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Guru Granth Sahib
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 27th
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 2611" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Members,</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Today, I share with you my understanding of 27th Pauri of Japji Sahib.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Preface</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Just literal translation of what is said by Guru Sahib in Japji Sahib does not satisfy me. I seek the spiritual message of our Guru Sahib from each of the Pauri. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As I study 27th Pauri, I find that Guru Sahib has used the word ‘sing’ and its derivatives in many of its sentences. In one of the sentences Guru Sahib has stated that ‘Siddhas sing in Samadhi. I admit that I have not yet evolved to a level to go into Samadhi and know what it is from first experience, but what I have learnt about it is that in Samadhi there is absolute peace, in Samadhi no one sings. In other sentences too literal translation does not give me the satisfaction of learning. This makes me feel that literal meaning, which I was taking to be true, is not the real meaning, which Guru Sahib wanted to convey. This realisation made me look for alternatives. When I tried to condense this Pauri i.e. to grasp it in its totality, it lead me to the conclusion that Guru Sahib has used the word ‘sing’ and its derivatives as metaphor. In real sense it means a way to link with the intended entity – in this case the perceived entity is ‘The Supreme’. With this understanding the teachings of this Pauri started coming to me and I realised that my attempt to read the Pauri just literally will mask its real teachings.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My understanding follows.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">so dru kyhw so Gru kyhw ijqu bih srb smwly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">so <u>d</u>ar kayhaa so <u>gh</u>ar kayhaa ji<u>t</u> bahi sarab samaalay.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Guru Sahib asks; what type of gate it can be? What type of dwelling it can be from where ‘Karta Purakh’ takes care of every thing?</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib knew every thing. This question he is not posing to himself. Through this question, Guru Sahib is making me think and come to my own conclusion. Guru Sahib is asking me how can ‘The Infinite Nirakaar’ be limited to a dwelling, which has entrance. We know that ‘Karta Purakh’ is everywhere independent of time - dwellings are needs of those who have Akaar; these are not needed for ‘Nirakaar’. This way without making very explicit, Guru Sahib has demolished the notion coming from mythology that belong to our land that there is a place somewhere up in the sky where ‘The Supreme’ resides. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This way Guru Sahib is making me part of his chain of thought, carry an ordinary person like me through, and deliver me to Sikhi. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">vwjy nwd Anyk AsMKw kyqy vwvxhwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vaajay naa<u>d</u> anayk asan<u>kh</u>aa kay<u>t</u>ay vaava<u>n</u>haaray.</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 is sound of Naad, and uncountable musicians play many instruments. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">One element of the mythology that belongs to our land tells that Naad (sound) was the first in creation. Naturally as the mythology advances in explaining the creation, instruments and musicians too came into existence and create an impression about the ambience in the place of dwelling of the perceived ‘Supreme’.</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 started telling me how the imaginative minds of we humans have given worldly attributes to creator of the world. This is a reverse process taking place – we humans are trying to portray what our creator looks like based on our way of living, though we know nothing of this ‘Supreme’. How can we human do it – ‘Nirakaar’ cannot be portrayed, trying to do it shows our limited nature. All our human faculties have evolved to cope with our living in this material world; they have not evolved the interface to ‘The Sat’; how can we portray this undefined entity. All these are imagination of human mind.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This process of portraying ‘The Sat’, takes us away from it. ‘The Sat’ whom we cannot perceive just on our own is revealed only through the grace of ‘Karta Purakh’– ‘Gurparsadi’. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> This way Guru Sahib is telling me how we human create pluralities.</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'">kyqy rwg prI isau khIAin kyqy gwvxhwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kay<u>t</u>ay raag paree si-o kahee-an kay<u>t</u>ay gaava<u>n</u>haaray.</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">Any Raga you know there are large number of singers who can sing it.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 chosen one ambience that of music, which is perceived to exist in the place of dwelling of ‘The Supreme’ according to the mythology belonging to our land. Though music and singing, though living in this world, one can imagine oneself to be part of the ambience of the place of dwelling of ‘The Supreme’. That is why I take this word –sing or its derivatives – as metaphor, which conveys a sort of linkage to ‘The Supreme’.</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 said that any Raga, which you know and name it, there are many singers who can render it. In other words, any link with ‘The Supreme’ one imagines, there are many others who are illegible to live in the realm of ‘The Supreme’. This again adds to the plurality. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My learning from earlier Pauris tells me that ‘The Sat’ is one and is Nirakaar’. ‘The Sat’ does not need any ones company. Without criticising, Guru Sahib is putting me on the right path, removing the pluralities that can be in my mind as a result of the accepted mythology of our land.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </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'">gwvih quhno pauxu pwxI bYsMqru gwvY rwjw Drmu duAwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi <u>t</u>uhno pa-u<u>n</u> paa<u>n</u>ee baisan<u>t</u>ar gaavai raajaa <u>Dh</u>aram <u>d</u>u-aaray.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They sing to you as air, water and fire. The kings sing at the door of Dharma.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Based on the prevailing mythology of our land, people perceive ‘The Supreme’ through the basic element from which life is made. These people try to link themselves to ‘The Supreme’ through these basic elements – air, water and fire; that existing in this world. Even the one who represents the ultimate in material world the King also sings at the door of spiritual world. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></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'">gwvih icqu gupqu iliK jwxih iliK iliK Drmu vIcwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi chi<u>t</u> gupa<u>t</u> li<u>kh</u> jaa<u>n</u>eh li<u>kh</u> li<u>kh</u> <u>Dh</u>aram veechaaray.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They sing to you as Chitragupt who records and knows how ‘’Karmas get transformed into ‘Hukam’ and who keeps recording to distribute (administer) Dharma.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 me that to linkup with ‘The Supreme’, some people sing and praise ‘The Supreme’ as Chitragupt (an entity from the mythology of our land, whose stated task is to keep records of all the Karmas of all the living entities and help administration of Dharma). Here we note that by stretching our imagination we human have extrapolated the ways of our society to the perceived world or dwelling of ‘The Supreme’. This adds to the plurality.</span></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">gwvih eIsru brmw dyvI sohin sdw svwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi eesar barmaa <u>d</u>ayvee sohan sa<u>d</u>aa savaaray.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They sing to you as Shiva, Brahma, and ever adorned and beautiful Devi.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 adding to the list of different entities, which human imagination has created and to whom they sing, praise and try to linkup with. These entities referred in this sentence are prominent in Upanishad and are in human form. This too contributes to the plurality.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></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'">gwvih ieMd iedwsix bYTy dyviqAw dir nwly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi in<u>d</u> i<u>d</u>aasa<u>n</u> bai<u>th</u>ay <u>d</u>ayvi<u>t</u>i-aa <u>d</u>ar naalay.</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">They sing to you as Indra sitting on his throne with Devetas along with him at his place of dwelling.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 added to the list of pluralities that human mind of our land has created, and to whom people sing and praise to linkup with their perceived ‘Supreme’. The entities referred in this sentence are in human form and are from Vedas.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">8. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">gwvih isD smwDI AMdir gwvin swD ivcwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi si<u>Dh</u> samaa<u>Dh</u>ee an<u>d</u>ar gaavan saa<u>Dh</u> vichaaray.</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">Siddh sing within them while in deep meditation, Saadhus sing while contemplating.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 this sentence has moved from entities that are in human form to abstracts processes like meditation and contemplation to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’. These methods of linkup, contribute further to the plurality. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">9. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">gwvin jqI sqI sMqoKI gwvih vIr krwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavan ja<u>t</u>ee sa<u>t</u>ee san<u>t</u>o<u>kh</u>ee gaavahi veer karaaray.</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">Fanatics, celibate, contended, sing, hard-core warriors sing.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Having explained to me the plurality of the sought entity and the methods used to link with this ‘Supreme’, here Guru Sahib is telling me that people having from different natures try to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ in this way. </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'">gwvin pMifq pVin rKIsr jugu jugu vydw nwly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavan pandi<u>t</u> pa<u>rh</u>an ra<u>kh</u>eesar jug jug vay<u>d</u>aa naalay.</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">Pundits (Brahmins) who are the custodian of Vedas for long time sing to you from its script.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib now tells me about another component of the plurality i.e. the ritualistic reading of scripture as a perceived method to linkup with the intended ‘Supreme’.</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'">gwvih mohxIAw mnu mohin surgw mC pieAwly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi moh<u>n</u>ee-aa man mohan surgaa ma<u>chh</u> pa-i-aalay.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They sing to you as Mohini, who can win over the hearts, and serve from the cup.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Mohini is another entity that comes from the mythology of our land. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">During Churning of sea by Suras and the Asuras, Vishnu is said to have taken the form of exceedingly beautiful charming lady who captured the heart of all the Asuras (except two). While the Asuras kept there attention on this charming lady, she served the Nectar to the Suras leaving nothing for the Asuras thereby denying them the fruits of their hard labour they put in to churn the sea. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This heart capturing attribute is also sung to praise and linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ – another element of plurality. </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'">gwvin rqn aupwey qyry ATsiT qIrQ nwly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavan ra<u>t</u>an upaa-ay <u>t</u>ayray a<u>th</u>sa<u>th</u> <u>t</u>irath naalay.</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">Even the gem of people sings to you about the 68 places of pilgrimage as a way to reach you.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib now introduces me to another aspect that has its origin in the mythology of our land – the 68 places of worship. This is another method perceived by human mind to linkup with ‘The Supreme’. This adds another variation i.e. another plurality.</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'">gwvih joD mhwbl sUrw gwvih KwxI cwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi jo<u>Dh</u> mahaabal sooraa gaavahi <u>kh</u>aa<u>n</u>ee chaaray.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The powerful sing to you and these songs come from all the four segments. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 me that even the most powerful people, all the people from the four segments (castes) try to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ through methods, which are the creation of human mind. </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'">gwvih KMf mMfl vrBMfw kir kir rKy Dwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gaavahi <u>kh</u>and mandal var<u>bh</u>andaa kar kar ra<u>kh</u>ay <u>Dh</u>aaray.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They sing to you as planets, group of planets, and galaxies that you have created and maintained in place.</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'">syeI quDuno gwvih jo quDu Bwvin rqy qyry Bgq rswly ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">say-ee <u>t</u>u<u>Dh</u>uno gaavahi jo <u>t</u>u<u>Dh</u> <u>bh</u>aavan ra<u>t</u>ay <u>t</u>ayray <u>bh</u>aga<u>t</u> rasaalay.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Only those can sing in the right way to you, whom you grace and they remain imbued in your Bhagati.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 me that even in this world of pluralities there are individuals who link up with ‘The Supreme’. These are the people who are graced by the ‘Karta Purakh’. Here he has again emphasised to me the importance and relevance of the concept of ‘Gurparsadi’. In a way Guru Sahib is telling me that I should shed the feeling of ‘I’ – the ego, my Ahamkara. The real doer is ‘Karta Purakh’. What ever I am is as a result of the grace of ‘Karta Purakh’.</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'">hoir kyqy gwvin sy mY iciq n Awvin nwnku ikAw vIcwry ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">hor kay<u>t</u>ay gaavan say mai chi<u>t</u> na aavan naanak ki-aa veechaaray.</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 so many more entities and methods through which people sing to you, all those do not come to the mind even after trying to remember.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Guru Sahib is telling me that the extent of pluralities that human mind has created is mind-boggling. Even if one tries to thoughtfully list all, some are sure to be missed. </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'">soeI soeI sdw scu swihbu swcw swcI nweI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">so-ee so-ee sa<u>d</u>aa sach saahib saachaa saachee naa-ee.</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">Only that is the ‘One’ who is always true, is true supreme, whose name itself is true.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib in this one sentence has introduced us to ‘Ek Onkar’ steering clearly away from all pluralities that human mind has created. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">His logic here is very clear. If ‘Karta Purakh’ is one then what is the need for us to think differently about it? In fact what is the need to even create any image about ‘Karta Purakh’ in our mind; it is bound to false. Human brain has no faculty or system ability to perceive ‘Karta Purakh’ on its own. What is the need to conceptualise ‘Karta Purakh’ in one form or another? We have to become pure. Pure we will be when we shed Ahamkara and follow our Dharma, be socially useful and surrender to the Hukam of the ‘Karta Purakh’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Even my use of the word ‘Karta Purakh’, in a way gives name to the Supreme. The above sentence of the Japji Sahib tells me that I am creating an image in my mind. Guru Sahib has told me very clearly in this sentence not to do so. Now onward I will refer to this Supreme only as <strong>‘The Sat’. </strong> There is no need for me to think beyond this for two reasons; first my faculties as human being, on their own, cannot introduce me to ‘The Sat’ and second ‘The Sat’ cannot be captured.</span></span></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'">hY BI hosI jwie n jwsI rcnw ijin rcweI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">hai <u>bh</u>ee hosee jaa-ay na jaasee rachnaa jin rachaa-ee.</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 Sat’ is, shall always be, and shall be there even if the creation departs.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib in this sentence has emphasised the independence of ‘The Sat’ from any external agency and time.</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'">rMgI rMgI BwqI kir kir ijnsI mwieAw ijin aupweI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">rangee rangee <u>bh</u>aa<u>t</u>ee kar kar jinsee maa-i-aa jin upaa-ee.</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 Sat’ has created different entities in so many colours, which has given rise to Maya.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>: </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">First, I must share with you my understanding of what I understand from the term Maya.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maya is a word, which is in common knowledge of the people of our land. Each individual understands it in her/his own way; broadly it is taken that what can change is Maya. Some even call life as Maya; I do not agree with this extreme view.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My studies tell me that all physical entities in this universe are real. I am real, you are real, men are real, women are real, all that constitute plant and animal kingdoms are real, rivers, mountains, sea, land, planets, galaxies are real, food, money, wealth etc all are real; they are not Maya.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">All the <u>relationships and consequent attachments or ownership</u> that we establish with these physical entities through the function of our mind are Maya. These relationships and attachments are the product of our mind. I like a person so I seek her/his company; I dislike an individual so I avoid her/him. I like a car so I do every thing to have one. I am emotionally involved with some one, all what she/he does appear right to me. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The relationships, attachments and feeling of ownership create a veil on my intellect, which prevents me to see the truth in the object of my interest or disinterest. These emotional involvement – positive or negative – colour the inputs that my senses receive about the object of interest, creating a bias, before that are presented to cognitive processes of my brain to act upon them, naturally the out put of the cognitive process is going to be false. This way, I move away from the truth. The effect of this is faulty perception that is not true, not real. The end product of this is Maya.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In short all what nature creates – living and none living – are real. All what mind creates through relationships, attachments and feeling of ownerships are Maya. With this I revert back to what I understand from the sentence of this Pauri.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib tells me that ‘The Sat’ has created so many entities with different attributes that we take them to be different in real sense and establish different relationships and attachments with them. This is the primary cause of creation of Maya and so in this way ‘The Sat’ is the creator of Maya. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Why I understand this sentences in this way, I explain here. My mind gets entangled in the external attributes of the entity that my senses can perceive; this is further coloured/distorted by my likes and dislikes creating a basis for my relationship and attachment with this entity. This bias is a product of my mind and can change any time. That means the creations of my mind (relationship, attachment and ownerships), which can change in a short time, cannot be taken to be enduring, they are not real; they are product of Maya. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The truth is that all the living entities are one. This is so because all have life in them, which is sustained by the same source ‘The Sat’. My mind, through its way of functioning, prevents me from seeing this reality - ‘The Sat’ in these entities – because it goes by the external attributes and my biases; it has no way to reach the real deep inside the being – ‘The Sat’- which alone is enduring and so real. My mind has made me live on unreal superfluous perception far remote from the real; this is the effect of Maya. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maya is originating from the way ‘The Sat’ has structured the beings and as a result ‘The Sat’ is said to be the creator of Maya. In other words Maya is a by-product of the creation by ‘The Sat’. </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'">kir kir vyKY kIqw Awpxw ijv iqs dI vifAweI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kar kar vay<u>kh</u>ai kee<u>t</u>aa aap<u>n</u>aa jiv <u>t</u>is <u>d</u>ee vadi-aa-ee.</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">Having created, ‘The Sat’ watches over its creation through its immenceness/greatness.</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'">jo iqsu BwvY soeI krsI hukmu n krxw jweI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jo <u>t</u>is <u>bh</u>aavai so-ee k{censored}e hukam na kar<u>n</u>aa jaa-ee.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">“The Sat’ does what pleases him (what is right), no order can be given to ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>My understanding</u></strong>:</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 me that ‘The Sat’ is above all, no one can bend or twist its will, what is right ‘The Sat’ will do on its own, we human or any other agency cannot impose her/his will on ‘The Sat’.</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'">so pwiqswhu swhw pwiqswihbu nwnk rhxu rjweI ]27] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">so paa<u>t</u>isaahu saahaa paa<u>t</u>isaahib naanak raha<u>n</u> rajaa-ee. ||27||</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 Sat’ is the King, King of kings, O’ Nanak live willingly under “The Sat’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My Learning from this Pauri</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib knew fully the perception that existed in the minds of the people of our land about the realm, which belongs to those whom they considered as ‘Supreme’ i.e. Gods. This perception is full of dualities and worldly attributes; this cannot be true because ‘The Sat’ can only be ‘One’. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To explain and deliver Sikhi to me, Guru Sahib starts this Pauri with the pertinent question; this question Guru Sahib has asked in the 1st sentence of the Pauri. Guru Sahib then takes me through the pluralities and finally tells me the position of Sikhi on this aspect. </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 me with all the elaboration that all that is created by mind is not real; it is Maya. All pluralities have their origin in mental perceptions and hence are Maya. “The Sat’ is only one. ‘The Sat’ cannot be forced by any one in any manner; it is absolutely independent and above all. I as an individual should willingly harmonise myself with the will of ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close.</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: 2611, member: 10"] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Dear Members,[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Today, I share with you my understanding of 27th Pauri of Japji Sahib.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]Preface[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Just literal translation of what is said by Guru Sahib in Japji Sahib does not satisfy me. I seek the spiritual message of our Guru Sahib from each of the Pauri. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]As I study 27th Pauri, I find that Guru Sahib has used the word ‘sing’ and its derivatives in many of its sentences. In one of the sentences Guru Sahib has stated that ‘Siddhas sing in Samadhi. I admit that I have not yet evolved to a level to go into Samadhi and know what it is from first experience, but what I have learnt about it is that in Samadhi there is absolute peace, in Samadhi no one sings. In other sentences too literal translation does not give me the satisfaction of learning. This makes me feel that literal meaning, which I was taking to be true, is not the real meaning, which Guru Sahib wanted to convey. This realisation made me look for alternatives. When I tried to condense this Pauri i.e. to grasp it in its totality, it lead me to the conclusion that Guru Sahib has used the word ‘sing’ and its derivatives as metaphor. In real sense it means a way to link with the intended entity – in this case the perceived entity is ‘The Supreme’. With this understanding the teachings of this Pauri started coming to me and I realised that my attempt to read the Pauri just literally will mask its real teachings.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]My understanding follows.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]1. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]so dru kyhw so Gru kyhw ijqu bih srb smwly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]so [u]d[/u]ar kayhaa so [u]gh[/u]ar kayhaa ji[u]t[/u] bahi sarab samaalay.[/size][/font] [font=Tahoma][size=3] [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] Guru Sahib asks; what type of gate it can be? What type of dwelling it can be from where ‘Karta Purakh’ takes care of every thing?[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib knew every thing. This question he is not posing to himself. Through this question, Guru Sahib is making me think and come to my own conclusion. Guru Sahib is asking me how can ‘The Infinite Nirakaar’ be limited to a dwelling, which has entrance. We know that ‘Karta Purakh’ is everywhere independent of time - dwellings are needs of those who have Akaar; these are not needed for ‘Nirakaar’. This way without making very explicit, Guru Sahib has demolished the notion coming from mythology that belong to our land that there is a place somewhere up in the sky where ‘The Supreme’ resides. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]This way Guru Sahib is making me part of his chain of thought, carry an ordinary person like me through, and deliver me to Sikhi. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]2. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]vwjy nwd Anyk AsMKw kyqy vwvxhwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]vaajay naa[u]d[/u] anayk asan[u]kh[/u]aa kay[u]t[/u]ay vaava[u]n[/u]haaray. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]There is sound of Naad, and uncountable musicians play many instruments. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]One element of the mythology that belongs to our land tells that Naad (sound) was the first in creation. Naturally as the mythology advances in explaining the creation, instruments and musicians too came into existence and create an impression about the ambience in the place of dwelling of the perceived ‘Supreme’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has started telling me how the imaginative minds of we humans have given worldly attributes to creator of the world. This is a reverse process taking place – we humans are trying to portray what our creator looks like based on our way of living, though we know nothing of this ‘Supreme’. How can we human do it – ‘Nirakaar’ cannot be portrayed, trying to do it shows our limited nature. All our human faculties have evolved to cope with our living in this material world; they have not evolved the interface to ‘The Sat’; how can we portray this undefined entity. All these are imagination of human mind.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]This process of portraying ‘The Sat’, takes us away from it. ‘The Sat’ whom we cannot perceive just on our own is revealed only through the grace of ‘Karta Purakh’– ‘Gurparsadi’. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] This way Guru Sahib is telling me how we human create pluralities.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]3. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kyqy rwg prI isau khIAin kyqy gwvxhwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kay[u]t[/u]ay raag paree si-o kahee-an kay[u]t[/u]ay gaava[u]n[/u]haaray. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Any Raga you know there are large number of singers who can sing it.[/size][/font] [b][u][size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size][/u][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has chosen one ambience that of music, which is perceived to exist in the place of dwelling of ‘The Supreme’ according to the mythology belonging to our land. Though music and singing, though living in this world, one can imagine oneself to be part of the ambience of the place of dwelling of ‘The Supreme’. That is why I take this word –sing or its derivatives – as metaphor, which conveys a sort of linkage to ‘The Supreme’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Here Guru Sahib has said that any Raga, which you know and name it, there are many singers who can render it. In other words, any link with ‘The Supreme’ one imagines, there are many others who are illegible to live in the realm of ‘The Supreme’. This again adds to the plurality. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]My learning from earlier Pauris tells me that ‘The Sat’ is one and is Nirakaar’. ‘The Sat’ does not need any ones company. Without criticising, Guru Sahib is putting me on the right path, removing the pluralities that can be in my mind as a result of the accepted mythology of our land.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]4. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih quhno pauxu pwxI bYsMqru gwvY rwjw Drmu duAwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi [u]t[/u]uhno pa-u[u]n[/u] paa[u]n[/u]ee baisan[u]t[/u]ar gaavai raajaa [u]Dh[/u]aram [u]d[/u]u-aaray.[/size][/font] [font=Tahoma][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as air, water and fire. The kings sing at the door of Dharma.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Based on the prevailing mythology of our land, people perceive ‘The Supreme’ through the basic element from which life is made. These people try to link themselves to ‘The Supreme’ through these basic elements – air, water and fire; that existing in this world. Even the one who represents the ultimate in material world the King also sings at the door of spiritual world. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]5. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih icqu gupqu iliK jwxih iliK iliK Drmu vIcwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi chi[u]t[/u] gupa[u]t[/u] li[u]kh[/u] jaa[u]n[/u]eh li[u]kh[/u] li[u]kh[/u] [u]Dh[/u]aram veechaaray.[/size][/font] [font=Tahoma][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as Chitragupt who records and knows how ‘’Karmas get transformed into ‘Hukam’ and who keeps recording to distribute (administer) Dharma.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that to linkup with ‘The Supreme’, some people sing and praise ‘The Supreme’ as Chitragupt (an entity from the mythology of our land, whose stated task is to keep records of all the Karmas of all the living entities and help administration of Dharma). Here we note that by stretching our imagination we human have extrapolated the ways of our society to the perceived world or dwelling of ‘The Supreme’. This adds to the plurality.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font][font=Tahoma] [/font][size=3][font=Times New Roman]6. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih eIsru brmw dyvI sohin sdw svwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi eesar barmaa [u]d[/u]ayvee sohan sa[u]d[/u]aa savaaray.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as Shiva, Brahma, and ever adorned and beautiful Devi.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is adding to the list of different entities, which human imagination has created and to whom they sing, praise and try to linkup with. These entities referred in this sentence are prominent in Upanishad and are in human form. This too contributes to the plurality.[/size][/font][font=Tahoma] [/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]7. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih ieMd iedwsix bYTy dyviqAw dir nwly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi in[u]d[/u] i[u]d[/u]aasa[u]n[/u] bai[u]th[/u]ay [u]d[/u]ayvi[u]t[/u]i-aa [u]d[/u]ar naalay. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as Indra sitting on his throne with Devetas along with him at his place of dwelling.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Here Guru Sahib has added to the list of pluralities that human mind of our land has created, and to whom people sing and praise to linkup with their perceived ‘Supreme’. The entities referred in this sentence are in human form and are from Vedas.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]8. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih isD smwDI AMdir gwvin swD ivcwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi si[u]Dh[/u] samaa[u]Dh[/u]ee an[u]d[/u]ar gaavan saa[u]Dh[/u] vichaaray. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Siddh sing within them while in deep meditation, Saadhus sing while contemplating.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]Guru Sahib in this sentence has moved from entities that are in human form to abstracts processes like meditation and contemplation to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’. These methods of linkup, contribute further to the plurality. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]9. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvin jqI sqI sMqoKI gwvih vIr krwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavan ja[u]t[/u]ee sa[u]t[/u]ee san[u]t[/u]o[u]kh[/u]ee gaavahi veer karaaray. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Fanatics, celibate, contended, sing, hard-core warriors sing.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]Having explained to me the plurality of the sought entity and the methods used to link with this ‘Supreme’, here Guru Sahib is telling me that people having from different natures try to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ in this way. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]10. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvin pMifq pVin rKIsr jugu jugu vydw nwly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavan pandi[u]t[/u] pa[u]rh[/u]an ra[u]kh[/u]eesar jug jug vay[u]d[/u]aa naalay. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Pundits (Brahmins) who are the custodian of Vedas for long time sing to you from its script.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib now tells me about another component of the plurality i.e. the ritualistic reading of scripture as a perceived method to linkup with the intended ‘Supreme’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]11. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih mohxIAw mnu mohin surgw mC pieAwly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi moh[u]n[/u]ee-aa man mohan surgaa ma[u]chh[/u] pa-i-aalay.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as Mohini, who can win over the hearts, and serve from the cup.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Mohini is another entity that comes from the mythology of our land. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]During Churning of sea by Suras and the Asuras, Vishnu is said to have taken the form of exceedingly beautiful charming lady who captured the heart of all the Asuras (except two). While the Asuras kept there attention on this charming lady, she served the Nectar to the Suras leaving nothing for the Asuras thereby denying them the fruits of their hard labour they put in to churn the sea. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]This heart capturing attribute is also sung to praise and linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ – another element of plurality. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]12. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvin rqn aupwey qyry ATsiT qIrQ nwly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavan ra[u]t[/u]an upaa-ay [u]t[/u]ayray a[u]th[/u]sa[u]th[/u] [u]t[/u]irath naalay. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Even the gem of people sings to you about the 68 places of pilgrimage as a way to reach you.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib now introduces me to another aspect that has its origin in the mythology of our land – the 68 places of worship. This is another method perceived by human mind to linkup with ‘The Supreme’. This adds another variation i.e. another plurality.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]13. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih joD mhwbl sUrw gwvih KwxI cwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi jo[u]Dh[/u] mahaabal sooraa gaavahi [u]kh[/u]aa[u]n[/u]ee chaaray.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The powerful sing to you and these songs come from all the four segments. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that even the most powerful people, all the people from the four segments (castes) try to linkup with the perceived ‘Supreme’ through methods, which are the creation of human mind. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]14. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]gwvih KMf mMfl vrBMfw kir kir rKy Dwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]gaavahi [u]kh[/u]and mandal var[u]bh[/u]andaa kar kar ra[u]kh[/u]ay [u]Dh[/u]aaray.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]They sing to you as planets, group of planets, and galaxies that you have created and maintained in place.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]15. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]syeI quDuno gwvih jo quDu Bwvin rqy qyry Bgq rswly ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]say-ee [u]t[/u]u[u]Dh[/u]uno gaavahi jo [u]t[/u]u[u]Dh[/u] [u]bh[/u]aavan ra[u]t[/u]ay [u]t[/u]ayray [u]bh[/u]aga[u]t[/u] rasaalay.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Only those can sing in the right way to you, whom you grace and they remain imbued in your Bhagati.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that even in this world of pluralities there are individuals who link up with ‘The Supreme’. These are the people who are graced by the ‘Karta Purakh’. Here he has again emphasised to me the importance and relevance of the concept of ‘Gurparsadi’. In a way Guru Sahib is telling me that I should shed the feeling of ‘I’ – the ego, my Ahamkara. The real doer is ‘Karta Purakh’. What ever I am is as a result of the grace of ‘Karta Purakh’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]16. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]hoir kyqy gwvin sy mY iciq n Awvin nwnku ikAw vIcwry ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]hor kay[u]t[/u]ay gaavan say mai chi[u]t[/u] na aavan naanak ki-aa veechaaray. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]There are so many more entities and methods through which people sing to you, all those do not come to the mind even after trying to remember.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]Guru Sahib is telling me that the extent of pluralities that human mind has created is mind-boggling. Even if one tries to thoughtfully list all, some are sure to be missed. [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]17. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]soeI soeI sdw scu swihbu swcw swcI nweI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]so-ee so-ee sa[u]d[/u]aa sach saahib saachaa saachee naa-ee. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Only that is the ‘One’ who is always true, is true supreme, whose name itself is true.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib in this one sentence has introduced us to ‘Ek Onkar’ steering clearly away from all pluralities that human mind has created. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]His logic here is very clear. If ‘Karta Purakh’ is one then what is the need for us to think differently about it? In fact what is the need to even create any image about ‘Karta Purakh’ in our mind; it is bound to false. Human brain has no faculty or system ability to perceive ‘Karta Purakh’ on its own. What is the need to conceptualise ‘Karta Purakh’ in one form or another? We have to become pure. Pure we will be when we shed Ahamkara and follow our Dharma, be socially useful and surrender to the Hukam of the ‘Karta Purakh’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Even my use of the word ‘Karta Purakh’, in a way gives name to the Supreme. The above sentence of the Japji Sahib tells me that I am creating an image in my mind. Guru Sahib has told me very clearly in this sentence not to do so. Now onward I will refer to this Supreme only as [b]‘The Sat’. [/b] There is no need for me to think beyond this for two reasons; first my faculties as human being, on their own, cannot introduce me to ‘The Sat’ and second ‘The Sat’ cannot be captured.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]18. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]hY BI hosI jwie n jwsI rcnw ijin rcweI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]hai [u]bh[/u]ee hosee jaa-ay na jaasee rachnaa jin rachaa-ee. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]‘The Sat’ is, shall always be, and shall be there even if the creation departs.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib in this sentence has emphasised the independence of ‘The Sat’ from any external agency and time.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]19. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]rMgI rMgI BwqI kir kir ijnsI mwieAw ijin aupweI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]rangee rangee [u]bh[/u]aa[u]t[/u]ee kar kar jinsee maa-i-aa jin upaa-ee. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]‘The Sat’ has created different entities in so many colours, which has given rise to Maya.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]: [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]First, I must share with you my understanding of what I understand from the term Maya.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Maya is a word, which is in common knowledge of the people of our land. Each individual understands it in her/his own way; broadly it is taken that what can change is Maya. Some even call life as Maya; I do not agree with this extreme view.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]My studies tell me that all physical entities in this universe are real. I am real, you are real, men are real, women are real, all that constitute plant and animal kingdoms are real, rivers, mountains, sea, land, planets, galaxies are real, food, money, wealth etc all are real; they are not Maya.[/size][/font] [font='Times New Roman'][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]All the [u]relationships and consequent attachments or ownership[/u] that we establish with these physical entities through the function of our mind are Maya. These relationships and attachments are the product of our mind. I like a person so I seek her/his company; I dislike an individual so I avoid her/him. I like a car so I do every thing to have one. I am emotionally involved with some one, all what she/he does appear right to me. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The relationships, attachments and feeling of ownership create a veil on my intellect, which prevents me to see the truth in the object of my interest or disinterest. These emotional involvement – positive or negative – colour the inputs that my senses receive about the object of interest, creating a bias, before that are presented to cognitive processes of my brain to act upon them, naturally the out put of the cognitive process is going to be false. This way, I move away from the truth. The effect of this is faulty perception that is not true, not real. The end product of this is Maya.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]In short all what nature creates – living and none living – are real. All what mind creates through relationships, attachments and feeling of ownerships are Maya. With this I revert back to what I understand from the sentence of this Pauri.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib tells me that ‘The Sat’ has created so many entities with different attributes that we take them to be different in real sense and establish different relationships and attachments with them. This is the primary cause of creation of Maya and so in this way ‘The Sat’ is the creator of Maya. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Why I understand this sentences in this way, I explain here. My mind gets entangled in the external attributes of the entity that my senses can perceive; this is further coloured/distorted by my likes and dislikes creating a basis for my relationship and attachment with this entity. This bias is a product of my mind and can change any time. That means the creations of my mind (relationship, attachment and ownerships), which can change in a short time, cannot be taken to be enduring, they are not real; they are product of Maya. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The truth is that all the living entities are one. This is so because all have life in them, which is sustained by the same source ‘The Sat’. My mind, through its way of functioning, prevents me from seeing this reality - ‘The Sat’ in these entities – because it goes by the external attributes and my biases; it has no way to reach the real deep inside the being – ‘The Sat’- which alone is enduring and so real. My mind has made me live on unreal superfluous perception far remote from the real; this is the effect of Maya. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Maya is originating from the way ‘The Sat’ has structured the beings and as a result ‘The Sat’ is said to be the creator of Maya. In other words Maya is a by-product of the creation by ‘The Sat’. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]20. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kir kir vyKY kIqw Awpxw ijv iqs dI vifAweI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kar kar vay[u]kh[/u]ai kee[u]t[/u]aa aap[u]n[/u]aa jiv [u]t[/u]is [u]d[/u]ee vadi-aa-ee. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Having created, ‘The Sat’ watches over its creation through its immenceness/greatness.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]21. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jo iqsu BwvY soeI krsI hukmu n krxw jweI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jo [u]t[/u]is [u]bh[/u]aavai so-ee k{censored}e hukam na kar[u]n[/u]aa jaa-ee.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]“The Sat’ does what pleases him (what is right), no order can be given to ‘The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][u]My understanding[/u][/b]:[/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that ‘The Sat’ is above all, no one can bend or twist its will, what is right ‘The Sat’ will do on its own, we human or any other agency cannot impose her/his will on ‘The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]22. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]so pwiqswhu swhw pwiqswihbu nwnk rhxu rjweI ]27] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]so paa[u]t[/u]isaahu saahaa paa[u]t[/u]isaahib naanak raha[u]n[/u] rajaa-ee. ||27|| [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]‘The Sat’ is the King, King of kings, O’ Nanak live willingly under “The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My Learning from this Pauri[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [font=Times New Roman][size=3] [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib knew fully the perception that existed in the minds of the people of our land about the realm, which belongs to those whom they considered as ‘Supreme’ i.e. Gods. This perception is full of dualities and worldly attributes; this cannot be true because ‘The Sat’ can only be ‘One’. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]To explain and deliver Sikhi to me, Guru Sahib starts this Pauri with the pertinent question; this question Guru Sahib has asked in the 1st sentence of the Pauri. Guru Sahib then takes me through the pluralities and finally tells me the position of Sikhi on this aspect. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me with all the elaboration that all that is created by mind is not real; it is Maya. All pluralities have their origin in mental perceptions and hence are Maya. “The Sat’ is only one. ‘The Sat’ cannot be forced by any one in any manner; it is absolutely independent and above all. I as an individual should willingly harmonise myself with the will of ‘The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]With this I close.[/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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Guru Granth Sahib
Jup Banee
Japji Sahib - Pauri 27th
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