Karim ji:
Can you help me understand the following passage.
"In Maghar beautiful are they who sit with their Beloved God.How can their glory be measured whom the Lord blends with Himself?The body and mind of those who have the companionship of saints bloom with the Pervading God.They, who are without the society of the pious persons, dwell all alone.Their pain never departs and they fall under the clutches of the death's minister.They, who have enjoyed their Lord, are ever seen standing in His service.Their neck is set with the jewels, emeralds and rubies of God's Name.Nanak desires the dust of the feet of those who fall for shelter at the Lord's door.They, who meditate on the Master in the month of Maghar are not born again."
It begins describing a person who is pious ( have the companionship of saints ) and has long served God ( are ever seen standing in His service ). Is it then after this spiritual journey that he is then freed from rebirth?
Is that last sentence a metaphor for the final stage of life? Finally is this portion ( Their pain never departs and they fall under the clutches of the death's minister ) to mean they are to be reborn?
Peace
Satyaban
Satyaban ji, with due respect ji and with my "limited understanding" i have tried to explain the above Shabad in my own words ji.. I do believe as Guru Maharaj has repeatedly stated that in the company of the "Sadh", one is freed from the cycle of birth and death Ji.. Here is my understanding of the paawan Shabad of Manghar... Kindly correct me wherever i have misinterpreted or failed Ji :
Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Maanjh :
In the month of Manghar, those soul brides look beautiful, happy who are
united with their husband Lord.. who have Him beside them..
Those soul brides whom the Lord unites with Him; their beauty cannot be
spoken about or expressed..
In the company of sadh sangat, while their minds are imbued in the praise
and love for the Akaalpurakh, their body and minds are always rejoicing and
happy.. However, those soul brides who are without the sangat of the sadh, they are alone .. In such a situation those without their husband Lord are surrouded by the five evil forces, and their pain never leaves them as they are drowned in the clutches of death..
However those soul brides who have been blessed with the company of the
husband Lord, they are free from the five evil forces as they are so imbued in the praise of the Akaalpurakh.. The name of the Akaalpurakh is the jewel that these soul brides are bedecked with...
Guru Nanak Dev Ji asks for the dust of such sadh sangat's feet, who are
always imbued in the Name of the Lord... who's minds are forever at the feet of the Akaalpurakh... In the month of Manghar, those who remember [who's minds are imbued in the love of the] Lord, they do not have to come and go as in re-incarnation... They are freed from the cycle of birth and death...