issues you raise make no difference in the depth of devotion someone will reach. And devotion not grammatical propriety is what it is about. Not only that but the human mind is capable of scanning discrepancies, and also finding the ideas that span or bridge these differences.

We have covered the OOO//U matter more than is necessary on other threads. Some would say that the aunkar is not even pronounced so why make a big deal from this. Now we are on to Ik Oankaar versus Ekankaar versus some other versions of same - bad transliterations of the Gurmukhi characters. They are all lousy transliterations. Vichaar is not being helped along.


Now if someone wanted to get really technical then that person would say that ek ankaar, ek onkaar and ik oankaar are wrong. All completely wrong based on rules of phonetic transfer. It should be eik oan kaar (and it would sound in English, I don't know about another language, something like this, ehk ohahn kar) Grammar is only partially understood through pronunication. p/s "eik" represented by a number 1. And that gets us over a big hurdle.

Let's move on with clarity.