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Guru Granth Sahib
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 16
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 1621" data-attributes="member: 10"><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Members,</span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this posting, I share with you my understanding of the 16th Pauri of Japji Sahib.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have given serial # to the sentences of this Pauri for easy reference where needed.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. </span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">pMc prvwx pMc prDwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">panch parvaa<u>n</u> panch par<u>Dh</u>aan.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Five accepted five lead.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The literal translation does not provide any direct clue to the meaning. Published translation interpret it as five elected, the chosen ones, accepted ones, approved ones etc. Such meanings raise lots of questions. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">‘Karta Purakh’ is not limited; numbers do not mean any thing for ‘Sat’. Numbers have meaning to we humans who are limited; hence this limit of five must be coming from us. What five we humans accept? The answer is the inputs from our five senses organs (i) organ for the sense of touch (ii) organ for the sense of taste (iii) organ for the sense of hearing (iv) organ for the sense of sight and (v) organ for the sense of smell. This is what ‘panch parvaan’ mean to me.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What five lead we human in life? The answer is the organs of action (i) hands (ii) feet (iii) organ of speech (iv) excretory organ and (v) generative organ. This is what ‘panch pardhaan’ mean to me.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> pMcy pwvih drgih mwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">panchay paavahi <u>d</u>argahi maan.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The fives get respect at Dargahi.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The use of word ‘Dargahi’ raises questions. What this Dargahi means, the available literature translates it as ‘court of God’. How can ‘Sat’ who is ‘Nirakaar’ have any thing, which has form? I conclude that literal meaning is not to be taken as it is; the implied meaning has to be looked for. The search tells that ‘Dargahi’, which has a context specific literal meaning as ‘court of God’ can also be understood as ‘spiritual world’. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hence the meaning of this sentence for me is that ‘The five get respected in spiritual world’. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">pMcy sohih dir rwjwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">panchay sohahi <u>d</u>ar raajaan.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The fives look beautiful in the courts of kings.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As was the case with the previous sentence here the words ‘dar raajaan’ have some implied meaning. Kings are associated with wealth; together these two words can be taken to mean ‘material world’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">4. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">pMcw kw guru eyku iDAwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">panchaa kaa guru ayk <u>Dh</u>i-aan.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The fives have one Guru – Dhi-aan</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">My learning:</span></span></u></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dhi-aan is a mental process of thinking. To me this sentence means that all the five senses and the five organs of action are controlled by one process – what we are thinking. This is what this sentence means to me.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Learning from the above four sentences i.e. 1 to 4</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Taken the four sentences together, the learning is that it is very important that we master our thought process. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Depending on about what we are thinking, our sense organs alight on the corresponding object of interest and the organs of action lead us in the direction, which provides satisfaction to the interest that the thought process has created. The human organs of sense and action are the interfaces of the thought process to the real world. What the individual is doing is being watched both, by the material world and by the spiritual world. This watchful eye of the two worlds rates us. Depending on the quality of the individual’s being, she/he is respected in spiritual and material world. Such is the importance of what we think. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">5. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jy ko khY krY vIcwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jay ko kahai karai veechaar.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If someone says, think over it.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">krqy kY krxY nwhI sumwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kar<u>t</u>ay kai kar<u>n</u>ai naahee sumaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The actions of the doer (here in means ‘Karta Purakh’) cannot be counted.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">7. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">DOlu Drmu dieAw kw pUqu ] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dh</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">oul <u>Dh</u>aram <u>d</u>a-i-aa kaa poo<u>t</u>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Dharma of the mythological bull is the off spring of compassion.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">My learning</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Compassion is a virtue; it is intangible. Bull is a physical being. How can a physical being, be a son of an intangible entity. In other words it means that we have to look for the implied meaning. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Here Guru Sahib has used a concept, which is taken from the religious mythology of his time and was part of perception of his audience. Guru Sahib is telling us that the mythological bull that is supposed to support the weight of this planet earth is doing his assigned duty out of compassion. The word ‘poot’ has been used to convey the cause and effect relationship only.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Note</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Please keep in mind that use of this mythological concept is used as metaphor to convey an idea. The concept per se is not to be taken as a reality. Soon we will find Guru Sahib asking us a question the answer to it negates the concept. I will point it out when we come to that sentence in this Pauri.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">8. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">sMqoKu Qwip riKAw ijin sUiq ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">san<u>t</u>o<u>kh</u> thaap ra<u>kh</u>i-aa jin soo<u>t</u>.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The embodied patience (or feeling of contentment) is what keeps it in place.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">My Learning from 7th and 8th sentence</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is telling us that harmony (it may be at individual level, family level, or any other higher level) is important in life. This is achieved if one has patience or a contented frame of mind. The considerations for others, stemming from compassion, give rise to the duties (Dharma) of the individual.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">9. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jy ko buJY hovY sicAwru ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">jay ko bu<u>jh</u>ai hovai sachiaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If someone understands she/he will realise the truth.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Note</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My understanding says that from here, in this Pauri Guru Sahib has started unwinding the mythological story. So that no one considers this story to be a fact of nature.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">10. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">DvlY aupir kyqw Bwru ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Dh</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">avlai upar kay<u>t</u>aa <u>bh</u>aar</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What load is there on this mythological bull?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">11. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">DrqI horu prY horu horu ] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dh</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ar<u>t</u>ee hor parai hor hor.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There are many planets (Dhartee) beyond this one.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">12. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">iqs qy Bwru qlY kvxu joru ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">is <u>t</u>ay <u>bh</u>aar <u>t</u>alai kava<u>n</u> jor.</span> </span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What is the force that supports their weight?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>My learning</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The answer to the question of Guru Sahib is known to all of us; it is the nature, which supports the weight of all these planets, there is no bull. This tells us that the stories of mythology are true and false at the same time. They are true because these stories contain some message linked to truth; they are a way i.e. the medium to introduce some abstract truth to the listener depending upon the level of her/his enlightenment. Yet they are false because they are stories only. This is what Guru Sahib has demonstrated in this Pauri from sentence 7 to 12.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Learning from 7th to 12th sentence</u>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has said in the 9th sentence that ‘if someone understands she/he will realise the truth’. The question that he has asked in the subsequently in 12th sentence leads us to the fact that nature is supporting the weight of all the planets and such bodies in the sky. This makes me think that the clue to the ‘Sat’ is in this Pauri. After deliberating over it, I came to the conclusion that nature is part of ‘Sat’ and if that is so, the ‘Cosmic Intelligence’ is ‘Sat’. I have applied this understanding to the ‘Mool Mantra’ of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and found to be matching. This I have already posted on </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">www.sikhphilosophy.net</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> .</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">13. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jIA jwiq rMgw ky nwv ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jee-a jaa<u>t</u> rangaa kay naav.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Beings and species are names of colours.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning</u>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is saying that all beings are one. Their different forms and appearances are just like colours. In side all these only the ‘The One’ dwells. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">14. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">sBnw iliKAw vuVI klwm ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sa<u>bh</u>naa li<u>kh</u>i-aa vu<u>rh</u>ee kalaam.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The ever-flowing pen inscribed them all.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning</u>: </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib in this is tells us that the source of all is ‘One’ and this source is inexhaustible. The use of the term ‘ever flowing pen’ is a metaphor here.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">15. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">eyhu lyKw iliK jwxY koie ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ayhu lay<u>kh</u>aa li<u>kh</u> jaa<u>n</u>ai ko-ay.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">How account or text get written no one knows.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">16. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">lyKw iliKAw kyqw hoie ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">lay<u>kh</u>aa li<u>kh</u>i-aa kay<u>t</u>aa ho-ay.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What the written text will be like?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My learning from 5th and 16th sentence</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Guru Sahib, in layman’s language (which is correct as Sikh religion is for all layer of humanity no matter how much one is educated), is conveying to us the enormous complexities in understanding what creates a living entity – a being. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">17. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kyqw qwxu suAwilhu rUpu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kay<u>t</u>aa <u>t</u>aa<u>n</u> su-aalihu roop.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What a rhythm and beauty.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Discussion:</span></span></u></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Published literature translates the ‘taan’ of Gurbani as power in English. I am not convinced that this is right. Each sentence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib has one central idea; it belongs to one common packet of enlightenment; words supports that central idea. Here if the word ‘Power’ is used for ‘taan’, it disturbs the harmony of the sentence – Power and Roop do not belong to the same domain. Taan is a word used in Hindustani classical music. Taan is used to beautify the raga being sung. The word rhythm belongs to the same nature as beauty i.e. Roop. For this reason I have translates the word taan of Gurbai to rhythm in English. </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">18. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kyqI dwiq jwxY kOxu kUqu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kay<u>t</u>ee <u>d</u>aa<u>t</u> jaa<u>n</u>ai kou<u>n</u> koo<u>t</u>.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What gift/attribute and who knows to what extent/depth/intensity?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">19. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kIqw pswau eyko kvwau ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kee<u>t</u>aa pasaa-o ayko kavaa-o.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Such a vast expanse you created with a single utterance.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">20. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">iqs qy hoey lK drIAwau ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">is <u>t</u>ay ho-ay la<u>kh</u> <u>d</u>aree-aa-o.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">On which lakhs of streams stated flowing.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Discussion</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The correct literal translation of daee-aa-o is river. I have used the word stream because it cavers all that flows; it includes all that is in nature – living and non-living: life also flows.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">21. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ku<u>d</u>ra<u>t</u> kava<u>n</u> kahaa veechaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">How can the nature be stated or thought off?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">22. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vaari-aa na jaavaa ayk vaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I cannot be sacrificed even once.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">23. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jo <u>t</u>u<u>Dh</u> <u>bh</u>aavai saa-ee <u>bh</u>alee kaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What you like is the right work</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">24. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]16] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">t</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">oo sa<u>d</u>aa salaama<u>t</u> nirankaar. ||16||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ever present formless.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Summary of my learning form this Pauri</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has touched five aspects in this Pauri.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(i) In the first four sentences, Guru Sahib gives us the clue as to how we can evolve, both materially and spiritually, and become a better being. He asks us to master our thoughts.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(ii) From 5th to 8th sentence, Guru Sahib tells us about the importance of virtues. He uses the mythological story to convey the idea of cause and effect subtly emphasising the cause and effect relations. He tells us the need for harmony, which comes from patience, which comes from contentment, which come from compassion and which demands doing ones duties. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(iii) From 9th to 12th sentences he demolishes the mythological story. He paints the canvas for us and asks us a question. The answer to this question tells us that the mythological concept is not a reality. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(iv) Further, based on the hint Guru Sahib has given in 9th sentence, the same answers to the question asked in 12th sentence leads me to conclude that the ‘Cosmic Intelligence’ is ‘Sat’. How to be one with this ‘Sat’ is still I have to discover. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(v) From 13th to 24th sentence Guru Sahib tells us that how small we human are in front of ‘Karta Purakh’. The essence of this part is that what ‘Karta Purakh’ does is the best for us. Guru Sahib pays tribute to ‘Karta Purakh’ before closing this Pauri. As a follower of Guru Sahib I too do the same. This is my learning. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With Love and Respect for all.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Amarpal</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 1621, member: 10"] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3]Dear Members,[/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3]In this posting, I share with you my understanding of the 16th Pauri of Japji Sahib.[/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3]I have given serial # to the sentences of this Pauri for easy reference where needed.[/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3]1. [/size][/font][/color][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]pMc prvwx pMc prDwnu ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]panch parvaa[u]n[/u] panch par[u]Dh[/u]aan.[/font][color=black][font='Times New Roman'][/font][/color][/size] [color=black][font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] Five accepted five lead.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The literal translation does not provide any direct clue to the meaning. Published translation interpret it as five elected, the chosen ones, accepted ones, approved ones etc. Such meanings raise lots of questions. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]‘Karta Purakh’ is not limited; numbers do not mean any thing for ‘Sat’. Numbers have meaning to we humans who are limited; hence this limit of five must be coming from us. What five we humans accept? The answer is the inputs from our five senses organs (i) organ for the sense of touch (ii) organ for the sense of taste (iii) organ for the sense of hearing (iv) organ for the sense of sight and (v) organ for the sense of smell. This is what ‘panch parvaan’ mean to me.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What five lead we human in life? The answer is the organs of action (i) hands (ii) feet (iii) organ of speech (iv) excretory organ and (v) generative organ. This is what ‘panch pardhaan’ mean to me.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]2.[/size][/font][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick] pMcy pwvih drgih mwnu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]panchay paavahi [u]d[/u]argahi maan. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The fives get respect at Dargahi.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The use of word ‘Dargahi’ raises questions. What this Dargahi means, the available literature translates it as ‘court of God’. How can ‘Sat’ who is ‘Nirakaar’ have any thing, which has form? I conclude that literal meaning is not to be taken as it is; the implied meaning has to be looked for. The search tells that ‘Dargahi’, which has a context specific literal meaning as ‘court of God’ can also be understood as ‘spiritual world’. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Hence the meaning of this sentence for me is that ‘The five get respected in spiritual world’. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]3. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]pMcy sohih dir rwjwnu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]panchay sohahi [u]d[/u]ar raajaan.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The fives look beautiful in the courts of kings.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]As was the case with the previous sentence here the words ‘dar raajaan’ have some implied meaning. Kings are associated with wealth; together these two words can be taken to mean ‘material world’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]4. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]pMcw kw guru eyku iDAwnu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]panchaa kaa guru ayk [u]Dh[/u]i-aan.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The fives have one Guru – Dhi-aan[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][u][size=3][font=Times New Roman]My learning:[/font][/size][/u][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Dhi-aan is a mental process of thinking. To me this sentence means that all the five senses and the five organs of action are controlled by one process – what we are thinking. This is what this sentence means to me.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My Learning from the above four sentences i.e. 1 to 4[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Taken the four sentences together, the learning is that it is very important that we master our thought process. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Depending on about what we are thinking, our sense organs alight on the corresponding object of interest and the organs of action lead us in the direction, which provides satisfaction to the interest that the thought process has created. The human organs of sense and action are the interfaces of the thought process to the real world. What the individual is doing is being watched both, by the material world and by the spiritual world. This watchful eye of the two worlds rates us. Depending on the quality of the individual’s being, she/he is respected in spiritual and material world. Such is the importance of what we think. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]5. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jy ko khY krY vIcwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jay ko kahai karai veechaar.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]If someone says, think over it.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]6. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]krqy kY krxY nwhI sumwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kar[u]t[/u]ay kai kar[u]n[/u]ai naahee sumaar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The actions of the doer (here in means ‘Karta Purakh’) cannot be counted.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]7. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]DOlu Drmu dieAw kw pUqu ] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]Dh[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]oul [u]Dh[/u]aram [u]d[/u]a-i-aa kaa poo[u]t[/u]. [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]The Dharma of the mythological bull is the off spring of compassion.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][u][font='Times New Roman']My learning[/font][/u][font='Times New Roman']:[/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]Compassion is a virtue; it is intangible. Bull is a physical being. How can a physical being, be a son of an intangible entity. In other words it means that we have to look for the implied meaning. [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]Here Guru Sahib has used a concept, which is taken from the religious mythology of his time and was part of perception of his audience. Guru Sahib is telling us that the mythological bull that is supposed to support the weight of this planet earth is doing his assigned duty out of compassion. The word ‘poot’ has been used to convey the cause and effect relationship only.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][u][font='Times New Roman']Note[/font][/u][font='Times New Roman']: [/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]Please keep in mind that use of this mythological concept is used as metaphor to convey an idea. The concept per se is not to be taken as a reality. Soon we will find Guru Sahib asking us a question the answer to it negates the concept. I will point it out when we come to that sentence in this Pauri.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]8. [/size][/font][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]sMqoKu Qwip riKAw ijin sUiq ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]san[u]t[/u]o[u]kh[/u] thaap ra[u]kh[/u]i-aa jin soo[u]t[/u].[/font][font='Times New Roman'][/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]The embodied patience (or feeling of contentment) is what keeps it in place.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][u][font='Times New Roman']My Learning from 7th and 8th sentence[/font][/u][font='Times New Roman']: [/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling us that harmony (it may be at individual level, family level, or any other higher level) is important in life. This is achieved if one has patience or a contented frame of mind. The considerations for others, stemming from compassion, give rise to the duties (Dharma) of the individual.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3]9. [/size][/font][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jy ko buJY hovY sicAwru ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]jay ko bu[u]jh[/u]ai hovai sachiaar. [/font][font='Times New Roman'][/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]If someone understands she/he will realise the truth.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]Note[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]My understanding says that from here, in this Pauri Guru Sahib has started unwinding the mythological story. So that no one considers this story to be a fact of nature.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]10. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]DvlY aupir kyqw Bwru ] [/font][/color][size=3][u][font=Tahoma]Dh[/font][/u][font=Tahoma]avlai upar kay[u]t[/u]aa [u]bh[/u]aar[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What load is there on this mythological bull?[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]11. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]DrqI horu prY horu horu ] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]Dh[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]ar[u]t[/u]ee hor parai hor hor. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]There are many planets (Dhartee) beyond this one.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]12. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]iqs qy Bwru qlY kvxu joru ] [/font][/color][size=3][u][font=Tahoma]t[/font][/u][font=Tahoma]is [u]t[/u]ay [u]bh[/u]aar [u]t[/u]alai kava[u]n[/u] jor.[/font][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What is the force that supports their weight?[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3][u]My learning[/u]:[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The answer to the question of Guru Sahib is known to all of us; it is the nature, which supports the weight of all these planets, there is no bull. This tells us that the stories of mythology are true and false at the same time. They are true because these stories contain some message linked to truth; they are a way i.e. the medium to introduce some abstract truth to the listener depending upon the level of her/his enlightenment. Yet they are false because they are stories only. This is what Guru Sahib has demonstrated in this Pauri from sentence 7 to 12.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My Learning from 7th to 12th sentence[/u]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has said in the 9th sentence that ‘if someone understands she/he will realise the truth’. The question that he has asked in the subsequently in 12th sentence leads us to the fact that nature is supporting the weight of all the planets and such bodies in the sky. This makes me think that the clue to the ‘Sat’ is in this Pauri. After deliberating over it, I came to the conclusion that nature is part of ‘Sat’ and if that is so, the ‘Cosmic Intelligence’ is ‘Sat’. I have applied this understanding to the ‘Mool Mantra’ of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and found to be matching. This I have already posted on [/size][/font][url="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/"][font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#800080]www.sikhphilosophy.net[/color][/size][/font][/url][font=Times New Roman][size=3] .[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]13. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jIA jwiq rMgw ky nwv ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jee-a jaa[u]t[/u] rangaa kay naav. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Beings and species are names of colours.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning[/u]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is saying that all beings are one. Their different forms and appearances are just like colours. In side all these only the ‘The One’ dwells. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]14. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]sBnw iliKAw vuVI klwm ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]sa[u]bh[/u]naa li[u]kh[/u]i-aa vu[u]rh[/u]ee kalaam.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The ever-flowing pen inscribed them all.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning[/u]: [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib in this is tells us that the source of all is ‘One’ and this source is inexhaustible. The use of the term ‘ever flowing pen’ is a metaphor here.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]15. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]eyhu lyKw iliK jwxY koie ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]ayhu lay[u]kh[/u]aa li[u]kh[/u] jaa[u]n[/u]ai ko-ay. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]How account or text get written no one knows.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]16. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]lyKw iliKAw kyqw hoie ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]lay[u]kh[/u]aa li[u]kh[/u]i-aa kay[u]t[/u]aa ho-ay.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What the written text will be like?[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning from 5th and 16th sentence[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]Guru Sahib, in layman’s language (which is correct as Sikh religion is for all layer of humanity no matter how much one is educated), is conveying to us the enormous complexities in understanding what creates a living entity – a being. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]17. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kyqw qwxu suAwilhu rUpu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kay[u]t[/u]aa [u]t[/u]aa[u]n[/u] su-aalihu roop. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What a rhythm and beauty.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][u][size=3][font=Times New Roman]Discussion:[/font][/size][/u][/b] [b][u][size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size][/u][/b] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman]Published literature translates the ‘taan’ of Gurbani as power in English. I am not convinced that this is right. Each sentence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib has one central idea; it belongs to one common packet of enlightenment; words supports that central idea. Here if the word ‘Power’ is used for ‘taan’, it disturbs the harmony of the sentence – Power and Roop do not belong to the same domain. Taan is a word used in Hindustani classical music. Taan is used to beautify the raga being sung. The word rhythm belongs to the same nature as beauty i.e. Roop. For this reason I have translates the word taan of Gurbai to rhythm in English. [/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]18. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kyqI dwiq jwxY kOxu kUqu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kay[u]t[/u]ee [u]d[/u]aa[u]t[/u] jaa[u]n[/u]ai kou[u]n[/u] koo[u]t[/u]. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What gift/attribute and who knows to what extent/depth/intensity?[/size][/font] [font=Tahoma][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]19. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kIqw pswau eyko kvwau ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kee[u]t[/u]aa pasaa-o ayko kavaa-o. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Such a vast expanse you created with a single utterance.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]20. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]iqs qy hoey lK drIAwau ] [/font][/color][size=3][u][font=Tahoma]t[/font][/u][font=Tahoma]is [u]t[/u]ay ho-ay la[u]kh[/u] [u]d[/u]aree-aa-o.[/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]On which lakhs of streams stated flowing.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]Discussion[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The correct literal translation of daee-aa-o is river. I have used the word stream because it cavers all that flows; it includes all that is in nature – living and non-living: life also flows.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]21. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]ku[u]d[/u]ra[u]t[/u] kava[u]n[/u] kahaa veechaar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]How can the nature be stated or thought off?[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]22. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]vaari-aa na jaavaa ayk vaar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]I cannot be sacrificed even once.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]23. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jo [u]t[/u]u[u]Dh[/u] [u]bh[/u]aavai saa-ee [u]bh[/u]alee kaar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What you like is the right work[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]24. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]16] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]t[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]oo sa[u]d[/u]aa salaama[u]t[/u] nirankaar. ||16|| [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Ever present formless.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]Summary of my learning form this Pauri[/u]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has touched five aspects in this Pauri.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3](i) In the first four sentences, Guru Sahib gives us the clue as to how we can evolve, both materially and spiritually, and become a better being. He asks us to master our thoughts.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3](ii) From 5th to 8th sentence, Guru Sahib tells us about the importance of virtues. He uses the mythological story to convey the idea of cause and effect subtly emphasising the cause and effect relations. He tells us the need for harmony, which comes from patience, which comes from contentment, which come from compassion and which demands doing ones duties. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3](iii) From 9th to 12th sentences he demolishes the mythological story. He paints the canvas for us and asks us a question. The answer to this question tells us that the mythological concept is not a reality. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3](iv) Further, based on the hint Guru Sahib has given in 9th sentence, the same answers to the question asked in 12th sentence leads me to conclude that the ‘Cosmic Intelligence’ is ‘Sat’. How to be one with this ‘Sat’ is still I have to discover. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3](v) From 13th to 24th sentence Guru Sahib tells us that how small we human are in front of ‘Karta Purakh’. The essence of this part is that what ‘Karta Purakh’ does is the best for us. Guru Sahib pays tribute to ‘Karta Purakh’ before closing this Pauri. As a follower of Guru Sahib I too do the same. This is my learning. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]With Love and Respect for all.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman']Amarpal[/font] [/QUOTE]
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 16
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