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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 125262" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>namjap ji</p><p></p><p>I saw that also and wondered yesterday. Here is a possible understanding. When we look at the entire shabad, the idea that one can choose to be reborn as a man or be reborn as a woman is not there. The overall idea is not to be reborn at all. The individual verses list different kinds of outcomes. Chase after Bhairu, evil spirits or the goddess of small pox and your vehicle in life is an *** -- and you leave having done nothing but kick up dust (which could be a metaphor for leaving the earth with only dust as your last traces.) This is like the verse, "He that troubleth his own house shall <em>inherit the wind</em>: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart." (Proverbs 11:29) </p><p></p><p>Who chants Shiva, rides a bull (not quite so bad as a donkey) and shakes a tamburine. That person makes quite a show of ego and a lot of noise. </p><p></p><p>One who worships Maya (cannot give up attachments) returns as a woman. And we have to realize that, in Nam Dev's times, members of his culture believed that women could not achieve mukhti. It was their karma, even of high caste women, to learn the lessons of giving up attachment through continual cycles of birth and death until they could be reborn as a man. So why did Guru Arjan Dev include this? <strong> Because of these lines: </strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Ha▫o ṯa▫o ek rama▫ī▫ā laiha▫o.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">I take only the Name of the One Lord.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Ān ḏev baḏlāvan ḏaiha▫o. ||1|| rahā▫o.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">I have given away all other gods in exchange for Him. </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Red">which is the rehao line</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><strong>and these lines</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Gurmaṯ rām nām gahu mīṯā.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Follow the Guru's Teachings, and hold tight to the Lord's Name, O friend.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Paraṇvai nāmā i▫o kahai gīṯā. ||5||2||6||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Thus prays Naam Dayv, and so says the Gita as well. ||5||2||6||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Full shabad</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A1" target="_blank">ਗੋਂਡ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">गोंड ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Gond.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Gond:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਭੈਰਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A4" target="_blank">ਭੂਤ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਸੀਤਲਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਧਾਵੈ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">भैरउ भूत सीतला धावै ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Bẖairo bẖūṯ sīṯlā ḏẖāvai.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">One who chases after the god Bhairau, evil spirits and the goddess of smallpox,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਖਰ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਬਾਹਨੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਉਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਛਾਰੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਉਡਾਵੈ </a> ॥੧॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">खर बाहनु उहु छारु उडावै ॥१॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Kẖar bāhan uho cẖẖār udāvai. ||1||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">is riding on a donkey, kicking up the dust. ||1||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਹਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਤਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%8F%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਏਕੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%86" target="_blank">ਰਮਈਆ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਲੈਹਉ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">हउ तउ एकु रमईआ लैहउ ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Ha▫o ṯa▫o ek rama▫ī▫ā laiha▫o.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">I take only the Name of the One Lord.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਆਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B5" target="_blank">ਦੇਵ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਬਦਲਾਵਨਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਦੈਹਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A5%A5%E0%A9%A7%E0%A5%A5" target="_blank">॥੧॥ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਰਹਾਉ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">आन देव बदलावनि दैहउ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Ān ḏev baḏlāvan ḏaiha▫o. ||1|| rahā▫o.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">I have given away all other gods in exchange for Him. ||1||Pause||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B5" target="_blank">ਸਿਵ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B5" target="_blank">ਸਿਵ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਕਰਤੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B" target="_blank">ਜੋ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਨਰੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਧਿਆਵੈ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">सिव सिव करते जो नरु धिआवै ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Siv siv karṯe jo nar ḏẖi▫āvai.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">That man who chants "Shiva, Shiva", and meditates on him,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6" target="_blank">ਬਰਦ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%A2%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਚਢੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82" target="_blank">ਡਉਰੂ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A2%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਢਮਕਾਵੈ </a> ॥੨॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">बरद चढे डउरू ढमकावै ॥२॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Baraḏ cẖadẖe da▫urū dẖamkāvai. ||2||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">is riding on a bull, shaking a tambourine. ||2||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਮਹਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88" target="_blank">ਮਾਈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਪੂਜਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਕਰੈ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">महा माई की पूजा करै ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Mahā mā▫ī kī pūjā karai.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">One who worships the Great Goddess Maya</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਨਰ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਸੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਨਾਰਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87" target="_blank">ਹੋਇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਅਉਤਰੈ </a> ॥੩॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">नर सै नारि होइ अउतरै ॥३॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Nar sai nār ho▫e a▫uṯarai. ||3||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">will be reincarnated as a woman, and not a man. ||3||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%82" target="_blank">ਤੂ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4" target="_blank">ਕਹੀਅਤ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਹੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਆਦਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਭਵਾਨੀ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">तू कहीअत ही आदि भवानी ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Ŧū kahī▫aṯ hī āḏ bẖavānī.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">You are called the Primal Goddess.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਮੁਕਤਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86" target="_blank">ਬਰੀਆ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਕਹਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਛਪਾਨੀ </a> ॥੪॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">मुकति की बरीआ कहा छपानी ॥४॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Mukaṯ kī barī▫ā kahā cẖẖapānī. ||4||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">At the time of liberation, where will you hide then? ||4||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਗੁਰਮਤਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE" target="_blank">ਰਾਮ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE" target="_blank">ਨਾਮ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਗਹੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਮੀਤਾ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">गुरमति राम नाम गहु मीता ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Gurmaṯ rām nām gahu mīṯā.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Follow the Guru's Teachings, and hold tight to the Lord's Name, O friend.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਨਾਮਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%89" target="_blank">ਇਉ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਕਹੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਗੀਤਾ </a> ॥੫॥੨॥੬॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">प्रणवै नामा इउ कहै गीता ॥५॥२॥६॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">Paraṇvai nāmā i▫o kahai gīṯā. ||5||2||6||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Thus prays Naam Dayv, and so says the Gita as well. ||5||2||6||</span></span></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>My understanding is that Guru Arjan Dev included this because Nam Dev is saying "Give all of that up, and meditate only on the name of the one Lord." And he surprises us too in saying, "so says the Gita as well." The Gitas, among the most ancient of the Hindu texts, do say that. Meditate on the one true lord. Nam Dev says, "Give up all other poojas to all other deities and attachments to Maya. If you do not, you will have nowhere to hide. Follow and hold tight to the Guru's teaching." The crux of the shabad is not about the inferiority of women. The shabad says, "Exchange old understanding for a better understanding."</p><p> </p><p>He was reflecting on the beliefs of his day, and then tossing them off. Rather he is saying all of this dedication to spirits, demigods, Bhairu, Shiva and Maya does not equal the superiority of the One Lord's name. This is consistent with Gurbani.</p><p></p><p>It is similar to Guru Nanak preaching to the people of Orissa, worshipers Jagannath and his consort Mahalaxmi, "Be devoted to something higher -- the Guru's teachings. It is the Naam that emancipates." That is the core of the message. Whoever does not accept the guru's teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lords' Name, is bound and dragged into the City of Death. </p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਉਪਜਹਿ ਬਿਨਸਹਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧੇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">oupajehi binasehi bandhhan bandhhae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">In creation and destruction, they are bound in bondage.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੇ ਗਲਿ ਫੰਧੇ ॥ </span> <span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">houmai maaeiaa kae gal fandhhae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">The noose of egotism and Maya is around their necks.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਜਿਸੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੋ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੮॥ </span> <span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">jis raam naam naahee math guramath so jam pur bandhh chalaaeiaa ||8||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Whoever does not accept the Guru's Teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lord's Name, is bound and bagged, and dragged into the City of Death. ||8||</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 125262, member: 35"] namjap ji I saw that also and wondered yesterday. Here is a possible understanding. When we look at the entire shabad, the idea that one can choose to be reborn as a man or be reborn as a woman is not there. The overall idea is not to be reborn at all. The individual verses list different kinds of outcomes. Chase after Bhairu, evil spirits or the goddess of small pox and your vehicle in life is an *** -- and you leave having done nothing but kick up dust (which could be a metaphor for leaving the earth with only dust as your last traces.) This is like the verse, "He that troubleth his own house shall [I]inherit the wind[/I]: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart." (Proverbs 11:29) Who chants Shiva, rides a bull (not quite so bad as a donkey) and shakes a tamburine. That person makes quite a show of ego and a lot of noise. One who worships Maya (cannot give up attachments) returns as a woman. And we have to realize that, in Nam Dev's times, members of his culture believed that women could not achieve mukhti. It was their karma, even of high caste women, to learn the lessons of giving up attachment through continual cycles of birth and death until they could be reborn as a man. So why did Guru Arjan Dev include this? [B] Because of these lines: [/B] [SIZE=2]Ha▫o ṯa▫o ek rama▫ī▫ā laiha▫o. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]I take only the Name of the One Lord.[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ān ḏev baḏlāvan ḏaiha▫o. ||1|| rahā▫o. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=2]I have given away all other gods in exchange for Him. [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=Red]which is the rehao line[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [B]and these lines[/B] [SIZE=2]Gurmaṯ rām nām gahu mīṯā. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Follow the Guru's Teachings, and hold tight to the Lord's Name, O friend.[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Paraṇvai nāmā i▫o kahai gīṯā. ||5||2||6|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Thus prays Naam Dayv, and so says the Gita as well. ||5||2||6||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SIZE=2][B]Full shabad [/B] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A1"]ਗੋਂਡ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]गोंड ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Gond. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Gond:[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%89"]ਭੈਰਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A4"]ਭੂਤ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਸੀਤਲਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਧਾਵੈ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]भैरउ भूत सीतला धावै ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Bẖairo bẖūṯ sīṯlā ḏẖāvai. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]One who chases after the god Bhairau, evil spirits and the goddess of smallpox,[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%B0"]ਖਰ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%81"]ਬਾਹਨੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਉਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81"]ਛਾਰੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਉਡਾਵੈ [/URL] ॥੧॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]खर बाहनु उहु छारु उडावै ॥१॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Kẖar bāhan uho cẖẖār udāvai. ||1|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]is riding on a donkey, kicking up the dust. ||1||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89"]ਹਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%89"]ਤਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%8F%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81"]ਏਕੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%86"]ਰਮਈਆ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89"]ਲੈਹਉ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]हउ तउ एकु रमईआ लैहउ ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ha▫o ṯa▫o ek rama▫ī▫ā laiha▫o. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]I take only the Name of the One Lord.[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8"]ਆਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B5"]ਦੇਵ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF"]ਬਦਲਾਵਨਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%89"]ਦੈਹਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A5%A5%E0%A9%A7%E0%A5%A5"]॥੧॥ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%89"]ਰਹਾਉ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]आन देव बदलावनि दैहउ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ān ḏev baḏlāvan ḏaiha▫o. ||1|| rahā▫o. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]I have given away all other gods in exchange for Him. ||1||Pause||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B5"]ਸਿਵ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B5"]ਸਿਵ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87"]ਕਰਤੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B"]ਜੋ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81"]ਨਰੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਧਿਆਵੈ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]सिव सिव करते जो नरु धिआवै ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Siv siv karṯe jo nar ḏẖi▫āvai. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]That man who chants "Shiva, Shiva", and meditates on him,[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6"]ਬਰਦ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%A2%E0%A9%87"]ਚਢੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82"]ਡਉਰੂ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A2%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਢਮਕਾਵੈ [/URL] ॥੨॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]बरद चढे डउरू ढमकावै ॥२॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Baraḏ cẖadẖe da▫urū dẖamkāvai. ||2|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]is riding on a bull, shaking a tambourine. ||2||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE"]ਮਹਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88"]ਮਾਈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80"]ਕੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE"]ਪੂਜਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88"]ਕਰੈ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]महा माई की पूजा करै ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Mahā mā▫ī kī pūjā karai. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]One who worships the Great Goddess Maya[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0"]ਨਰ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88"]ਸੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"]ਨਾਰਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87"]ਹੋਇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88"]ਅਉਤਰੈ [/URL] ॥੩॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]नर सै नारि होइ अउतरै ॥३॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nar sai nār ho▫e a▫uṯarai. ||3|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]will be reincarnated as a woman, and not a man. ||3||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%82"]ਤੂ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4"]ਕਹੀਅਤ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80"]ਹੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF"]ਆਦਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80"]ਭਵਾਨੀ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]तू कहीअत ही आदि भवानी ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Ŧū kahī▫aṯ hī āḏ bẖavānī. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]You are called the Primal Goddess.[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF"]ਮੁਕਤਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80"]ਕੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86"]ਬਰੀਆ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE"]ਕਹਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80"]ਛਪਾਨੀ [/URL] ॥੪॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]मुकति की बरीआ कहा छपानी ॥४॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Mukaṯ kī barī▫ā kahā cẖẖapānī. ||4|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]At the time of liberation, where will you hide then? ||4||[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF"]ਗੁਰਮਤਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE"]ਰਾਮ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE"]ਨਾਮ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਗਹੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE"]ਮੀਤਾ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]गुरमति राम नाम गहु मीता ॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Gurmaṯ rām nām gahu mīṯā. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Follow the Guru's Teachings, and hold tight to the Lord's Name, O friend.[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88"]ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE"]ਨਾਮਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%89"]ਇਉ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88"]ਕਹੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE"]ਗੀਤਾ [/URL] ॥੫॥੨॥੬॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#008080]प्रणवै नामा इउ कहै गीता ॥५॥२॥६॥[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Paraṇvai nāmā i▫o kahai gīṯā. ||5||2||6|| [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Thus prays Naam Dayv, and so says the Gita as well. ||5||2||6||[/COLOR][/SIZE] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My understanding is that Guru Arjan Dev included this because Nam Dev is saying "Give all of that up, and meditate only on the name of the one Lord." And he surprises us too in saying, "so says the Gita as well." The Gitas, among the most ancient of the Hindu texts, do say that. Meditate on the one true lord. Nam Dev says, "Give up all other poojas to all other deities and attachments to Maya. If you do not, you will have nowhere to hide. Follow and hold tight to the Guru's teaching." The crux of the shabad is not about the inferiority of women. The shabad says, "Exchange old understanding for a better understanding." He was reflecting on the beliefs of his day, and then tossing them off. Rather he is saying all of this dedication to spirits, demigods, Bhairu, Shiva and Maya does not equal the superiority of the One Lord's name. This is consistent with Gurbani. It is similar to Guru Nanak preaching to the people of Orissa, worshipers Jagannath and his consort Mahalaxmi, "Be devoted to something higher -- the Guru's teachings. It is the Naam that emancipates." That is the core of the message. Whoever does not accept the guru's teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lords' Name, is bound and dragged into the City of Death. [COLOR=DarkGreen] ਉਪਜਹਿ ਬਿਨਸਹਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧੇ ॥ oupajehi binasehi bandhhan bandhhae || In creation and destruction, they are bound in bondage. ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੇ ਗਲਿ ਫੰਧੇ ॥ [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen] houmai maaeiaa kae gal fandhhae || The noose of egotism and Maya is around their necks. ਜਿਸੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੋ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੮॥ [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen] jis raam naam naahee math guramath so jam pur bandhh chalaaeiaa ||8|| Whoever does not accept the Guru's Teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lord's Name, is bound and bagged, and dragged into the City of Death. ||8||[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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