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Why Did He Create His Creation?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 76454" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Sangat ji</p><p></p><p>Here is a beautiful passage from Sri Dasam Granth on panna 51, in which Guru Gobind Singh answers the question of Why? If only the poetic beauty of this shabad were the gift Sri Gobind ji left us, that would be enough. Notice how the image of fire is completed with the image of light in the last line. And the metaphor of "merging" in the same fire, and then "merging" in the same light shapes all the other verses. But then there is His gift of spiritual awareness. Many, small, unique things merge and are found in something much larger -- waves into the rivers and rivers into the oceans. All that comes from Him is devoured; all that is devoured returns. The phoenix rises and flies again. Image of the soul. Really quite wonderful. Answer to Why? It is given in the last line -- a lot to think about.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"> ਜੈਸੇ ਏਕ ਆਗ ਤੇ ਕਨੂਕਾ ਕੋਟ ਆਗ ਉਠੇ ਨਿਆਰੇ ਨਿਆਰੇ ਹੁਇ ਕੈ ਫੇਰਿ ਆਗ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"> Jaise ek aag te kanookaa kot aag uthe, niaare niaarehue kai pher(i) aag mai milaahenge||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive">Just as millions of sparks are created from the fire; although they are different entities, they merge in the same fire.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"></span> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"> ਜੈਸੇ ਇਕ ਨਦ ਤੇ ਤੰਰਗ ਕੋਟ ਉਪਜਤ ਹੈਂ ਪਾਨ ਕੇ ਤੰਰਗ ਸਬੈ ਪਾਨ ਹੀ ਕਹਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: SlateGray"> Jaise ek dhoor te anek dhoor poorat hai, dhoor ke kanookaa pher dhoor hoo samaabenge||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: SlateGray">Just as from of waves are created on the surface of the big rivers and all the waves are called water.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਤੈਸੇ ਬਿਸ੍ਵ ਰੁਪ ਤੇ ਅਭੂਤ ਭੂਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੁਇ ਤਾਹੀ ਤੇ ਉਪਜ ਸਬੈ ਤਾਹੀ ਮੈ ਸਮਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥੧੭॥੮੭॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"> Taise bisva roop te abhoot bhoot pragat hue, taahoo te upaj sahai taahoo mai samaahenge||17||87||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive">Similarly the animate and inanimate objects come out of the Supreme Lord; having been created from the same Lord, they merge in the same Lord. 17.87.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਕੇਤੇ ਕੱਛ ਮੱਛ ਕੇਤੇ ਉਨ ਕਉ ਕਰਤ ਭੱਛ ਕੇਤੇ ਅੱਛ ਵੱਛ ਹੁਇ ਸਪੱਛ ਉਡ ਜਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: DimGray"> Kete kachchh machchh kete un kau karat bhachchh, kete achchh vachchh hue sapachchh u? jaahenge||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: DimGray">There are many a tortoise and fish and there are many who devour them; there are many a winged phoenix, who always continue flying.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: DimGray"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਕੇਤੇ ਨਭ ਬੀਚ ਅੱਛ ਪੱਛ ਕਉ ਕਰੈਂਗੇ ਭੱਛ ਕੇਤਕ ਪ੍ਰਤੱਛ ਹੁਇ ਪਚਾਇ ਖਾਦਿ ਜਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: SlateGray"><span style="color: Olive"> Kete nabh booch achchh pachchh kau karainge bhachchh, ketak pratachchh hue pachaae khaae jaahenge||</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: SlateGray"><span style="color: Olive">There are many who devour even the phonenix in the sky and there are many, who even eat and digest the materialized devourers.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: SlateGray"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਜਲ ਕਹਾ ਥਲ ਕਹਾ ਗਗਨ ਕੇ ਗਉਨ ਕਹਾ ਕਾਲ ਕੇ ਬਨਾਇ ਸਬੈ ਕਾਲ ਹੀ ਚਬਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"><span style="color: DimGray"> Jal kahaa thal kahaa gagan ke gaun kahaa, kaal ke banaae sahai kaal hoo chabaahenge||</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"><span style="color: DimGray">Not only to speak of the residents of water, earth and wanders of the sky, all those created by god of death will ultimately be devoured ( destroyed) by him.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਤੇਜ ਜਿਉ ਅਤੇਜ ਮੈ ਅਤੇਜ ਜੈਸੇ ਤੇਜ ਲੀਨ ਤਾਹੀ ਤੇ ਉਪਜ ਸਬੈ ਤਾਹੀ ਮੈ ਸਮਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥੧੮॥੮੮॥ </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive"> Tej jio atej mai atej jaise tej loon, taahoo te upaj sahai taahoo mai samaahenge||18||88||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Olive">Just as the light merged in darkness and the darkness in the light all the created beings generated by the Lord will ultimately merge in Him. 18.88.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 76454, member: 35"] Sangat ji Here is a beautiful passage from Sri Dasam Granth on panna 51, in which Guru Gobind Singh answers the question of Why? If only the poetic beauty of this shabad were the gift Sri Gobind ji left us, that would be enough. Notice how the image of fire is completed with the image of light in the last line. And the metaphor of "merging" in the same fire, and then "merging" in the same light shapes all the other verses. But then there is His gift of spiritual awareness. Many, small, unique things merge and are found in something much larger -- waves into the rivers and rivers into the oceans. All that comes from Him is devoured; all that is devoured returns. The phoenix rises and flies again. Image of the soul. Really quite wonderful. Answer to Why? It is given in the last line -- a lot to think about. [CENTER][COLOR=DarkRed] ਜੈਸੇ ਏਕ ਆਗ ਤੇ ਕਨੂਕਾ ਕੋਟ ਆਗ ਉਠੇ ਨਿਆਰੇ ਨਿਆਰੇ ਹੁਇ ਕੈ ਫੇਰਿ ਆਗ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ [COLOR=Olive] Jaise ek aag te kanookaa kot aag uthe, niaare niaarehue kai pher(i) aag mai milaahenge|| Just as millions of sparks are created from the fire; although they are different entities, they merge in the same fire. [/COLOR] [/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=DarkRed] ਜੈਸੇ ਇਕ ਨਦ ਤੇ ਤੰਰਗ ਕੋਟ ਉਪਜਤ ਹੈਂ ਪਾਨ ਕੇ ਤੰਰਗ ਸਬੈ ਪਾਨ ਹੀ ਕਹਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ [COLOR=SlateGray] Jaise ek dhoor te anek dhoor poorat hai, dhoor ke kanookaa pher dhoor hoo samaabenge|| Just as from of waves are created on the surface of the big rivers and all the waves are called water.[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] ਤੈਸੇ ਬਿਸ੍ਵ ਰੁਪ ਤੇ ਅਭੂਤ ਭੂਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੁਇ ਤਾਹੀ ਤੇ ਉਪਜ ਸਬੈ ਤਾਹੀ ਮੈ ਸਮਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥੧੭॥੮੭॥ [COLOR=Olive] Taise bisva roop te abhoot bhoot pragat hue, taahoo te upaj sahai taahoo mai samaahenge||17||87|| Similarly the animate and inanimate objects come out of the Supreme Lord; having been created from the same Lord, they merge in the same Lord. 17.87. [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] ਕੇਤੇ ਕੱਛ ਮੱਛ ਕੇਤੇ ਉਨ ਕਉ ਕਰਤ ਭੱਛ ਕੇਤੇ ਅੱਛ ਵੱਛ ਹੁਇ ਸਪੱਛ ਉਡ ਜਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray] Kete kachchh machchh kete un kau karat bhachchh, kete achchh vachchh hue sapachchh u? jaahenge|| There are many a tortoise and fish and there are many who devour them; there are many a winged phoenix, who always continue flying. [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] ਕੇਤੇ ਨਭ ਬੀਚ ਅੱਛ ਪੱਛ ਕਉ ਕਰੈਂਗੇ ਭੱਛ ਕੇਤਕ ਪ੍ਰਤੱਛ ਹੁਇ ਪਚਾਇ ਖਾਦਿ ਜਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ [COLOR=SlateGray][COLOR=Olive] Kete nabh booch achchh pachchh kau karainge bhachchh, ketak pratachchh hue pachaae khaae jaahenge|| There are many who devour even the phonenix in the sky and there are many, who even eat and digest the materialized devourers.[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] ਜਲ ਕਹਾ ਥਲ ਕਹਾ ਗਗਨ ਕੇ ਗਉਨ ਕਹਾ ਕਾਲ ਕੇ ਬਨਾਇ ਸਬੈ ਕਾਲ ਹੀ ਚਬਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥ [COLOR=Olive][COLOR=DimGray] Jal kahaa thal kahaa gagan ke gaun kahaa, kaal ke banaae sahai kaal hoo chabaahenge|| Not only to speak of the residents of water, earth and wanders of the sky, all those created by god of death will ultimately be devoured ( destroyed) by him.[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] ਤੇਜ ਜਿਉ ਅਤੇਜ ਮੈ ਅਤੇਜ ਜੈਸੇ ਤੇਜ ਲੀਨ ਤਾਹੀ ਤੇ ਉਪਜ ਸਬੈ ਤਾਹੀ ਮੈ ਸਮਾਹਿਂਗੇ ॥੧੮॥੮੮॥ [COLOR=Olive] Tej jio atej mai atej jaise tej loon, taahoo te upaj sahai taahoo mai samaahenge||18||88|| Just as the light merged in darkness and the darkness in the light all the created beings generated by the Lord will ultimately merge in Him. 18.88.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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