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The Importance Of Cows In Sikhism

BhagatSingh

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Can't believe no one started this thread or (if they did) I can't believe I didn't find it. Cows are so important in Sikhism, how could anyone miss it???
Well, let me show you. :yes:

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Page 133, Line 7
ਧੇਨੁ ਦੁਧੈ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਕਿਤੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਾਮ ॥
धेनु दुधै ते बाहरी कितै न आवै काम ॥
Ḏẖėn ḏuḏẖai ṯė bāhrī kiṯai na āvai kām.
Without milk, a cow serves no purpose.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 141, Line 19
ਨਦੀਆ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਧੇਣਵਾ ਸੁੰਮ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਦੁਧੁ ਘੀਉ ॥
नदीआ होवहि धेणवा सुम होवहि दुधु घीउ ॥
Naḏī*ā hoveh ḏẖėṇvā summ hoveh ḏuḏẖ gẖī*o.
If the rivers became cows, giving milk, and the spring water became milk and ghee;
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 150, Line 5
ਵੁਠੈ ਘਾਹੁ ਚਰਹਿ ਨਿਤਿ ਸੁਰਹੀ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਵੈ ॥
वुठै घाहु चरहि निति सुरही सा धन दही विलोवै ॥
vuṯẖai gẖāhu cẖareh niṯ surhī sā ḏẖan ḏahī vilovai.
When it rains, the cows always have grass to graze upon, and housewives can churn the milk into butter.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 265, Line 5
ਕਾਮਧੇਨ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਮ ॥
कामधेन हरि हरि गुण गाम ॥
Kāmḏẖėn har har guṇ gām.
The Khaamadhayn, the cow of miraculous powers, is the singing of the Glory of the Lord's Name, Har, Har.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 354, Line 14
ਦੁਧ ਬਿਨੁ ਧੇਨੁ ਪੰਖ ਬਿਨੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਉਤਭੁਜ ਕਾਮਿ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
दुध बिनु धेनु पंख बिनु पंखी जल बिनु उतभुज कामि नाही ॥
Ḏuḏẖ bin ḏẖėn pankẖ bin pankẖī jal bin uṯ*bẖuj kām nāhī.
A cow without milk; a bird without wings; a garden without water - totally useless!
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 471, Line 15
ਗਊ ਬਿਰਾਹਮਣ ਕਉ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਰਿ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
गऊ बिराहमण कउ करु लावहु गोबरि तरणु न जाई ॥
Ga*ū birāhmaṇ ka*o kar lāvhu gobar ṯaraṇ na jā*ī.
They tax the cows and the Brahmins, but the cow-dung they apply to their kitchen will not save them.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



MY FAV!!! :D
Page 481, Line 12
ਦੇਖਤ ਸਿੰਘੁ ਚਰਾਵਤ ਗਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
देखत सिंघु चरावत गाई ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Ḏėkẖaṯ singẖ cẖarāvaṯ gā*ī. ||1|| rahā*o.
I saw the lion herding the cows. ||1||Pause||
Devotee Kabir - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Another fav!!
Page 482, Line 13
ਹਮ ਗੋਰੂ ਤੁਮ ਗੁਆਰ ਗੁਸਾਈ ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਰਖਵਾਰੇ ॥
हम गोरू तुम गुआर गुसाई जनम जनम रखवारे ॥
Ham gorū ṯum gu*ār gusā*ī janam janam rakẖvārė.
I am a cow, and You are the herdsman, the Sustainer of the World. You are my Saving Grace, lifetime after lifetime.
Devotee Kabir - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 487, Line 18
ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਢੁਵੰਤਾ ਢੋਰ ਨੀਤਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
रविदासु ढुवंता ढोर नीति तिनि तिआगी माइआ ॥
Raviḏās dẖuvanṯā dẖor nīṯ ṯin ṯi*āgī mā*i*ā.
Ravi Daas, who used to carry dead cows every day, renounced the world of Maya.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 669, Line 19
ਇਛਾ ਪੂਰਕੁ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਹੈ ਕਾਮਧੇਨਾ ॥
इछा पूरकु सरब सुखदाता हरि जा कै वसि है कामधेना ॥
Icẖẖā pūrak sarab sukẖ*ḏāṯa har jā kai vas hai kāmḏẖėnā.
The Lord is the Fulfiller of desires, the Giver of total peace; the Kaamadhaynaa, the wish-fulfilling cow, is in His power.
Guru Ram Das - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



Another fav!! :D
Page 1021, Line 4
ਆਪੇ ਗਊ ਆਪੇ ਰਖਵਾਲਾ ॥
आपे गऊ आपे रखवाला ॥
Āpė ga*ū āpė rakẖvālā.
You Yourself are the cows, and You yourself are their keeper.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


(talking about beginning of time)
Page 1036, Line 1
ਦੇਉ ਨ ਦੇਹੁਰਾ ਗਊ ਗਾਇਤ੍ਰੀ ॥
देउ न देहुरा गऊ गाइत्री ॥
Ḏė*o na ḏėhurā ga*ū gā*iṯarī.
There were no demi-gods or temples, no cows or Gaayatri prayer.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



Page 1083, Line 4
ਆਪੇ ਗਊ ਚਰਾਵੈ ਬਾਨਾ ॥
आपे गऊ चरावै बाना ॥
Āpė ga*ū cẖarāvai bānā.
He Himself grazes the cows in the forest.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



Awwwww!!!
Page 1118, Line 9
ਜਿਉ ਬਛੁਰਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਗਊ ਸੁਖੁ ਮਾਨੈ ਤਿਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਗਲਿ ਲਾਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥੪॥੧॥
जिउ बछुरा देखि गऊ सुखु मानै तिउ नानक हरि गलि लावीऐ रे ॥४॥१॥
Ji*o bacẖẖurā ḏėkẖ ga*ū sukẖ mānai ṯi*o Nānak har gal lāvī*ai rė. ||4||1||
Like the cow, which is happy upon seeing her calf, O Lord, please hug Nanak close in Your Embrace. ||4||1||
Guru Ram Das - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



Page 1166, Line 6
ਨਾਮਾ ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ ਸੇਲ ਮਸੇਲ ॥
नामा प्रणवै सेल मसेल ॥
Nāmā paraṇvai sėl masėl.
Naam Dayv prayed, and milked the cow.
Devotee Namdev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 1166, Line 8
ਬਖਸੀ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਮੈ ਤੇਰੀ ਗਾਇ ॥੨੨॥
बखसी हिंदू मै तेरी गाइ ॥२२॥
Bakẖsī hinḏū mai ṯėrī gā*ė. ||22||
Forgive me, please, O Hindu; I am just a cow before you.||22||
Devotee Namdev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 1190, Line 11
ਆਪੇ ਬਛਰੂ ਗਊ ਖੀਰੁ ॥
आपे बछरू गऊ खीरु ॥
Āpė bacẖẖrū ga*ū kẖīr.
He Himself is the calf, the cow and the milk.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 1195, Line 9
ਗੋਬਰੁ ਜੂਠਾ ਚਉਕਾ ਜੂਠਾ ਜੂਠੀ ਦੀਨੀ ਕਾਰਾ ॥
गोबरु जूठा चउका जूठा जूठी दीनी कारा ॥
Gobar jūṯẖā cẖa*ukā jūṯẖā jūṯẖī ḏīnī kārā.
Impure is the cow dung, and impure is the kitchen square. Impure are the lines that mark it off.
Devotee Kabir - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok



hehe! No this is talking about being too busy in your pleasures to care about anything else.
Page 1196, Line 16
ਸੁਰਹ ਕੀ ਜੈਸੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਚਾਲ ॥
सुरह की जैसी तेरी चाल ॥
Surah kī jaisī ṯėrī cẖāl.
You walk like a cow.
Devotee Kabir - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


Page 1295, Line 13
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਮਿਲੇ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਜੈਸੇ ਗਊ ਦੇਖਿ ਬਛਰਾਕ ॥੨॥
हरि के संत मिले हरि मिलिआ जैसे गऊ देखि बछराक ॥२॥
Har kė sanṯ milė har mili*ā jaisė ga*ū ḏėkẖ bacẖẖrāk. ||2||
Meeting with the Lord's Saints, I meet with the Lord, just as when the calf is seen - the cow is there as well. ||2||
Guru Ram Das - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok


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ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣ ਕੈਲੀ ਘਾਤੁ ਕੰਞਕਾ ਅਣਚਾਰੀ ਕਾ ਧਾਨੁ
ब्रहमण कैली घातु कंञका अणचारी का धानु ॥
Barahmaṇ kailī gẖāṯ kañkā aṇcẖārī kā ḏẖān.
If a Brahmin kills a cow or a female infant, and accepts the offerings of an evil person,
ਫਿਟਕ ਫਿਟਕਾ ਕੋੜੁ ਬਦੀਆ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ
फिटक फिटका कोड़ु बदीआ सदा सदा अभिमानु ॥
Fitak fitkā koṛ baḏī*ā saḏā saḏā abẖimān.
he is cursed with the leprosy of curses and criticism; he is forever and ever filled with egotistical pride.
ਪਾਹਿ ਏਤੇ ਜਾਹਿ ਵੀਸਰਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ
पाहि एते जाहि वीसरि नानका इकु नामु ॥
Pāhi ėṯė jāhi vīsar nānkā ik nām.
One who forgets the Naam, O Nanak, is covered by countless sins.

ਸਭ ਬੁਧੀ ਜਾਲੀਅਹਿ ਇਕੁ ਰਹੈ ਤਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥੪॥
सभ बुधी जालीअहि इकु रहै ततु गिआनु ॥४॥
Sabẖ buḏẖī jālī*ah ik rahai ṯaṯ gi*ān. ||4||
Let all wisdom be burnt away, except for the essence of spiritual wisdom. ||4||
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And that's how important cows are in Sikhism! :yes: Hope you all enjoyed.:p
If you still don't see how "imporant" they are, then you are a cow. :p Click here to see why.

Remember kids,
Page 141, Line 1
ਹਕੁ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਉਸੁ ਸੂਅਰ ਉਸੁ ਗਾਇ ॥
हकु पराइआ नानका उसु सूअर उसु गाइ ॥
Hak parā*i*ā nānkā us sū*ar us gā*ė.
: To take what rightfully belongs to another, is like a Muslim eating pork, or a Hindu eating beef.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Forgot one last quote, lol.

Fateh!:}{}{}:
 

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Nice post Bhagat.

Antonia we should add that to our animals in gurbani thread. I notice many variations of the word used for cow amongst the shabads you quoted.

I did read a few early accounts of Europeans saying how Sikhs did not each beef but everything else but I think this was more majority influence on them than anything doctrinal.
 
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BhagatSingh

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Nice post Bhagat.

Antonia we should add that to our animals in gurbani thread. I notice many variations of the word used for cow amongst the shabads you quoted.

I did read a few early accounts of Europeans saying how Sikhs did not each beef but everything else but I think this was more majority influence on them than anything doctrinal.
True.
Ya, I figured out after I posted that my thread did not belong in this section. :D
Added one last quote right at the end.
 
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So long as we consume milk derived products, cows would be our mothers. Haaaa
 

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Nice post Bhagat.

Antonia we should add that to our animals in gurbani thread. I notice many variations of the word used for cow amongst the shabads you quoted.

I did read a few early accounts of Europeans saying how Sikhs did not each beef but everything else but I think this was more majority influence on them than anything doctrinal.

Why not cows and bees? Milk and honey. Once I get a normal Internet connection/situation restored I will do that.
 

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I think the cow is as important as any other animal. I don't think it has any spiritual, sacredness, significance or sense of purity unlike Hinduism, in Sikhism.

That is demonstrated starkly, as you really don't see cows wandering willy nilly in roads etc in Punjab.

I think the Dam Dami Taksal does have some reverence for cows, because in their Rehat Maryada there is something about not hurting a black cow.
 
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Still don't see which shabad in particular says to abstain from cow meat or meat as such. Please read the shabads in full to gain full understanding of the saying..Please... Sikhi is above all these restrictions. Food is for body and Naam is for soul.... I only and only agree with Guru Nanak that food has nothing to with one's spiritual journey

'Baba hor khana khushi khuar.
Jit khadhai tan pidiai, man mahi chalai vicar.'
(Sri Rag, M. 1, pp.16-17)
(The other food taken for pleasure leads to misery. It causes pain in body, and evil thoughts in mind.)

This is it, eat what pleases your body, don't eat what causes you pain. Eat what you can digest easily, Don't eat what causes you digestion problems, and each individual is different.... absolutely different.

I personally give equal importance to Veg and Non Veg both and I regularly eat beef, pork, goat, chicken and fish meat, but never in my life I have felt that its either helping me or retraining me in naam simran.

Eating in moderation and according to your body is the key, and that's what Guru Nanak said. Read and Contemplate the Gurbani Khasla Ji....... Gurbani is to save us from all unnecessary rituals and beliefs.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
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ਮਃ
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Mėhlā 1.
First Mehl:

ਮਾਸੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਰਿ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਝਗੜੇ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣੈ
मासु मासु करि मूरखु झगड़े गिआनु धिआनु नही जाणै ॥
Mās mās kar mūrakẖ jẖagṛe gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān nahī jāṇai.
The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom.

ਕਉਣੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਸਾਗੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਕਿਸੁ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਪ ਸਮਾਣੇ
कउणु मासु कउणु सागु कहावै किसु महि पाप समाणे ॥
Ka▫uṇ mās ka▫uṇ sāg kahāvai kis mėh pāp samāṇe.
What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin?

ਗੈਂਡਾ ਮਾਰਿ ਹੋਮ ਜਗ ਕੀਏ ਦੇਵਤਿਆ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੇ
गैंडा मारि होम जग कीए देवतिआ की बाणे ॥
Gaiʼndā mār hom jag kī▫e ḏeviṯi▫ā kī bāṇe.
It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering.

ਮਾਸੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਬੈਸਿ ਨਕੁ ਪਕੜਹਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਮਾਣਸ ਖਾਣੇ
मासु छोडि बैसि नकु पकड़हि राती माणस खाणे ॥
Mās cẖẖod bais nak pakṛėh rāṯī māṇas kẖāṇe.
Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.

ਫੜੁ ਕਰਿ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੋ ਦਿਖਲਾਵਹਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਸੂਝੈ
फड़ु करि लोकां नो दिखलावहि गिआनु धिआनु नही सूझै ॥
Faṛ kar lokāʼn no ḏikẖlāvahi gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān nahī sūjẖai.
They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਧੇ ਸਿਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਿਆ ਬੂਝੈ
नानक अंधे सिउ किआ कहीऐ कहै न कहिआ बूझै ॥
Nānak anḏẖe si▫o ki▫ā kahī▫ai kahai na kahi▫ā būjẖai.
O Nanak, what can be said to the blind people? They cannot answer, or even understand what is said.

ਅੰਧਾ ਸੋਇ ਜਿ ਅੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਿ ਲੋਚਨ ਨਾਹੀ
अंधा सोइ जि अंधु कमावै तिसु रिदै सि लोचन नाही ॥
Anḏẖā so▫e jė anḏẖ kamāvai ṯis riḏai sė locẖan nāhī.
They alone are blind, who act blindly. They have no eyes in their hearts.

ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਕੀ ਰਕਤੁ ਨਿਪੰਨੇ ਮਛੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਖਾਂਹੀ
मात पिता की रकतु निपंने मछी मासु न खांही ॥
Māṯ piṯā kī rakaṯ nipanne macẖẖī mās na kẖāʼnhī.
They are produced from the blood of their mothers and fathers, but they do not eat fish or meat.

ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪੁਰਖੈ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਸਿ ਮੇਲਾ ਓਥੈ ਮੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਹੀ
इसत्री पुरखै जां निसि मेला ओथै मंधु कमाही ॥
Isṯarī purkẖai jāʼn nis melā othai manḏẖ kamāhī.
But when men and women meet in the night, they come together in the flesh.

ਮਾਸਹੁ ਨਿੰਮੇ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਜੰਮੇ ਹਮ ਮਾਸੈ ਕੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ
मासहु निमे मासहु जमे हम मासै के भांडे ॥
Māsahu nimme māsahu jamme ham māsai ke bẖāʼnde.
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਪਾਂਡੇ
गिआनु धिआनु कछु सूझै नाही चतुरु कहावै पांडे ॥
Gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān kacẖẖ sūjẖai nāhī cẖaṯur kahāvai pāʼnde.
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.

ਬਾਹਰ ਕਾ ਮਾਸੁ ਮੰਦਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਘਰ ਕਾ ਮਾਸੁ ਚੰਗੇਰਾ
बाहर का मासु मंदा सुआमी घर का मासु चंगेरा ॥
Bāhar kā mās manḏā su▫āmī gẖar kā mās cẖangerā.
O master, you believe that flesh on the outside is bad, but the flesh of those in your own home is good.

ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਹੋਏ ਜੀਇ ਲਇਆ ਵਾਸੇਰਾ
जीअ जंत सभि मासहु होए जीइ लइआ वासेरा ॥
Jī▫a janṯ sabẖ māsahu ho▫e jī▫e la▫i▫ā vāserā.
All beings and creatures are flesh; the soul has taken up its home in the flesh.

ਅਭਖੁ ਭਖਹਿ ਭਖੁ ਤਜਿ ਛੋਡਹਿ ਅੰਧੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਜਿਨ ਕੇਰਾ
अभखु भखहि भखु तजि छोडहि अंधु गुरू जिन केरा ॥
Abẖakẖ bẖakẖėh bẖakẖ ṯaj cẖẖodėh anḏẖ gurū jin kerā.
They eat the uneatable; they reject and abandon what they could eat. They have a teacher who is blind.

ਮਾਸਹੁ ਨਿੰਮੇ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਜੰਮੇ ਹਮ ਮਾਸੈ ਕੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ
मासहु निमे मासहु जमे हम मासै के भांडे ॥
Māsahu nimme māsahu jamme ham māsai ke bẖāʼnde.
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਪਾਂਡੇ
गिआनु धिआनु कछु सूझै नाही चतुरु कहावै पांडे ॥
Gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān kacẖẖ sūjẖai nāhī cẖaṯur kahāvai pāʼnde.
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.

ਮਾਸੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਤੇਬੀ ਚਹੁ ਜੁਗਿ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਮਾਣਾ
मासु पुराणी मासु कतेबीं चहु जुगि मासु कमाणा ॥
Mās purāṇī mās ketābīʼn cẖahu jug mās kamāṇā.
Meat is allowed in the Puraanas, meat is allowed in the Bible and the Koran. Throughout the four ages, meat has been used.

ਜਜਿ ਕਾਜਿ ਵੀਆਹਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੈ ਓਥੈ ਮਾਸੁ ਸਮਾਣਾ
जजि काजि वीआहि सुहावै ओथै मासु समाणा ॥
Jaj kāj vī▫āhi suhāvai othai mās samāṇā.
It is featured in sacred feasts and marriage festivities; meat is used in them.

ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਨਿਪਜਹਿ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ਸੁਲਤਾਨਾਂ
इसत्री पुरख निपजहि मासहु पातिसाह सुलतानां ॥
Isṯarī purakẖ nipjahi māsahu pāṯisāh sulṯānāʼn.
Women, men, kings and emperors originate from meat.

ਜੇ ਓਇ ਦਿਸਹਿ ਨਰਕਿ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਤਾਂ ਉਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕਾ ਦਾਨੁ ਲੈਣਾ
जे ओइ दिसहि नरकि जांदे तां उन्ह का दानु न लैणा ॥
Je o▫e ḏisėh narak jāʼnḏe ṯāʼn unĥ kā ḏān na laiṇā.
If you see them going to hell, then do not accept charitable gifts from them.

ਦੇਂਦਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਲੈਦੇ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਏਹੁ ਧਿਙਾਣਾ
देंदा नरकि सुरगि लैदे देखहु एहु धिङाणा ॥
Ḏeʼnḏā narak surag laiḏe ḏekẖhu ehu ḏẖińāṇā.
The giver goes to hell, while the receiver goes to heaven - look at this injustice.

ਆਪਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਲੋਕ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਪਾਂਡੇ ਖਰਾ ਸਿਆਣਾ
आपि न बूझै लोक बुझाए पांडे खरा सिआणा ॥
Āp na būjẖai lok bujẖā▫e pāʼnde kẖarā si▫āṇā.
You do not understand your own self, but you preach to other people. O Pandit, you are very wise indeed.

ਪਾਂਡੇ ਤੂ ਜਾਣੈ ਹੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਥਹੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਉਪੰਨਾ
पांडे तू जाणै ही नाही किथहु मासु उपंना ॥
Pāʼnde ṯū jāṇai hī nāhī kithhu mās upannā.
O Pandit, you do not know where meat originated.

ਤੋਇਅਹੁ ਅੰਨੁ ਕਮਾਦੁ ਕਪਾਹਾਂ ਤੋਇਅਹੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਗੰਨਾ
तोइअहु अंनु कमादु कपाहां तोइअहु त्रिभवणु गंना ॥
Ŧo▫i▫ahu ann kamāḏ kapāhāʼn ṯo▫i▫ahu ṯaribẖavaṇ gannā.
Corn, sugar cane and cotton are produced from water. The three worlds came from water.

ਤੋਆ ਆਖੈ ਹਉ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਹਛਾ ਤੋਐ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ
तोआ आखै हउ बहु बिधि हछा तोऐ बहुतु बिकारा ॥
Ŧo▫ā ākẖai ha▫o baho biḏẖ hacẖẖā ṯoai bahuṯ bikārā.
Water says, "I am good in many ways." But water takes many forms.

ਏਤੇ ਰਸ ਛੋਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਵਿਚਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
एते रस छोडि होवै संनिआसी नानकु कहै विचारा ॥२॥
Ėṯe ras cẖẖod hovai sani▫āsī Nānak kahai vicẖārā. ||2||
Forsaking these delicacies, one becomes a true Sannyaasee, a detached hermit. Nanak reflects and speaks. ||2||
 

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I honestly dont know if that is all of it... seriously how does the numbering go? Do I post from 1 till the next 1? It seems some shabads go weird like 1 2 17 then 1 etc...
 

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Some factoids about the Indian 'Holy Cow'.

1.India is the largest beef exporter in the world. Brasil is number 3.
http://beef2live.com/story-world-beef-exports-ranking-countries-0-106903

2. The origin of cattle breeding in Brasil started from India when a region in Madhya Pradesh called Nelore started exporting its bulls to Brasil. In fact there is a cattle breed with the same name there.

3. Almost all the cattle in the Americas for meat consumption can be traced back to India.
 
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Because Puninder Singh posted:
Still don't see which shabad in particular says to abstain from cow meat or meat as such.

I was just responding to that... in agreement with what he said... That Gurbani actually doesn't say not to eat meat, but instead is speaking of the hypocrisy of those who abstain from it but know nothing about spirituality. In other words, simply being vegetarian won't make someone 'holier than thou' so to speak...

And even more ironic is that vegetarianism is staunchly pushed by some Sikhs, quoting the protection of the cow verses, but then they go and drink milk stating that is ok also because of those verses that state a cow is useless without milk. But then, they turn a blind eye to what happens to the baby cows... you know cows don't produce milk without being pregnant. What do they think happens to the baby cows (males in particular who are useless to the dairy industry) so they can drink their milk?? I believe this is the hypocrisy spoken of. Or one example anyway... Openly stating cows must be protected and then condoning the killing of countless baby cows while they consume dairy.
 
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First of all my apologies, I mistook the connotation of the entire blog from one to another (sacredness of cows to meat consumption, but if you are living in India you can see some direct relation between the two). I was just trying to say in my earlier comment that verses quoted by blogger were in no way pointing that cows are sacred (and please read shabad in full for proper analysis, a verse is part of a shabad and its the full shabad which conveys the message in full). Cows have been used in the verses for examples, as it is easy to understand an analogy which is evident in everyday life. So neither any verse or full shabads talk about giving up of meat or make cow sacred in anyway.

Second, Harkiran Kaur Ji, you have rightly pointed out that Naam Simran is the key. It was hypocrisy and false rituals which were attacked by our Gurus as futile and waste of human energy. Gurbani very well gives us a clear path.... which wants us to focus on Naam Simran as base of everything. But it is also evident that many sub-sects (which is also against the basic principles of Sikhism) are preaching vegetarianism, special/particular baanas, and various other restrictions... but no one questions like Guru Nanak did - whether these external factors will help any of us in spiritual elevation. Guru Ji declined to wear Janeu because the thread would not help him in any way in his spiritual journey.

Khalsa ji, it is so much evident that Spiritual Elevation is the key to success on Spiritual Path but we are more focused on factors which are futile.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but Truth shall be told fearlessly.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
 

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