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The cuckoo, member of the family of chatriks, whose photo was taken in the Haryana National Park. ਆਨ ਜਲਾ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਕਛੂਐ ਹਰਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਕਉ ਦੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ aan jalaa sio kaaj n kashhooai har boondh chaathrik ko dheejai ||1|| I am not concerned with any other water; please bless this songbird with a Drop of Your Water, Lord. ||1||
The owl is mentioned only one time by Guruji. In the Western tradition, the owl symbolizes wisdom, a keeness of sight perhaps the basis for this belief. Thus, going far back into pagan times and even today, the owl is understood to be a familiar of other planes of knowledge. An owl might be the companion of a witch, sorcerer or shaman. We say "wise as an owl." However, in Gurbani the owl is seen quite differently. The owl is not seen as wise. ਸੰਪਤ ਦੋਲ ਝੋਲ ਸੰਗਿ ਝੂਲਤ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਗਨ ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਘੁਘਨਾ ॥ sanpath dhol jhol sang jhoolath maaeiaa magan bhramath ghughanaa || You swing in the swing of wealth, intoxicated with Maya, and you wander around like an owl. In the old Punjab, to see an owl perched on the rooftop of a house or on a tree nearby was considered to be a bad omen, perhaps even predicting a death, but certainly indicating that the events of the day would come to a sad end.
ਚਕਵੀ ਸੂਰ ਸਨੇਹੁ ਚਿਤਵੈ ਆਸ ਘਣੀ ਕਦਿ ਦਿਨੀਅਰੁ ਦੇਖੀਐ ॥ chakavee soor sanaehu chithavai aas ghanee kadh dhineear dhaekheeai || The chakvi bird is in love with the sun, and thinks of it constantly; her greatest longing is to behold the dawn.
The stork does not fare well in Gurbani. All the Gurus who sing of the stork compare the bird to a fraud, someone making a pretense of meditation and samadhi. So sitting like a stork within the Congregation of the Holy is something of a joke for Guruji. ਇਕਿ ਅਪਣੈ ਸੁਆਇ ਆਇ ਬਹਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਜਿਉ ਬਗੁਲ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਈਐ ॥੩॥ eik apanai suaae aae behehi gur aagai jio bagul samaadhh lagaaeeai ||3|| Some come for their own purposes, and sit before the Guru; they pretend to be in Samaadhi, like storks with their eyes closed. ||3||
The cuckoo, member of the family of chatriks, whose photo was taken in the Haryana National Park. ਆਨ ਜਲਾ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਕਛੂਐ ਹਰਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਕਉ ਦੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ aan jalaa sio kaaj n kashhooai har boondh chaathrik ko dheejai ||1|| I am not concerned with any other water; please bless this songbird with a Drop of Your Water, Lord. ||1||
ਸਰਵਰ ਮਹਿ ਹੰਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਾਨਪਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ saravar mehi hans praanapath paavai ||1|| Within this pool, the swans find their Lord, the Lord of their souls. ||1||
The crane stands on one leg so gingerly and with such focus and concentration. Guru Nanak Dev often compared the crane to a sidh who stood on one leg in focused meditation. ਉਦਕ ਮਾਹਿ ਜੈਸੇ ਬਗੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਮਾਡੈ ॥੧॥ oudhak maahi jaisae bag dhhiaan maaddai ||1|| The heron appears to be meditating, but it is concentrating on the water. ||1||
The Swan according to Guruji ਸਰਵਰ ਮਹਿ ਹੰਸੁ ਹੰਸ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਗਰੁ ॥ saravar mehi hans hans mehi saagar || The swans are in the pool, and the pool is in the swans.||1||
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The cuckoo, member of the family of chatriks, whose photo was taken in the Haryana National Park. ਆਨ ਜਲਾ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਕਛੂਐ ਹਰਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਕਉ ਦੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ aan jalaa sio kaaj n kashhooai har boondh chaathrik ko dheejai ||1|| I am not concerned with any other water; please bless this songbird with a Drop of Your Water, Lord. ||1||

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