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Guru Granth Sahib
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 19th
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 1811" 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">Through this post, I share my understanding of the 19th Pauri of Japji Sahib with you.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As I proceed with this work, I give serial numbers to the sentences of this Pauri to facilitate subsequent reference.</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'">AsMK nwv AsMK Qwv ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">asaN<u>kh</u> naav asaN<u>kh</u> thaav.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Countless names, countless places.</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 this sentence</u>:</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 is telling me that countless names are given to ‘The Sat’ and is then it is related to countless places.</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'">AgMm AgMm AsMK loA ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">agamm agamm asaN<u>kh</u> lo-a.</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">Inaccessible, unapproachable realms are.</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 this 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 is telling me that realms are conceived which are inaccessible and unapproachable for we humans. In a way Guru Sahib is questioning their existence.</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'">AsMK khih isir Bwru hoie ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">asaN<u>kh</u> kehahi sir <u>bh</u>aar ho-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">Even to mention these countless entities is a load on the mind.</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 this sentence</u>:</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 is conveying the enormity of the concepts that we human have created that they over load mental abilities, which is not necessary.</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'">AKrI nwmu AKrI swlwh ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a<u>kh</u>ree naam a<u>kh</u>ree saalaah.</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">Indestructible is Naam; the praises are for the Indestructible.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><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">(i) In the ‘Mool Mantar’ Guru Sahib has mentioned the word ‘Satnaam’; this word, as I understand, I first share with you. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">‘Sat’ is what remains when every other thing disappears. It is the essence of every entity. It is the fountain from which every other entity comes and it is the repository into which every entity ultimately merges. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">No one can give any name to this entity ‘The Sat’. As we know language is utilitarian; its history is no more than 60,000 years. We humans have created words for our ease of communication. Naturally words can have meaning only when they are in common experience. The commoner does not know what ‘The Sat’ is. Those who have experienced it have no words to express. Each word has some content resulting form it’s meaning. How any limitless be contained in a word. The moment someone give some name to ‘The Sat’, it gets limited by the meaning of the word. This difficulty our Guru Sahib also must have realised and did a wise thing; Guru Sahib did not give any name to ‘The Sat’ and left it as ‘Naam’. This word ‘Naam’ does not confine ‘The Sat’ in any way; it does not confer any attribute to ‘The Sat’; ‘The Sat’ remains unpolluted by referring to it as ‘Naam’. This was a great intellectual feat of our Guru Sahib. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(ii) The word ‘Akhree’ in the published literature on Siri Guru Granth Sahib is translated as word and on few occasions as letters. When I use this widely accepted meaning I have difficulty in understanding the spiritual meaning of the sentences of this Pauri where the word ‘Akar’ has been used. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I get another doubt. The words we human have created for our own convenience in our worldly life. How can our creation be vehicle to spirituality? How can ‘word’ be given so much importance? </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I know, Gurbani cannot be wrong my understanding can be. With this frame of mind I try to look for alternatives for the meaning that is suggested for Akhar in the published literature.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My search tells me that Akhar in Gurmukhi means alphabet, which in Hindi means ‘Akshar’. Akshar in Hindi also means the one that cannot be destroyed. When I use this meaning – Indestructible- in these sentences the spiritual meaning starts dawning on me. This is why in the translation; I have used Indestructible for Akar. It means ‘The Sat’.</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 this sentence</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this sentence Guru Sahib has removes all the dualities. Guru Sahib have brought my focus back from dualities that existed in the minds of his audience and focused their attention to the unity; ‘Ek Onkaar’; to ‘The One’; to ‘The Sat’; to ‘The Indestructible’ that finally remains. </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'">AKrI igAwnu gIq gux gwh ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a<u>kh</u>ree gi-aan gee<u>t</u> gu<u>n</u> gaah.</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-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ‘The Indestructible’ is the repository of knowledge, the lyrics, songs (meaning fine arts) the virtues. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">AKrI ilKxu bolxu bwix ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a<u>kh</u>ree li<u>kh</u>a<u>n</u> bola<u>n</u> baa<u>n</u>.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is about ‘The Indestructible’ that the written and spoken Bani is.</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'">AKrw isir sMjogu vKwix ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a<u>kh</u>raa sir sanjog va<u>kh</u>aa<u>n</u>.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">‘The Indestructible’ is the source of all happenings and their elaborations.</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'">ijin eyih ilKy iqsu isir nwih ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jin ayhi li<u>kh</u>ay <u>t</u>is sir naahi.</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 One’ who has created all this has no source for itself.</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 this 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 elaborated in this sentence what he meant when he said ‘saibhan’ in the ‘Mool Mantar’. ‘The Sat’; ‘The Indestructible’ does not need any sustenance from anywhere; it is on it’s own.</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'">ijv Purmwey iqv iqv pwih ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jiv furmaa-ay <u>t</u>iv <u>t</u>iv paahi.</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">As ‘Karta Purakh’ ordains that is what the respective individual gets.</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'">jyqw kIqw qyqw nwau ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jay<u>t</u>aa kee<u>t</u>aa <u>t</u>ay<u>t</u>aa naa-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">As are ones deeds so is the name.</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 this 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 is telling me that my Karmas will decide my proximity to ‘The Naam’, in a way to the ‘The Sat’.</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'">ivxu nwvY nwhI ko Qwau ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vi<u>n</u> naavai naahee ko thaa-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">With out ‘The Naam’ there is no place. </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 this 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 is telling me that without realising the intent of ‘Naam’ there is no place for me in the spiritual world.</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'">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'">13. </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 once.</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'">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'">15. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]19] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">oo sa<u>d</u>aa salaama<u>t</u> nirankaar. ||19||</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">You 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>My learning from 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 in this Pauri have mentioned the futility of the multiple conceptualisation of ‘The One’ i.e. ‘Ek Onkar’. Guru Sahib has emphasised that all emerge from a common source and that this source is on its own; it does not need any support, sustenance or any input from any quarter; it is ‘Saibhan’ as stated in the ‘Mool Mantar’.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In other words Guru Sahib has elaborated all this in detail to instill in us the truth that there is ‘Ek Onkar’ only.</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: 1811, member: 10"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Members,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Through this post, I share my understanding of the 19th Pauri of Japji Sahib with you.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As I proceed with this work, I give serial numbers to the sentences of this Pauri to facilitate subsequent reference.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]1. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AsMK nwv AsMK Qwv ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]asaN[U]kh[/U] naav asaN[U]kh[/U] thaav.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Countless names, countless places.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here Guru Sahib is telling me that countless names are given to ‘The Sat’ and is then it is related to countless places.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]2. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AgMm AgMm AsMK loA ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]agamm agamm asaN[U]kh[/U] lo-a. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Inaccessible, unapproachable realms are.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that realms are conceived which are inaccessible and unapproachable for we humans. In a way Guru Sahib is questioning their existence.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]3. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AsMK khih isir Bwru hoie ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]asaN[U]kh[/U] kehahi sir [U]bh[/U]aar ho-ay. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Even to mention these countless entities is a load on the mind.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here Guru Sahib is conveying the enormity of the concepts that we human have created that they over load mental abilities, which is not necessary.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]4. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AKrI nwmu AKrI swlwh ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]a[U]kh[/U]ree naam a[U]kh[/U]ree saalaah. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Indestructible is Naam; the praises are for the Indestructible.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][U]Discussion[/U]:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](i) In the ‘Mool Mantar’ Guru Sahib has mentioned the word ‘Satnaam’; this word, as I understand, I first share with you. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]‘Sat’ is what remains when every other thing disappears. It is the essence of every entity. It is the fountain from which every other entity comes and it is the repository into which every entity ultimately merges. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]No one can give any name to this entity ‘The Sat’. As we know language is utilitarian; its history is no more than 60,000 years. We humans have created words for our ease of communication. Naturally words can have meaning only when they are in common experience. The commoner does not know what ‘The Sat’ is. Those who have experienced it have no words to express. Each word has some content resulting form it’s meaning. How any limitless be contained in a word. The moment someone give some name to ‘The Sat’, it gets limited by the meaning of the word. This difficulty our Guru Sahib also must have realised and did a wise thing; Guru Sahib did not give any name to ‘The Sat’ and left it as ‘Naam’. This word ‘Naam’ does not confine ‘The Sat’ in any way; it does not confer any attribute to ‘The Sat’; ‘The Sat’ remains unpolluted by referring to it as ‘Naam’. This was a great intellectual feat of our Guru Sahib. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](ii) The word ‘Akhree’ in the published literature on Siri Guru Granth Sahib is translated as word and on few occasions as letters. When I use this widely accepted meaning I have difficulty in understanding the spiritual meaning of the sentences of this Pauri where the word ‘Akar’ has been used. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I get another doubt. The words we human have created for our own convenience in our worldly life. How can our creation be vehicle to spirituality? How can ‘word’ be given so much importance? [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I know, Gurbani cannot be wrong my understanding can be. With this frame of mind I try to look for alternatives for the meaning that is suggested for Akhar in the published literature.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My search tells me that Akhar in Gurmukhi means alphabet, which in Hindi means ‘Akshar’. Akshar in Hindi also means the one that cannot be destroyed. When I use this meaning – Indestructible- in these sentences the spiritual meaning starts dawning on me. This is why in the translation; I have used Indestructible for Akar. It means ‘The Sat’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In this sentence Guru Sahib has removes all the dualities. Guru Sahib have brought my focus back from dualities that existed in the minds of his audience and focused their attention to the unity; ‘Ek Onkaar’; to ‘The One’; to ‘The Sat’; to ‘The Indestructible’ that finally remains. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]5. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AKrI igAwnu gIq gux gwh ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]a[U]kh[/U]ree gi-aan gee[U]t[/U] gu[U]n[/U] gaah. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] ‘The Indestructible’ is the repository of knowledge, the lyrics, songs (meaning fine arts) the virtues. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]6. [/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AKrI ilKxu bolxu bwix ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]a[U]kh[/U]ree li[U]kh[/U]a[U]n[/U] bola[U]n[/U] baa[U]n[/U].[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is about ‘The Indestructible’ that the written and spoken Bani is.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]7. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]AKrw isir sMjogu vKwix ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]a[U]kh[/U]raa sir sanjog va[U]kh[/U]aa[U]n[/U].[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]‘The Indestructible’ is the source of all happenings and their elaborations.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]8. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]ijin eyih ilKy iqsu isir nwih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jin ayhi li[U]kh[/U]ay [U]t[/U]is sir naahi. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]‘The One’ who has created all this has no source for itself.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib has elaborated in this sentence what he meant when he said ‘saibhan’ in the ‘Mool Mantar’. ‘The Sat’; ‘The Indestructible’ does not need any sustenance from anywhere; it is on it’s own.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]9. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]ijv Purmwey iqv iqv pwih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jiv furmaa-ay [U]t[/U]iv [U]t[/U]iv paahi. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As ‘Karta Purakh’ ordains that is what the respective individual gets.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]10. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]jyqw kIqw qyqw nwau ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jay[U]t[/U]aa kee[U]t[/U]aa [U]t[/U]ay[U]t[/U]aa naa-o. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As are ones deeds so is the name.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that my Karmas will decide my proximity to ‘The Naam’, in a way to the ‘The Sat’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]11. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]ivxu nwvY nwhI ko Qwau ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]vi[U]n[/U] naavai naahee ko thaa-o. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With out ‘The Naam’ there is no place. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this sentence[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that without realising the intent of ‘Naam’ there is no place for me in the spiritual world.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]12. [/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]13. [/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 once.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]14. [/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]15. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]19] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][U][FONT=Tahoma]t[/FONT][/U][FONT=Tahoma]oo sa[U]d[/U]aa salaama[U]t[/U] nirankaar. ||19||[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]You Ever present Formless.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My learning from this Pauri[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib in this Pauri have mentioned the futility of the multiple conceptualisation of ‘The One’ i.e. ‘Ek Onkar’. Guru Sahib has emphasised that all emerge from a common source and that this source is on its own; it does not need any support, sustenance or any input from any quarter; it is ‘Saibhan’ as stated in the ‘Mool Mantar’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In other words Guru Sahib has elaborated all this in detail to instill in us the truth that there is ‘Ek Onkar’ only.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With Love and Respect for all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Amarpal[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 19th
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