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Shabad, Naam, Amrit, Hukam, Guru - Are They Synonyms?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 194829" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Gyani ji is correct about splitting hairs. I can see how these terms are as Mr. Grewal has stated, "inter-connected." I cannot see how these terms are synonyms for one another or interchangeable. Just as a thought-experiment, I chose 2 lines from Japuji Sahib in which Guru Nanak raises a problem and then resolves it. </p><p></p><p>The translation is by Dr. Manmohan Singh.</p><p></p><p></p><p>ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥</p><p>Kiv sacẖi▫ārā ho▫ī▫ai kiv kūrhai ṯutai pāl.</p><p>How can we be true and how can the screen of untruth be rent?</p><p></p><p>ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਚਲਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥</p><p>Hukam rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1||</p><p>O Nanak! By obeying, the pre-ordained order of the Lord's will.</p><p></p><p>The problem: how can we know the sat? How can the veil of illusion be torn from our perceptions? And the resolution is: by falling in line with "hukam" or more specifically with the all-governing nature of hukam itself.</p><p></p><p>Now the thought experiment. If we substitute 'guru" "amrit" "shabad" or "naam" in place of "hukam" does that change Guru Nanak's meaning? </p><p></p><p>or.....Do the substitutions make sense? Hukam rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| <span style="color: Red">Guru</span> rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| <span style="color: Red">Shabad </span>rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| <span style="color: Red">Amrit </span>rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| <span style="color: Red">Naam</span> rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| I leave it to the kind readers to puzzle it out.</p><p></p><p>By making substitutions, the message that results is <em>perhaps</em> meaningful because guru, amrit, shabad and naam are interconnected with "hukam." But, are they so interchangeable that we can remove "hukam" and simply slide another word in as if the Japuji is constructed from LEGO building bricks. Instead, Guru Nanak chose to use "hukam" at the very beginning of the Japuji to get across a particular idea in the 1st pauree of the Japuji (which has a carefully ordered progression of understandings). He did not use any of the other 4 words. I have to believe Guru Nanak was deliberate when he made the choice, or he would have chosen different words. Splitting hairs leads us down a rabbit hole</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 194829, member: 35"] Gyani ji is correct about splitting hairs. I can see how these terms are as Mr. Grewal has stated, "inter-connected." I cannot see how these terms are synonyms for one another or interchangeable. Just as a thought-experiment, I chose 2 lines from Japuji Sahib in which Guru Nanak raises a problem and then resolves it. The translation is by Dr. Manmohan Singh. ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥ Kiv sacẖi▫ārā ho▫ī▫ai kiv kūrhai ṯutai pāl. How can we be true and how can the screen of untruth be rent? ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਚਲਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥ Hukam rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| O Nanak! By obeying, the pre-ordained order of the Lord's will. The problem: how can we know the sat? How can the veil of illusion be torn from our perceptions? And the resolution is: by falling in line with "hukam" or more specifically with the all-governing nature of hukam itself. Now the thought experiment. If we substitute 'guru" "amrit" "shabad" or "naam" in place of "hukam" does that change Guru Nanak's meaning? or.....Do the substitutions make sense? Hukam rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| [COLOR="Red"]Guru[/COLOR] rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| [COLOR="Red"]Shabad [/COLOR]rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| [COLOR="Red"]Amrit [/COLOR]rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| [COLOR="Red"]Naam[/COLOR] rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ||1|| I leave it to the kind readers to puzzle it out. By making substitutions, the message that results is [I]perhaps[/I] meaningful because guru, amrit, shabad and naam are interconnected with "hukam." But, are they so interchangeable that we can remove "hukam" and simply slide another word in as if the Japuji is constructed from LEGO building bricks. Instead, Guru Nanak chose to use "hukam" at the very beginning of the Japuji to get across a particular idea in the 1st pauree of the Japuji (which has a carefully ordered progression of understandings). He did not use any of the other 4 words. I have to believe Guru Nanak was deliberate when he made the choice, or he would have chosen different words. Splitting hairs leads us down a rabbit hole [/QUOTE]
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