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Japji Sahib - Pauri 21
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 2055" 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 with you my understanding of the 21st Pauri of the Japji Sahib.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The sentences of this Pauri are serially numbered.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. </span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">qIrQu qpu dieAw dqu dwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">irath <u>t</u>ap <u>d</u>a-i-aa <u>d</u>a<u>t</u> <u>d</u>aan.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Pilgrimage, austere discipline, compassion and charity.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. </span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jy ko pwvY iql kw mwnu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jay ko paavai <u>t</u>il kaa maan.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">One can get very little respect.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">suixAw mMinAw min kIqw Bwau ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">su<u>n</u>i-aa mani-aa man kee<u>t</u>aa <u>bh</u>aa-o.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Listen, accept and made part of the thinking and feeling.</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'">AMqrgiq qIriQ mil nwau ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">an<u>t</u>arga<u>t</u> <u>t</u>irath mal naa-o.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cleanse the shrine within oneself by ‘Naam’</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'">siB gux qyry mY nwhI koie ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sa<u>bh</u> gu<u>n</u> <u>t</u>ayray mai naahee ko-ay.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">All the virtues are yours, none are mine.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">ivxu gux kIqy Bgiq n hoie ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vi<u>n</u> gu<u>n</u> kee<u>t</u>ay <u>bh</u>aga<u>t</u> na ho-ay.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Without disowning the virtues one cannot become a Bhagat.</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'">suAsiq AwiQ bwxI brmwau ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">su-asa<u>t</u> aath ba<u>n</u>ee barmaa-o.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bowing to the saying of the Brahma</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">8. </span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">siq suhwxu sdw min cwau ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">sa<u>t</u> suhaa<u>n</u> sa<u>d</u>aa man chaa-o.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Sat is beautiful and eternally pleasing.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">9. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">kvxu su vylw vKqu kvxu kvx iQiq kvxu vwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kava<u>n</u> so vaylaa va<u>kh</u>a<u>t</u> kava<u>n</u> kava<u>n</u> thi<u>t</u> kava<u>n</u> vaar.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What were the times, period, day, and date?</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'">kvix is ruqI mwhu kvxu ijqu hoAw Awkwru ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kava<u>n</u> se ru<u>t</u>ee maahu kava<u>n</u> ji<u>t</u> ho-aa aakaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">What was the season, month when the form was created?</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'">vyl n pweIAw pMfqI ij hovY lyKu purwxu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vayl na paa-ee-aa pand<u>t</u>ee je hovai lay<u>kh</u> puraa<u>n</u>.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The pundits are unable to give the time even with the text of puran with them.</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'">vKqu n pwieE kwdIAw ij ilKin lyKu kurwxu ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">va<u>kh</u>a<u>t</u> na paa-i-o kaa<u>d</u>ee-aa je li<u>kh</u>an lay<u>kh</u> kuraa<u>n</u>.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Qazis are not able to tell the time that write the text of Kuran.</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'">iQiq vwru nw jogI jwxY ruiq mwhu nw koeI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">thi<u>t</u> vaar naa jogee jaa<u>n</u>ai ru<u>t</u> maahu naa ko-ee.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Yogis do not know date and day, no one knows the season and the month.</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'">jw krqw isrTI kau swjy Awpy jwxY soeI ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jaa kar<u>t</u>aa sir<u>th</u>ee ka-o saajay aapay jaa<u>n</u>ai so-ee.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The doer who created the universe alone knows it.</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'">ikv kir AwKw ikv swlwhI ikau vrnI ikv jwxw ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">kiv kar aa<u>kh</u>aa kiv saalaahee ki-o varnee kiv jaa<u>n</u>aa</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">How can we say, how can we praise, how can we describe, how can we know.</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'">nwnk AwKix sBu ko AwKY iek dU ieku isAwxw ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak aa<u>kh</u>a<u>n</u> sa<u>bh</u> ko aa<u>kh</u>ai ik <u>d</u>oo ik si-aa<u>n</u>aa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nanak, each one considers himself to be wiser than the other.</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'">vfw swihbu vfI nweI kIqw jw kw hovY ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">vadaa saahib vadee naa-ee kee<u>t</u>aa jaa kaa hovai.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The greatest is the Sahib (Karta Purakh), the great is his name, who is the doer behind all that happens.</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'">nwnk jy ko AwpO jwxY AgY gieAw n sohY ]21] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak jay ko aapou jaa<u>n</u>ai agai ga-i-aa na sohai. ||21||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nanak, one who knows by himself (the reality) does not feel elegant in placing himself ahead.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>Discussion</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this Pauri Guru Sahib has basically focused on two entities, which are connected to each other. First are the religious practices and rituals and second are the individuals who create these, i.e. the priestly class. He has shown me the path that I must follow.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>My learning from 1st to 4th sentence of this Pauri</u>: </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib in these four sentences have told me that all the prevailing practices like charity; compassion; austere discipline; pilgrimage etc cannot take me much further on the way to spirituality. And I know Guru Sahib is right because these actions are at the interface between the external society and me; they are not touching my inner self. My core has to vibrate with ‘The Sat’, if I have to become intrinsically spiritual. In the 3rd and 4th sentence Guru Sahib tells me that clean, i.e. pure mind/core is what is needed for me to advance further on the path to spirituality. Guru Sahib tells me that my core can be made pure by washing it with ‘Naam’. </span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The way I understand it, I 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">If I mechanically keep repeating the ‘Naam’ it will be nothing more than the other rituals as such action too is at the interface between me and the external world; it will not touch my core. ‘Naam’ will clean my core only when all my mental faculties are involved in ‘Simran’, that alone will guide reformatting of me and usher me to purity.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>My learning from 5th to 8th sentence of this Pauri</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In these two lines Guru Sahib have told me in clear words that what ever is with me, I should not own it. All belongs to ‘Karta Purakh’. Without doing so, I really cannot be a Bhagat.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib says that as Bhagat, he bows to the creator, who is ‘Sat’ and is ever pleasing.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The way I have understood it, I 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">If I start owning what I have, it will strengthen Ahamkara in me. This Ahamkara is one entity, which separates me from ‘The Sat’. Guru Sahib has showed me the way to make ‘Simran’ more effective, which alone can make me pure. If the Ahamkara disappears; the mental resistance gets dissolved. Consequently, the impediment to the cleansing process gets removed.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>My learning from 9th to 14th sentence of this Pauri</u>:</span></span></strong></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 individuals constituting the priestly class, with all the scripture at their disposal, are not able to tell when the ‘forms’ where created –time, date, period, month and season. They do not know. Only the ‘Doer’ who created knows it. </span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The way I understand this, I 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">Guru Sahib is telling me that the knowledge of the individuals belonging is not complete; they are not a substitute for ‘Karta Purakh’. The real knowledge is with ‘The Sat’. So why follow the priestly class when you can have the direct way with ‘Karta Purakh’ possible i.e. through ‘Naam’. Guru Sahib is asking me to become deep in spirituality rather than follow the rituals suggested by the individuals from priestly class. Guru Sahib is asking me to learn on my own and become a true Bhagat. </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 15th to 19th sentences</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib again draws my attention to the immenseness and unlimited ness of ‘The Sat’. He says: how can we say about him? How can we describe him? How can we praise him? How can we know him? In a way he is making me realise my limited ness. Yet, he says, people are competing to do this impossible (describing ‘Karta Purakh’), each claiming oneself to be wiser than the other.</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 Sahib (Karta Purakh) is above all, his name is the Ultimate, and it is He who is behind all that happens.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Guru Sahib adds that the one, who has realised this in her/his being will not feel comfortable or proper to place oneself ahead 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">As I understand these teachings, I 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">Guru Sahib is asking us to become spiritual and directly seek the ‘Sat’ and not to go through any intermediary.</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: 2055, member: 10"] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Dear members,[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Through this post, I share with you my understanding of the 21st Pauri of the Japji Sahib.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The sentences of this Pauri are serially numbered.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [color=maroon][font=Times New Roman][size=3]1. [/size][/font][/color][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]qIrQu qpu dieAw dqu dwnu ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u][font=Tahoma]t[/font][/u][font=Tahoma]irath [u]t[/u]ap [u]d[/u]a-i-aa [u]d[/u]a[u]t[/u] [u]d[/u]aan.[/font][/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Pilgrimage, austere discipline, compassion and charity.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [color=maroon][font=Times New Roman][size=3]2. [/size][/font][/color][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jy ko pwvY iql kw mwnu ] [/font][/color][font=Times New Roman][size=3]jay ko paavai [u]t[/u]il kaa maan. One can get very little respect.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]3. [/size][/font][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]suixAw mMinAw min kIqw Bwau ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]su[u]n[/u]i-aa mani-aa man kee[u]t[/u]aa [u]bh[/u]aa-o.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Listen, accept and made part of the thinking and feeling.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]4. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]AMqrgiq qIriQ mil nwau ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]an[u]t[/u]arga[u]t[/u] [u]t[/u]irath mal naa-o.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Cleanse the shrine within oneself by ‘Naam’[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]5. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]siB gux qyry mY nwhI koie ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]sa[u]bh[/u] gu[u]n[/u] [u]t[/u]ayray mai naahee ko-ay.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]All the virtues are yours, none are mine.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]6. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]ivxu gux kIqy Bgiq n hoie ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]vi[u]n[/u] gu[u]n[/u] kee[u]t[/u]ay [u]bh[/u]aga[u]t[/u] na ho-ay.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Without disowning the virtues one cannot become a Bhagat.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]7. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]suAsiq AwiQ bwxI brmwau ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]su-asa[u]t[/u] aath ba[u]n[/u]ee barmaa-o. [/font][font=Times New Roman]Bowing to the saying of the Brahma[/font][/size] [size=3][/size] [color=maroon][font=Times New Roman][size=3]8. [/size][/font][/color][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]siq suhwxu sdw min cwau ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]sa[u]t[/u] suhaa[u]n[/u] sa[u]d[/u]aa man chaa-o. [/font][font=Times New Roman]The Sat is beautiful and eternally pleasing.[/font][/size] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]9. [/size][/font][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kvxu su vylw vKqu kvxu kvx iQiq kvxu vwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kava[u]n[/u] so vaylaa va[u]kh[/u]a[u]t[/u] kava[u]n[/u] kava[u]n[/u] thi[u]t[/u] kava[u]n[/u] vaar.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]What were the times, period, day, and date?[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]10. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]kvix is ruqI mwhu kvxu ijqu hoAw Awkwru ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]kava[u]n[/u] se ru[u]t[/u]ee maahu kava[u]n[/u] ji[u]t[/u] ho-aa aakaar. [/font][font=Times New Roman]What was the season, month when the form was created?[/font][/size] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]11. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]vyl n pweIAw pMfqI ij hovY lyKu purwxu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]vayl na paa-ee-aa pand[u]t[/u]ee je hovai lay[u]kh[/u] puraa[u]n[/u].[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The pundits are unable to give the time even with the text of puran with them.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]12. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]vKqu n pwieE kwdIAw ij ilKin lyKu kurwxu ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]va[u]kh[/u]a[u]t[/u] na paa-i-o kaa[u]d[/u]ee-aa je li[u]kh[/u]an lay[u]kh[/u] kuraa[u]n[/u].[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The Qazis are not able to tell the time that write the text of Kuran.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]13. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]iQiq vwru nw jogI jwxY ruiq mwhu nw koeI ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]thi[u]t[/u] vaar naa jogee jaa[u]n[/u]ai ru[u]t[/u] maahu naa ko-ee.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Yogis do not know date and day, no one knows the season and the month.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]14. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jw krqw isrTI kau swjy Awpy jwxY soeI ] [/font][/color][color=green][font=WebLipiHeavy][/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jaa kar[u]t[/u]aa sir[u]th[/u]ee ka-o saajay aapay jaa[u]n[/u]ai so-ee.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The doer who created the universe alone knows it.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]15. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]ikv kir AwKw ikv swlwhI ikau vrnI ikv jwxw ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]kiv kar aa[u]kh[/u]aa kiv saalaahee ki-o varnee kiv jaa[u]n[/u]aa[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]How can we say, how can we praise, how can we describe, how can we know.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]16 [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]nwnk AwKix sBu ko AwKY iek dU ieku isAwxw ] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]naanak aa[u]kh[/u]a[u]n[/u] sa[u]bh[/u] ko aa[u]kh[/u]ai ik [u]d[/u]oo ik si-aa[u]n[/u]aa. [/font][font=Times New Roman]Nanak, each one considers himself to be wiser than the other.[/font][/size] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]17. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]vfw swihbu vfI nweI kIqw jw kw hovY ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]vadaa saahib vadee naa-ee kee[u]t[/u]aa jaa kaa hovai.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The greatest is the Sahib (Karta Purakh), the great is his name, who is the doer behind all that happens.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]19. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]nwnk jy ko AwpO jwxY AgY gieAw n sohY ]21] [/font][/color][size=3][font=Tahoma]naanak jay ko aapou jaa[u]n[/u]ai agai ga-i-aa na sohai. ||21|| [/font][font=Times New Roman]Nanak, one who knows by himself (the reality) does not feel elegant in placing himself ahead.[/font][/size] [b][font=Times New Roman][size=3][u]Discussion[/u]:[/size][/font][/b] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]In this Pauri Guru Sahib has basically focused on two entities, which are connected to each other. First are the religious practices and rituals and second are the individuals who create these, i.e. the priestly class. He has shown me the path that I must follow.[/size][/font] [b][font=Times New Roman][size=3][u]My learning from 1st to 4th sentence of this Pauri[/u]: [/size][/font][/b] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib in these four sentences have told me that all the prevailing practices like charity; compassion; austere discipline; pilgrimage etc cannot take me much further on the way to spirituality. And I know Guru Sahib is right because these actions are at the interface between the external society and me; they are not touching my inner self. My core has to vibrate with ‘The Sat’, if I have to become intrinsically spiritual. In the 3rd and 4th sentence Guru Sahib tells me that clean, i.e. pure mind/core is what is needed for me to advance further on the path to spirituality. Guru Sahib tells me that my core can be made pure by washing it with ‘Naam’. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The way I understand it, I share with you. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]If I mechanically keep repeating the ‘Naam’ it will be nothing more than the other rituals as such action too is at the interface between me and the external world; it will not touch my core. ‘Naam’ will clean my core only when all my mental faculties are involved in ‘Simran’, that alone will guide reformatting of me and usher me to purity.[/size][/font] [b][font=Times New Roman][size=3][u]My learning from 5th to 8th sentence of this Pauri[/u]:[/size][/font][/b] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]In these two lines Guru Sahib have told me in clear words that what ever is with me, I should not own it. All belongs to ‘Karta Purakh’. Without doing so, I really cannot be a Bhagat.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib says that as Bhagat, he bows to the creator, who is ‘Sat’ and is ever pleasing.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The way I have understood it, I share with you. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]If I start owning what I have, it will strengthen Ahamkara in me. This Ahamkara is one entity, which separates me from ‘The Sat’. Guru Sahib has showed me the way to make ‘Simran’ more effective, which alone can make me pure. If the Ahamkara disappears; the mental resistance gets dissolved. Consequently, the impediment to the cleansing process gets removed.[/size][/font] [b][font=Times New Roman][size=3][u]My learning from 9th to 14th sentence of this Pauri[/u]:[/size][/font][/b] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib tells me that the individuals constituting the priestly class, with all the scripture at their disposal, are not able to tell when the ‘forms’ where created –time, date, period, month and season. They do not know. Only the ‘Doer’ who created knows it. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The way I understand this, I share with you.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that the knowledge of the individuals belonging is not complete; they are not a substitute for ‘Karta Purakh’. The real knowledge is with ‘The Sat’. So why follow the priestly class when you can have the direct way with ‘Karta Purakh’ possible i.e. through ‘Naam’. Guru Sahib is asking me to become deep in spirituality rather than follow the rituals suggested by the individuals from priestly class. Guru Sahib is asking me to learn on my own and become a true Bhagat. [/size][/font] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My learning from 15th to 19th sentences[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib again draws my attention to the immenseness and unlimited ness of ‘The Sat’. He says: how can we say about him? How can we describe him? How can we praise him? How can we know him? In a way he is making me realise my limited ness. Yet, he says, people are competing to do this impossible (describing ‘Karta Purakh’), each claiming oneself to be wiser than the other.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib tells me that the Sahib (Karta Purakh) is above all, his name is the Ultimate, and it is He who is behind all that happens.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]Guru Sahib adds that the one, who has realised this in her/his being will not feel comfortable or proper to place oneself ahead of ‘The Sat’. [/font][/size] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]As I understand these teachings, I share with you.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is asking us to become spiritual and directly seek the ‘Sat’ and not to go through any intermediary.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]With Love and Respect for all.[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman]Amarpal.[/font] [/QUOTE]
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 21
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