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ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ 

 ਪਵਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ ॥ ਦਿਵਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਦਾਈ ਦਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੈ ਸਗਲ ਜਗਤੁ ॥ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਬੁਰਿਆਈਆ ਵਾਚੈ ਧਰਮੁ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਕਰਮੀ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੇ ਨੇੜੈ ਕੇ ਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਗਏ ਮਸਕਤਿ ਘਾਲਿ ॥  ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਕੇਤੀ ਛੁਟੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

Translation in English :

This solok gives the gist of the Japji Sahib.  It tells man that he whole nature surrounding him, is the source of his birth, feeding and Gur-Updesh.

Keeping these things in mind, keep thy actions pure and truthful.  Good and evil have their own effects.  Good actions take you near the God-head (The realization of the Divine within) and evil actions take you farther away.  Therefore, do good and remain in touch with Thy source the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  But right actions only do not lead to complete freedom (At-one-ment).

Therefore, along with righteous actions in the worldly dealings, meditate on the Divine Name (at least three hours before day break), with such devotion, that God‟s name ever dwells in thy heart.  Thus your face will shine with Divine light, you will be free from birth and rebirth and lead many more to the goal of freedom.  Man is here taken as a child.

All sound is conveyed through air, and man gets his Gur-Updesh through it, so air is Guru.  Water, the agent of all creation, the father, and the earth, that produces all things which feed mankind, the mother.

Day and night are the male and female nurses.  The day makes man play his part in this drama of the world, and night like a female nurse puts him to sleep and be fresh after rest.  The good and evil actions leave their impressions instantaneously on man‟s mind. Good actions lead one near the Divine source (the Divine within) and the evil actions remove him farther away.

Those who meditate on the Divine Name with love and devotion, reach the goal of human life.  They rise above all temptations and realize the Divine within.  Their faces shine with Divine glory and they lead many more to this Divine goal, and free them from the cycle of birth and rebirth.

ਜਤੁ ਪਾਹਾਰਾ ਧੀਰਜੁ ਸੁਨਿਆਰੁ ॥ ਅਹਰਣਿ ਮਤਿ ਵੇਦੁ ਹਥੀਆਰੁ ॥ ਭਉ ਖਲਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਤਪ ਤਾਉ ॥ ਭਾਂਡਾ ਭਾਉ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਿਤੁ ਢਾਲਿ ॥ ਘੜੀਐ ਸਬਦੁ ਸਚੀ ਟਕਸਾਲ ॥ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਮੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੩੮॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri, Satguru Nanak gives the essential qualities which are required for meditation on the Divine Name and the realization of the Divine within, in the form of a simile.

A goldsmith‟s shop is here taken as a model.  Let self-control (control over all the sense organs; tongue, nose, ear, skin, etc.) be the furnace, forbearance (remaining calm and charitable under all trials) the goldsmith, reason (the power of judging right and wrong), the smithy, self-knowledge (I am not the body but the Atma) the hammer, the fear of God the bellows, penance (discarding all pleasures of flesh with a burning desire to reach the truth) the fire, heart full of Divine love, the crucible, and Elixir of the Divine name the purified gold (Gold free from all dross).

In short, by following the above given process, the pure Divine name, dwells in the human heart, and fills it with a sense of the presence of Divine Reality; both within and without (in the whole creation).

In this true mint (the company of saints and God-conscious persons) one realizes the Divine within.  The above given method is adopted by only those who acquire the grace of God by following the teachings of the Satguru in complete humility and self- abnegation (I am nothing).  O Lord, all my qualities and powers flow from Thee. Without them I cannot raise even my little finger.

Note: - In a steady mood of forbearance and toleration one has to keep self-control over all his desires and be a staunch devotee of truthfulness.  With these fundamental qualities as the basis, one has to listen to, study and act upon the teachings of the Satguru.  Then with the fear of God in the mind and a sustained and steady mood, one has to meditate on the Divine name.  In this way all the dross of selfishness is removed and the Divine within shines in its full effulgence.  Then one obtains the grace of the Guru (God conscious persons) and attains everlasting bliss.  This path is followed by those who come under the gracious shade of Sat Sang, the congregation of God conscious persons.

ਕਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਜੋਧ ਮਹਾਬਲ ਸੂਰ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਸੀਤੋ ਸੀਤਾ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਰੂਪ ਨ ਕਥਨੇ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਨਾ ਓਹਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਨ ਠਾਗੇ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਰਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਭਗਤ ਵਸਹਿ ਕੇ ਲੋਅ ॥ ਕਰਹਿ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਸਚ ਖੰਡਿ ਵਸੈ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ॥ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਵਰਭੰਡ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਥੈ ਤ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਅੰਤ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਲੋਅ  ਲੋਅ ਆਕਾਰ ॥ ਜਿਵ ਜਿਵ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਤਿਵੈ ਤਿਵ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਕਰਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਥਨਾ ਕਰੜਾ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੩੭॥

Translation in English :

Those who have conquered the ego become true recipients of the Divine grace. They become at-one with the Eternal Divine and their mind is filled with Divine power, which enables them to conquer all the five passions (selfishness, lust, anger, avarice, attachment to the flesh, and overwhelming pride).  Whatever they say comes to pass.

Their words and actions become forceful and radiant with spiritual power.  No ordinary person can reach that stage (enter that region of spiritual power).

There dwell those persons who have complete control over their bodies, rise above all desires of flesh, and have completely conquered their minds, by rising above all attachment.

Their hearts are filled with Divine realization.  They see God everywhere and in every created thing.  Their mind is immersed in the glory of God; it remains immersed in His praise and becomes intuned with the Infinite.  This stage of life is indescribable.  The glorious beauty of heart and soul of persons who have reached this stage of life is beyond human comprehension.  They rise above death (the idea of death finds no place in their heart) and all temptations.

Their minds are ever filled with the realization of the Eternal Divine.  They ever feel His presence within their heart.  The Bhagtas or Devotees of innumerable worlds dwell there (reach that stage of life).

They are ever immersed in unfathomable bliss, as they have realized the Divine within.  They see the Divine reality, which is above all form, alignment or colour, pervading everywhere.  He, the Eternal Reality creates the Universe.  His benign presence ever revels in its glory.  The various parts of the Earth, and the infinite other worlds with their solar systems, all find their place in the Omnipresent sphere of the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  (His Sach-Khand – the sphere of Eternal Truth, is all embracing.  The whole Creation is in Him, and He is in His Creation).  This is the final goal, the fourth stage.

In short, matter does not exist; the whole creation is the manifestation of the Divine thought.  No one can describe them, as they are infinite.  There are worlds beyond worlds and creations beyond creations.

The whole system is governed by an Eternal Law.  The Lord (Eternal Divine) dwells in His creation and revels in its glory.  Sayeth Nanak no tongue can describe it.  (The description is as hard as steel).

ਗਿਆਨ ਖੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਪਰਚੰਡੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਨਾਦ ਬਿਨੋਦ ਕੋਡ ਅਨੰਦੁ ॥  ਸਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਰੂਪੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਘਾੜਤਿ ਘੜੀਐ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਅਨੂਪੁ ॥ ਤਾ ਕੀਆ ਗਲਾ ਕਥੀਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਪਿਛੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਘੜੀਐ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮਤਿ ਮਨਿ ਬੁਧਿ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਘੜੀਐ ਸੁਰਾ ਸਿਧਾ ਕੀ ਸੁਧਿ ॥੩੬॥

Translation in English :

In this stage of Gyan, the light of knowledge shines in its full effulgence, it destroys all ignorance (attachment to flesh and blood and all material things).  The bliss at this stage is beyond all comprehensions.  All sounds of nature are sweet music to him, and fill him with inexpressible rapture.

At this stage the searcher after truth, feels just like Newton that the sea of Divine knowledge is so vast that he is just like a child picking pebbles on the seashore.

This sense of humility and his own littleness fills his heart, and he goes into a stage of ecstasy and adoration.  In this state of mind the speech becomes sweet and beautiful.

It finds expression in various forms of poetic out bursts, and the heart is filled with immaculate and perennial sweetness.  This stage cannot be expressed in words. Anyone who tries to do so, falls so short of it, that he himself feels ashamed of his vain attempt.

At this stage, the power of fixing one‟s attention, judging right from the wrong, keeping one‟s mind straight on the path of truth, and the sense of realizing the Divine within becomes pure, and free from all dross of selfishness.  The cloud of selfishness is removed and one reaches the fine and pure sage of Devtas and Sidhs.  All his thoughts and actions become more pure and forceful.

Note: - After passing through the true stages of Dharma and righteous actions in all walks of life, and Gyan, (a broad and clear vision of the Infinite Universe), the searcher after truth feels his own significance.  He is filled with awe and humility, at the sight of the overwhelming immensity of nature (God‟s creation).  He bows down his head in great devotion and meekness, and feels that he is an infinitesimal part of the creation.  The sense of egoism (I am everything, I now everything) is uprooted and one feels ashamed of the claims one makes as a knower or the doer.  In this meek and humble stage; third stage of mind one becomes a true receptacle of Divine grace (karma) and reaches at-one-ment with the One-in-All and the All-in-One.

ਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕਾ ਏਹੋ ਧਰਮੁ ॥ ਗਿਆਨ ਖੰਡ ਕਾ ਆਖਹੁ ਕਰਮੁ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਪਵਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਵੈਸੰਤਰ ਕੇਤੇ ਕਾਨ ਮਹੇਸ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਬਰਮੇ ਘਾੜਤਿ ਘੜੀਅਹਿ ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਕੇ ਵੇਸ ॥ ਕੇਤੀਆ ਕਰਮ ਭੂਮੀ ਮੇਰ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਧੂ ਉਪਦੇਸ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਇੰਦ ਚੰਦ ਸੂਰ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੰਡਲ ਦੇਸ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਸਿਧ ਬੁਧ ਨਾਥ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਦੇਵੀ ਵੇਸ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਦੇਵ ਦਾਨਵ ਮੁਨਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਰਤਨ ਸਮੁੰਦ ॥ ਕੇਤੀਆ ਖਾਣੀ ਕੇਤੀਆ ਬਾਣੀ ਕੇਤੇ ਪਾਤ ਨਰਿੰਦ ॥ ਕੇਤੀਆ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਸੇਵਕ ਕੇਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ  ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥੩੫॥

Translation in English :

The stage described above is the stage of Dharma (performing righteous deeds and reaping their fruit); now let us depict the stage of knowledge (deep insight into God‟s creation)

Herein we realize that there are innumerable worlds, with countless atmospheres (airy regions surrounding them), innumerable oceans, fairy regions, many Kahans (Lord Krishnas) and numerous Shivas.  (Each earth having its own lord Krishna and Shiva).

There are countless Brahmas engaged in creating beings of various forms and colours.  There are innumerable earths on which persons reap the fruit of their karma and countless high mountains on which Yogis and Rishis dwell.

There are numberless Dhru Bhagats and numberless Narads who show the path of meditating on the Divine Name to them.  There are innumerable Indras (the kings of Devtas), countless Moons and Suns; and countless worldly regions.  There are countless Sidhs (who have attained occult powers), Budhas (persons who have reached the region of true reason), countless Naths (masters among Sidhs), and countless Devies (Damsels of high and immaculate character).

There are innumerable Devtas, Rakhsas, Munies (Rishis) and innumerable oceans containing invaluable pearls and all kinds of precious things.

There are innumerable classes of creation [(i) from eggs, (ii) from mother‟s womb, (iii) from perspiration, (iv) from earth], countless languages, and numberless kings of men.  There are countless Shastras and countless persons who follow the paths given therein.  Sayeth Nanak their number is beyond human comprehension.

In Pauries 34 to 37 Satguru Nanak gives us the various stages through which a searcher after truth has to pass.  First being the performance of righteous actions i.e.

1. Straightforward and truthful behaviour in all human activities.

 2.  Seeing one‟s own faults and the good qualities of others. 

3.  Sweetness in speech and manner. 

4.  Seeing all persons as one‟s own self without any distinction of caste, creed or colour. 

5. Thankfulness, contentment with whatever naturally comes to us.

These virtues coupled with meditation on the Divine name Hari-Kirtan lead the searcher after truth into the sphere of knowledge (Gyan), the second stage.  His vision becomes far-reaching and he realizes that God‟s Universe is unlimited.  There are innumerable solar systems with their suns, moons, Brahmas, Vishnus, Shivas, Avtars.  In short, he realizes the infinitude of God‟s creation.

ਰਾਤੀ ਰੁਤੀ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਪਵਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖੀ ਧਰਮ ਸਾਲ ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਕੇ ਰੰਗ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਅਨੇਕ ਅਨੰਤ ॥ ਕਰਮੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਹੋਇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਸਚਾ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਵੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ ਕਚ ਪਕਾਈ ਓਥੈ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਇਆ ਜਾਪੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩੪॥

Translation in English :

This earth with its days and night, various seasons, periods of time and days fixed according to the lunar and solar calendars, its airy atmosphere, the watery belt (oceans) and the lower world, has been appointed as a place for performing righteous deeds.

On it dwell created beings of various kinds and variegated colours.  They are called by various names, and their number is unlimited.  Everyone reaps the fruit of one‟s own karma, and acquires the stage due to him.  He is the sole Eternal Reality and His  court (the congregation of His saints) is also ever true.  Those who have realized the Divine within, and attained at-one-ment with the Divine without, adorn it.

The grace of God blesses them, and their faces radiate the peace and glory, which fills their hearts.  In that assemblage of God-conscious persons, the unripe (low) and the ripe (high) stage of human beings are judged.  Sayeth Nanak, this can only be realized when one reaches that stage.

ਆਖਣਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਚੁਪੈ ਨਹ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਮੰਗਣਿ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਜੀਵਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਨਹ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਰਾਜਿ ਮਾਲਿ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਜੁਗਤੀ ਛੁਟੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥ ਜਿਸੁ ਹਥਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੩੩॥

Translation in English :

n this Pauri Satguru Nanak makes us realize that mere human power, devoid of balanced state of mind, which can only be attained through meditation on the Divine name, and selfless service, cannot make our actions really effective.  By our own power, our speech cannot be forceful.  By mere mortal effort we cannot acquire complete self- control.  We may shut up our lips, but the mind will go on wandering.  We cannot beg anything by force, nor can we give anything by force.  No human power can control life and death.

We cannot attain kingship or accumulate wealth with mere human force.  The thoughts that surge in our minds for the attainment of these things can lead us nowhere. By constant and forceful study of Vedas and other Shastras we cannot attain self- realization the stage of at-one-ment.

By mere human efforts on cannot attain freedom from attachment to the worldly things.  The whole Universe is ruled by an Eternal Divine Law.  Nothing worth attaining can be secured without a harmonious at-one-ment with this law, which can only be reached by devotional meditation on the Divine name and selfless service of mankind.

Sayeth Nanak, verily no one can become high or low merely with his own human power.  Anything that is acquired by mere physical effort, cannot lead to peace of mind and the ultimate good of society.  For example, a king secures his kingship with mere physical force, and has not got a balanced state of mind to do justice to his subjects, his rule defeats its own purpose.

Neither the king can have any peace of mind, nor the subjects a peaceful and happy life.  This applies to all walks of life.  The actions that spring spontaneously from a mind in unison with the universal Divine, bring oneself true joy and peace and shower happiness and bliss on all around; but those which merely spring from an egotistic effort always produce a jarring effect on one‟s life and the society around.

Note: - Controlling one‟s mind with personal efforts is just like shutting up a snake in a casket. Whenever, by chance, the lid is removed the serpent jumps up and gives a deadly sting.  On the other hand, if the mind is controlled by continuous meditation and prayer, a stage is reached when one rises above all desires and becomes the master of his passions.  This is Sehj Awastha or Atampad (a balanced stage of mind filled with perennial bliss and joy) ever in communion with God and His nature and at-one with the Divine Law.  Then all his actions, speech, giving and taking and the whole course of his life flows in a smooth and natural way in Unison with the Eternal Law governing his mind, and the whole universe

ਇਕ ਦੂ ਜੀਭੌ ਲਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਲਖ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਲਖ ਵੀਸ ॥ ਲਖੁ ਲਖੁ ਗੇੜਾ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਗਦੀਸ ॥ ਏਤੁ ਰਾਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਵੜੀਆ ਚੜੀਐ ਹੋਇ ਇਕੀਸ ॥ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਆਕਾਸ ਕੀ ਕੀਟਾ ਆਈ ਰੀਸ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਕੂੜੀ ਕੂੜੈ ਠੀਸ ॥੩੨॥

Translation in English :

Q. How can one realize the Eternal and all embracing Divine?

Ans. If in the place of one tongue we acquire hundreds of thousands of tongues and these are again multiplied twenty times.  Then with each of these tongues we repeat the Name of the Divine father with love and devotion, one hundred thousand times, we slowly and steadily travel the various stages of self- realization, and become at-one with Him.

However, there are persons who on hearing that His Bhagtas have reached the stage of at-one-ment, verbally claim without any effort to meditate on the Divine name that they are God themselves.  Such persons are just like ants who acquire wings in the rainy season, and try in vain to soar in the sky like the eagle or the hawk.  But such self- conceited persons fall down into the pit of burning desire, and grovel in the worldly dust of attachment.

Sayeth Guru Nanak, such bombastic and wordy claims lead one nowhere.  The door of self-realization can be opened through constant devout meditation, humility and leaving everything to His grace.  Then and then alone the cloud of selfishness (egoism) is removed and the Divine within shines in its full effulgence.

ਆਸਣੁ ਲੋਇ ਲੋਇ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥ ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੁ ਏਕਾ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਕੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥ ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਤਿ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸੁ ॥੩੧॥

Translation in English :

The Sidhs according to their ideas believe that God dwells in the Realm of Shiva (Shivpuri).

They ask Guru Nanak, where does God dwell, where is His storehouse of gifts?

Guru Nanak says in reply: the whole Universe with all its parts is His mansion and the unlimited creation is His storehouse.  This has been filled with innumerable gifts, once for all and for all time to come.  He goes on manifesting Himself into all kinds of forms and keeps them under His gracious eye and takes care of them in every way.

Sayeth Nanak, He is the Eternal Truth, and the creation is His true manifestation.

O Sidhs, we bow down in complete devotion and reverence to Him Who is ever existent, the source of all creation, has no colour and form, and is indestructible.   He is beyond all changes through all the Yugas (The cycle of the world‟s creation).

ਏਕਾ ਮਾਈ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਵਿਆਈ ਤਿਨਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਇਕੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ਇਕੁ ਭੰਡਾਰੀ ਇਕੁ ਲਾਏ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥ ਜਿਵ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਾਵੈ ਜਿਵ ਹੋਵੈ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ ॥ ਓਹੁ ਵੇਖੈ ਓਨਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਏਹੁ ਵਿਡਾਣੁ ॥ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥ ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਤਿ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸੁ ॥੩੦॥

Translation in English :

In answer to a question put by a Sidh, how the world has been created, Guru Nanak says: -

The Eternal Divine – the One-in-All and the All-in-One in unison with His creation, (the thought from one to many) has brought into existence three vital functions that rule the Universe:   The creative agent – Brahma. The feeder – Vishnu. The destroyer – Shiva.

These three carry on their work according to His will, and the Eternal Law controlling the creation.  They are not the masters of their own will.  But the wonder is that He can see and realize all that is going on in His universe, but He Himself is beyond the realization of these three (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva).  Therefore, let us rise above these three and bow down in complete devotion and humility to Him Who is the source of all matter and spirit.   During that period of the Universe when everything was in flux and there was no created thing in existence, the idea came into the Eternal mind that I manifest myself into various forms.  This thought (Mai) in conjunction with the Divine mind brought into being the three forces (Powers) that rule the world.

(1) The creative (Brahma), (2) The feeding (Vishnu), (3) The destructive (Shiva).

O Sidhs, we bow down in complete devotion and reverence to Him Who is ever existent, the source of all creation, ahs no colour and form, and is indestructible.   He is beyond all changes through all the Yugas (The cycle of the world‟s creation).

ਭੁਗਤਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਦਇਆ ਭੰਡਾਰਣਿ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਵਾਜਹਿ ਨਾਦ ॥ ਆਪਿ ਨਾਥੁ ਨਾਥੀ ਸਭ ਜਾ ਕੀ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਅਵਰਾ ਸਾਦ ॥ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਦੁਇ ਕਾਰ ਚਲਾਵਹਿ  ਲੇਖੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਭਾਗ ॥ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥ ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਤਿ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸੁ ॥੨੯॥

Translation in English :

Guru Nanak addressing the Sidhs says that they may get all kinds of dainty food by using their occult powers.  The goddess of wealth may be at their service.  With the blowing of couches and trumpets they proclaim their greatness to the world (Yogis blow horns and trumpets when distributing food).

Guru Nanak addressing them says that the realization of the Divine within and without is our perennial storehouse, which lifts us up from all desires.  The power of mercy which serves all men and women, as real brothers and sisters in spirit, is our distributor of food.  The grateful and loving throbbing of all human hearts are our couches and trumpets.  He who controls the whole universe is our nath (master Yogi) just as Gorakh is yours.  The occult powers that you acquire are another form of worldliness (attachment to pomp and show).  They are a bar in the path of self-realization.  The whole Universe is controlled by the power of destiny.  Every one reaps the fruit of his past karma.

Note: - The Karma of each individual is of three kinds: -

1. The Sinchat Karma – the Karma actually performed in the present human life.

2. The Pralabadh Karma – the impressions on the mind created by actions good or bad in the past lives.

3. The Kireman Karma – the actions that one intends to do in the daily life.

Just as in a phonograph we put a plate and then start the machine, the voice and subject matter produced is the same as was impressed upon it in the previous machine.  In the same way the impressions made on our minds by our actions in past lives, make us repeat the same actions good or bad in the present life and give their fruit to us.  But he Sinchat Karma of this life can change their course for good or evil.  A person who comes to Sat sang and follows the path of Divine meditation gets his evil impressions eradicated.

O Sidhs, we bow down in complete devotion and reverence to Him, who is ever existent, the source of all creation, has no colour and form, and is indestructible.  He is beyond all changes through all the Yugas (The cycle of the world‟s creation).

ਮੁੰਦਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਤੁ ਝੋਲੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ ॥ ਖਿੰਥਾ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੁਆਰੀ ਕਾਇਆ  ਜੁਗਤਿ ਡੰਡਾ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ॥ ਆਈ ਪੰਥੀ ਸਗਲ ਜਮਾਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਜੀਤੈ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤੁ ॥ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥ ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਤਿ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸੁ ॥੨੮॥

Translation in English :

Satguru Nanak Dev Ji in the next four Pauries (28th to 31st) takes into consideration the path of Yoga, which in those days was prevalent in India to very large extent.  He fits in the Yoga structure His own views.  These lead the searcher after Truth to at-one-ment with the Divine within through the path of Prema-Bhagti, selfless devotion to God and His creation.

Contentment (resigning to His will under all circumstances) are our earrings. (The Yogis bored their ears and wore large glass earrings).  Meekness and humility are our begging bowl (Khapar), and the Jholi – a cloth bag thrown on the shoulder for surplus provisions.

Meditating on the Divine name and fixing the mind on the Divine within and without, are ashes, which yogis rub on their bodies.  Ever keeping in mind the day of death is our Khintha (a loose garment made of all kinds of rags and pieces of cloth).  Ever keeping the body pure and above all desires is our path of at-one-ment.

Absolute faith in God and the Satguru is our Danda (a staff which yogis keep in their hands).  Realizing all men and women as our brothers and sisters in spirit, is our attainment to the highest stage to which the yogis aspire, and name it Ai-Panthi.  (Yogis hail each other with the salutation of Ai-Panthi).  A bhagat salutes all persons as brothers and sisters in spirit.

Conquering the mind and keeping it above all worldly desires, is the real conquest of the whole world.  Yogis through their yogic practices tried to acquire occult powers and through them make men and women their followers.  This, however, is only a temporary and ephemeral phase of subjugation.  One who has conquered his mind, and has controlled himself is a real and permanent conqueror of this world.  All persons vie with each other to follow him and obey his commands.

O Sidhs, we bow down in complete devotion and reverence to Him who is ever existent, the source of all creation, has no colour and form, and is indestructible.  He is beyond all changes through all the Yugas (The cycle of the world‟s creation).

ਸੋ ਦਰੁ ਕੇਹਾ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਕੇਹਾ ਜਿਤੁ ਬਹਿ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥ ਵਾਜੇ ਨਾਦ ਅਨੇਕ ਅਸੰਖਾ ਕੇਤੇ ਵਾਵਣਹਾਰੇ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਰਾਗ ਪਰੀ ਸਿਉ ਕਹੀਅਨਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਗਾਵਣਹਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਹਨੋ ਪਉਣੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਰਾਜਾ ਧਰਮੁ ਦੁਆਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਗੁਪਤੁ ਲਿਖਿ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਧਰਮੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਈਸਰੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਵਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਇੰਦ  ਇਦਾਸਣਿ ਬੈਠੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਆ ਦਰਿ ਨਾਲੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਿਧ ਸਮਾਧੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਗਾਵਨਿ ਸਾਧ ਵਿਚਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਨਿ ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਸੰਤੋਖੀ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਵੀਰ ਕਰਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਨਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੜਨਿ ਰਖੀਸਰ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਵੇਦਾ ਨਾਲੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਮੋਹਣੀਆ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹਨਿ ਸੁਰਗਾ ਮਛ ਪਇਆਲੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਨਿ ਰਤਨ ਉਪਾਏ ਤੇਰੇ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਲੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਜੋਧ ਮਹਾਬਲ ਸੂਰਾ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਖਾਣੀ ਚਾਰੇ ॥ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਵਰਭੰਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਰਖੇ ਧਾਰੇ ॥ ਸੇਈ ਤੁਧੁਨੋ  ਗਾਵਹਿ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਨਿ ਰਤੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਭਗਤ ਰਸਾਲੇ ॥ ਹੋਰਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਗਾਵਨਿ ਸੇ ਮੈ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਨਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਿਆ  ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ॥ ਸੋਈ ਸੋਈ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਚੀ ਨਾਈ ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਹੋਸੀ ਜਾਇ ਨ ਜਾਸੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਾਈ ॥ ਰੰਗੀ ਰੰਗੀ ਭਾਤੀ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਈ ॥ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਜਿਵ ਤਿਸ ਦੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥ ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਕਰਸੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਰਣਾ ਜਾਈ ॥ ਸੋ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਸਾਹਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਨਾਨਕ  ਰਹਣੁ ਰਜਾਈ ॥੨੭॥

Translation in English :  

Which is the doorway, and of what kind is the mansion in which O Lord You sit and supervise the whole created Universe.  The whole Creation is Thy mansion and the unlimited vast expanse Thy doorway in front of it millions of harmonious songs and tunes are being played by innumerable things and beings.  Innumerable musicians are singing of Thee, in all kinds of systematized music.  Rags with their consorts sing of Thee.  The vast expanse of air, water, fire with Dharam Raj, the maintainer of the equilibrium of the creation are all singing Thy praises.    

The automatic and innate powers which silently but relentlessly keep the record of Karmas of all created being and also Dharam Raj who allots the reward of punishments  of these actions sing of Thee.  The Lords Shiva and Brahma whom Thou hast given a glorious place in Thy Creation, with their consorts sing of Thee.  Many Indras sitting on their thrones, with all the Devtas attending them sing of Thee.  

The Yogis who lift themselves above the mundane sphere of life and go into samadhi (a balanced state of mind for that period) and the Sadhus who are engaged in the self-searching task of Divine realization, sing of Thee.  Those who tread the path of immaculate chastity, self-control, truth, and contentment (submission to his will under all conditions) sing of Thee.  The pandits (learned persons), the Rishis (who lead the life in constant meditation, prayer, and the deep study of their scriptures), and the Vedas have sung of Thee through all the Yugas (ages).  The beautiful and poor damsels of the upper regions, the earth and the antipodes (the lower world) who charm the minds of the on looker sing of Thee.

ਅਮੁਲ ਗੁਣ ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰ ॥ ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰੀਏ ਅਮੁਲ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥ ਅਮੁਲ ਆਵਹਿ ਅਮੁਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਮੁਲ ਭਾਇ ਅਮੁਲਾ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਤੁਲੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ ॥ ਅਮੁਲੋ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਆਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਵੇਦ ਪਾਠ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਪੜੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਖਿਆਣ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਬਰਮੇ ਆਖਹਿ ਇੰਦ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਗੋਪੀ ਤੈ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਈਸਰ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਿਧ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਬੁਧ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਦਾਨਵ ਆਖਹਿ ਦੇਵ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਸੇਵ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਆਖਹਿ ਆਖਣਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਉਠਿ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਏਤੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਰਿ ਕਰੇਹਿ ॥ ਤਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਕਹਿ ਕੇਈ ਕੇਇ ॥ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੇਵਡੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬੋਲੁਵਿਗਾੜੁ ॥ ਤਾ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਗਾਵਾਰਾ ਗਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੨੬॥

Translation in English :  

His glory and attributes are above all price.  (These qualities of self-realization, and submitting to His will are found in His saints).  Those who try to rise above all attachment, and are ever engaged in trying to understand Thy attributes, can be at-one with Thee (in the company of Thy saints, by singing or listening to Thy praise).  They are also priceless. They are the salt of Earth.

The minds of God-conscious persons who have realized the Divine within are the priceless storehouse of Divine knowledge.  The searchers after truth, who come to God- conscious persons to find the way of self-realization, are priceless jewels of this Earth. Those who acquire these good qualities in the company of the saints and henceforth make them a part and parcel of their lives are also above all price.

The tie of love between the searchers after truth and the Satguru (God-conscious person, one who has realized the Truth and can show the path of self-realization to others) is beyond all price.  Those who have reached the stage of self-realization in the company of saints are also beyond praise.

Their Dharma (the power of treading on the right path) is above all price.  The company of the saints in which the above-mentioned qualities are acquired is priceless. Reason (power of sifting truth from falsehood) which rises above all attachment is acquired by His saints, is a very sensitive balance, and the fine power of judging right and wrong is the set of its weights.

The spontaneous and selfless teachings of the Satguru are a priceless gift for reaching the stage of self-realization (God consciousness). This stage which reveals itself on the forehead of God conscious persons is also above all valuation.  The grace of the Satguru is priceless and His commandments are also invaluable.

These priceless gifts and attributes cannot be described in words as they are beyond the reach of human intellect.  They can be realized but cannot be expressed in human language.  His saints who have meditated on Him in complete devotion declare, that the union with Him is indescribable.  It can be realized and felt but no words can express it.

The Vedas and Puranas have sung of Him.  Many a learned persons have studied and expressed their views in spoken language.  Many a Brahmas and Indras – (There are innumerable worlds and numberless Brahmas and Indras) have tried to explain His creation.  The Lord Krishna and his pure damsels sing of Him in concert.  Shivji and the Sidhs (persons who have acquired occult powers) have talked of Him.

ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਰਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਵਡਾ ਦਾਤਾ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥  ਕੇਤੇ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਜੋਧ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ ਕੇਤਿਆ ਗਣਤ ਨਹੀ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥  ਕੇਤੇ ਖਪਿ ਤੁਟਹਿ ਵੇਕਾਰ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਮੁਕਰੁ ਪਾਹਿ ॥  ਕੇਤੇ ਮੂਰਖ ਖਾਹੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥ ਕੇਤਿਆ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਦ ਮਾਰ ॥ ਏਹਿ ਭਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥ ਬੰਦਿ ਖਲਾਸੀ ਭਾਣੈ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਹੋਰੁ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥  ਜੇ ਕੋ ਖਾਇਕੁ ਆਖਣਿ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਓਹੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇਤੀਆ ਮੁਹਿ ਖਾਇ ॥  ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਿ ਭਿ ਕੇਈ ਕੇਇ ॥  ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਖਸੇ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ॥੨੫॥

Translation in English :  

His gifts and deeds are boundless, and cannot be put into words.  He freely bestows His gifts and does not expect anything in return.  Countless brave and great warriors beseech gifts from Him.  

There are innumerable persons who beg all kinds of gifts from Him.  Many a person waste their lives by spending His gifts in selfish pleasures and evil deeds.  There are many who receive these gifts but do not acknowledge them.  They always go on grumbling. There are innumerable duffers who go on eating and drinking, but never thank the Bestower of these gifts.  

There are many who suffer from pangs of disease, hunger and incessant trouble. But O Divine Father, these too are Thy gifts.  Here Guru Nanak takes the disciple to a very high stage of life.  Here the sikh (the learner) is taught to take all these troubles as a great blessing.  Each individual has a debt of evil karmas on his head, which he has to repay in his human life.  By suffering these pains, pangs and calamities in a spirit of thankfulness the debt of karma is cleared way, and the person who so resigns himself to the will of God makes himself a receptacle of God‟s grace, and paves for himself the way of self-realization.  O Lord, only by submitting to Thy will in thankfulness can one attain freedom from birth and rebirth, and be at-one with Thee.  No one can give another path, for reaching this stage of self-realization.  

If any foolhardy duffer tries to express in words any other means, then he alone knows how many reproaches he has to face, in the company of God-conscious persons.  The Divine Father knows what gifts to bestow and He alone can give them.  There are only a few persons who recognize Him as the Bestower of all gifts and receive them in complete thankfulness.  

O Lord, he, upon whom You bestow the gift of singing Thy praises and meditation on Thy name, becomes at-one with Thee.  He rises above all wants, and becomes the king of kings. He does not beseech or beg anything from anyone, but becomes the bestower of gifts to all mankind.

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥  

ਪਵਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ ॥ ਦਿਵਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਦਾਈ ਦਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੈ ਸਗਲ ਜਗਤੁ ॥ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਬੁਰਿਆਈਆ ਵਾਚੈ ਧਰਮੁ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਕਰਮੀ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੇ ਨੇੜੈ ਕੇ ਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਗਏ ਮਸਕਤਿ ਘਾਲਿ ॥  ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਕੇਤੀ ਛੁਟੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

Translation in English :

This solok gives the gist of the Japji Sahib.  It tells man that he whole nature surrounding him, is the source of his birth, feeding and Gur-Updesh.

Keeping these things in mind, keep thy actions pure and truthful.  Good and evil have their own effects.  Good actions take you near the God-head (The realization of the Divine within) and evil actions take you farther away.  Therefore, do good and remain in touch with Thy source the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  But right actions only do not lead to complete freedom (At-one-ment).

Therefore, along with righteous actions in the worldly dealings, meditate on the Divine Name (at least three hours before day break), with such devotion, that God‟s name ever dwells in thy heart.  Thus your face will shine with Divine light, you will be free from birth and rebirth and lead many more to the goal of freedom.  Man is here taken as a child.

All sound is conveyed through air, and man gets his Gur-Updesh through it, so air is Guru.  Water, the agent of all creation, the father, and the earth, that produces all things which feed mankind, the mother.

Day and night are the male and female nurses.  The day makes man play his part in this drama of the world, and night like a female nurse puts him to sleep and be fresh after rest.  The good and evil actions leave their impressions instantaneously on man‟s mind. Good actions lead one near the Divine source (the Divine within) and the evil actions remove him farther away.

Those who meditate on the Divine Name with love and devotion, reach the goal of human life.  They rise above all temptations and realize the Divine within.  Their faces shine with Divine glory and they lead many more to this Divine goal, and free them from the cycle of birth and rebirth.

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥  

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਵੇਖਣਿ ਸੁਣਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥  

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥ ਅੰਤ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਬਿਲਲਾਹਿ ॥  

ਤਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ ਏਹੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥  

ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਊਚਾ ਥਾਉ ॥ ਊਚੇ ਉਪਰਿ ਊਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ ਏਵਡੁ ਊਚਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ 

ਤਿਸੁ ਊਚੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਿ ਆਪਿ ॥ 

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥੨੪॥

Translation in English :  

His praise is endless and is beyond the power of expression.  His creation is boundless and His gifts countless.  No human eye can see the end of His vast creation, and no ear can comprehend His greatness.  No one can realize the infinite plan in his mind, and no human intellect can visualize the limits of His created universe and its vast expanse.  

Many a person are trying with all their might to solve the riddle of His creation, but all their efforts are in vain.  No one can realize the limits of His boundless creation. The more one tries to put it in words, the more he finds that it is beyond all expression. He is the Sole Master of His Creation and pervades the loftiest spheres of the Universe, and is beyond the power of human mind and intellect.  He dwells in the super conscious atmosphere of the congregation of God-conscious persons.  

His name is great and high, and by meditating on it, one can realize Him and be at-one with Him.  If one can become as high as the Divine Master, then and then alone he can know Him (His saints can become at-one with Him).  He is high and great and He alone knows Himself.  

Sayeth Nanak, God bestows His gifts according to the Karmas of human beings; and gives freedom from birth and rebirth by His grace, to those who meditate on His name in pure devotion without any worldly desire.

ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਏਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ॥ ਨਦੀਆ ਅਤੈ ਵਾਹ ਪਵਹਿ ਸਮੁੰਦਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ॥  

ਸਮੁੰਦ ਸਾਹ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਗਿਰਹਾ ਸੇਤੀ ਮਾਲੁ ਧਨੁ ॥ ਕੀੜੀ ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਨੀ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰਹਿ ॥੨੩॥

Translation in English :   

His devotees and Bhagats sing His praises and merge themselves with the Infinite Divine just as the rivers and the streams fall into the ocean and lose themselves in it, but cannot comprehend the greatness of the ocean.  

In the same way His Bhagats and devotees, become a part and parcel of the great Divine, but cannot find words to express His greatness, just as a drop of water which falls into the ocean, blends itself into it, and becomes its part and parcel, but cannot describe the greatness of the sea.    

The boundless Divine Essence is just like a great ocean.  

 Those who ever remember Him and meditate on His name, become at-one with Him.  On the other hand, the possessors of mountain like heaps of gold and silver, cannot equal an ant (a humble devotee) who ever keeps His name in his mind.

ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥ ਓੜਕ ਓੜਕ ਭਾਲਿ ਥਕੇ ਵੇਦ ਕਹਨਿ ਇਕ ਵਾਤ ॥ ਸਹਸ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਕਹਨਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਅਸੁਲੂ ਇਕੁ ਧਾਤੁ ॥ ਲੇਖਾ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਵਡਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥ ੨੨॥

Translation in English :   

There are hundreds of thousands of lower or nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of skies (one above the other).  In vain the searchers have tried to find their limit and number, but all have failed to do so.  Even the Vedas say that the created universe is boundless.  

The eighteen Purans and the four books (the Torait, the Zend- Avesta, the Bible and the Koran) declare with one voice, that there is but One everlasting Reality, the Divine Essence and the whole universe is His manifestation.  

Were it possible to enumerate and measure His creation, one would attempt to do so, but He is above all this calculation.  No human intellect can find the number or the limit of His boundless Creation.  

Sayeth Nanak the Creator is above all His creation and He alone can know and realize it.  All that one should do is to sing His praise in complete devotion and ecstasy, and be at-one with Him, leaving aside all these dry and fruitless calculations.

ਤੀਰਥੁ ਤਪੁ ਦਇਆ ਦਤੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਤਿਲ ਕਾ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਮਲਿ ਨਾਉ ॥  ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਤੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥  ਸੁਅਸਤਿ ਆਥਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਰਮਾਉ ॥ ਸਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਣੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ॥ ਕਵਣੁ ਸੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਵਖਤੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਵਣ ਥਿਤਿ ਕਵਣੁ ਵਾਰੁ ॥ ਕਵਣਿ ਸਿ ਰੁਤੀ ਮਾਹੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਹੋਆ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ ਵੇਲ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਪੰਡਤੀ ਜਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ ਵਖਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕਾਦੀਆ ਜਿ ਲਿਖਨਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ ਥਿਤਿ ਵਾਰੁ ਨਾ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਰੁਤਿ ਮਾਹੁ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਜਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਠੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਜੇ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ ਕਿਵ ਕਰਿ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਵ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਰਨੀ ਕਿਵ ਜਾਣਾ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਖਣਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਇਕ ਦੂ ਇਕੁ ਸਿਆਣਾ ॥ ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਵਡੀ  ਨਾਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਪੌ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਗੈ ਗਇਆ ਨ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੨੧॥

Translation in English :   

By going to and bathing in the sacred places of pilgrimage, by going through all kinds of ascetic practices and by giving away gifts to the poor in a merciful mood, one gains an ephemeral reputation in this world, or one goes to Swarga (place of rest) after death for a short time, and is born again in this world when the fruit of one‟s good karmas is finished.  But if our ears drink deep in the teachings of the Satguru, ever weigh them in our minds and act upon them with love and fervour, we realize the Divine within and attain at-one-ment with the One-in-All and the All-in-One.

O Divine Lord, all these gifts of listening to the teachings of the Guru, and ever keeping them in our minds, and acting upon them have been bestowed upon me by Thee. I am altogether devoid of them.  Without these God-given gifts meditation on Thy Name is impossible.  It is this mood of deep humility love and fervour that leads us to at-one- ment with Thee, and intunes our minds with the infinite.    

O Lord, bestow these gifts upon me and accept my humble all-hail, “Thou art ever True, all life (source of all life), and ever blissful.”    

Q. The other rendering is in the form of a question, is this creation the outcome of matter or of the Infinite source of all love and energy?

Ans. In the Infinite Divine mind, the thought came, that I manifest myself in various forms.  This thought was expressed through the word and the whole creation came into existence.   The Eternal Divine the source of all creation is the everlasting Reality, the source of all active life, and ever blissful.  

What was the period, what was the time, what was the moment on the lunar calendar, what was the name of the day on the solar calendar (Sunday etc.), what was the season, and what was the month, when the whole creation came into existence?

All the pandits have searched the Purans, all the Mohammedan Divines have studied the Koran, but they could not fix the time and the moment of the world‟s creation.  Even the Yogis who go into a trance and study the vast expanse of time and space cannot fix the moment and the day.  In short no one can give the season and the month.  It is the Creator alone Who Knows His own secret.  Then how in my ignorance to solve this riddle, can I describe His creation?   

The only thing that I can do is to take myself into the realm of praise and ecstasy, and be at-one with Him.  Sayeth Nanak many a wise men attempt to describe His creation, each posing wiser than the other.  But the great Lord, the All-in-One and the One-in-All is great and His praise is beyond the scope of human intellect and spoken language

He is the sole master of His creation, and manifests Himself into the whole created universe, according to His own will.  O Nanak anyone who says that I know it, cannot find a place of respect in the company of God-conscious persons.  All that one needs to do is to meditate on His name, sing His praise and thus merge oneself into the Divine Reality and become a part and parcel of the great Infinite.

ਭਰੀਐ ਹਥੁ ਪੈਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਹ ॥ 

ਪਾਣੀ ਧੋਤੈ ਉਤਰਸੁ ਖੇਹ ॥ ਮੂਤ ਪਲੀਤੀ ਕਪੜੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ 

ਦੇ ਸਾਬੂਣੁ ਲਈਐ ਓਹੁ ਧੋਇ ॥ ਭਰੀਐ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਪਾ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ॥ 

ਓਹੁ ਧੋਪੈ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ॥ ਪੁੰਨੀ ਪਾਪੀ ਆਖਣੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ 

ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਣਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਹੁ ॥  

ਆਪੇ ਬੀਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਹੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਆਵਹੁ ਜਾਹੁ ॥੨੦॥

Translation in English :

If out hands, feet or body become dirty (get covered with dirt and rubbish) they can be cleansed by water.  If urine is spilt on a piece of cloth, and it gets fouled and is unfit for use in any kind of worship, then we rub it with soap and water, and free it from that impurity.  In the same way the impressions of our sinful actions, which are made on our minds, can be washed away by meditating on the Divine name, with love and devotion.

Righteousness and sinfulness are not mere names.  They are the outcome of good or bad actions, which one does in the course of his daily life.  Whatever action a man does, its impressions right or wrong, good or bad, are left on the mind.  Just as we sow, so we reap.   Thus sayeth Nanak we have to pass through the round of birth and rebirth under the Eternal Divine Law, without finding the haven of rest and peace.

In this Pauri Satguru Nanak in a very simple and expressive manner, shows us the way of removing wrong and evil impressions from our minds, which are the result of our sinful actions in our daily lives and various births.

In order to clean a dirty piece of linen, we rub it with water and soap.  During this process all the hidden dirt in the fibres of the cloth comes to the surface.  Then we immerse it in a vessel or pond of fresh water and wash away that dirt.  By repeating this process several times, the dirty piece of linen becomes clean white.  In the same way when we get up early in the morning and meditate on the Divine Name with fixed attention and love, the evil impressions hidden in our minds come to the surface.  Then we pray to the Satguru, dirty as we are, we are yours; cleanse our minds from sinful impressions.

This prayerful and humble mood washes away the evil impressions. The continuous daily meditation and prayer go on cleansing our minds; and a day comes when the evil cloud of selfishness is removed, and the Divine within the human heart shines forth in its full effulgence, rendering all our

thoughts and actions pure and immaculate, and in complete unison with the Eternal Law governing the Universe.

ਅਸੰਖ ਨਾਵ ਅਸੰਖ ਥਾਵ ॥ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਸੰਖ ਲੋਅ ॥  

ਅਸੰਖ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਅਖਰੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਖਰੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥

 ਅਖਰੀ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਗੀਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹ ॥ ਅਖਰੀ ਲਿਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬਾਣਿ ॥

 ਅਖਰਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਖਾਣਿ ॥ ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

 ਜਿਵ ਫੁਰਮਾਏ ਤਿਵ ਤਿਵ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ ਜੇਤਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਤਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ 

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ 

ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ  ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

 ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੯॥

Translation in English :

There are countless names of the Divine Reality.

There are countless places (worlds), which are beyond the reach of human understanding.  His creation is so vast, and immense that anyone who limits their number to thousands of billions, has to bear the sin of telling what is far beyond the truth; on his head.  It is through the spoken language that we give Him various names and meditate on them.  It is by means of spoken words that we sing His praise.  It is through words that we realize Him.  Mind revels in His glory and bursts forth in spontaneous praise – Wah.

Thou art limitless and glorious, and great beyond the power of human speech.  It is through words that we put into writing all that is spoken.  The impression of all Karmas good or bad, which regulates our coming together, and being separated, is also given on each human being‟s forehead in the shape of letters.

He who through His Eternal Divine Law puts these impressions on the human forehead is beyond the reach of words.  He is self-existent and self-creative.  The whole Universe is governed by His immutable Law, and is the outcome of a spoken word.  His name pervades all space in its immensity.  His realization is the only place of rest and peace for mankind.

I have no the power to give a full description of His nature.  All that I can do is to lose myself in ecstasy and thanksgiving, and be a sacrifice to Him in thought, word and deed; thus keep myself ever resigned to His will.  Thou art an everlasting Reality, the  fountainhead of the whole Creation.  Thou art the Eternal source of thy creation. Whatever thou doest is for the best.

ਅਸੰਖ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਘੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਚੋਰ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਅਮਰ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਜੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਗਲਵਢ ਹਤਿਆ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਪਾਪੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

ਅਸੰਖ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਕੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਮਲੇਛ ਮਲੁ ਭਖਿ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

ਅਸੰਖ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥ ੧੮॥

Translation in English :

There are countless duffers and confirmed idiots, who do not listen to anyone‟s advice. There are innumerable thieves and countless persons who earn money by foul means and live upon it.

There are innumerable tyrants who use their power to oppressing others but they pass away from this world unknown and unsung.  There are innumerable cutthroats who are every busy in this cruel and sinful occupation, without any remorse.

There are innumerable sinners who go on following the path of evil till the last breath of their lives.

There are innumerable liars, who are every busy in using deceitful and crooked means.

There are innumerable persons who use foul language and eat foul food, all kinds of flesh and waste thrown out of the body.  There are innumerable backbiters who carry the burden of slandering others on their heads.

I have not the power to give a full description of His nature.  All that I can do is lose myself in ecstasy and thanks giving, and be a sacrifice to Him in thought, word and deed and thus keep myself ever resigned to His will.

Thou art an everlasting reality, the fountainhead of the whole Creation.  Thou art the Eternal source of the creation. Whatever thou doest is for the best.

In this Pauri, Satguru has described the various kinds of low persons engaged in all kinds of degrading occupations.  When describing such persons, naturally a very insidious egoism enters the heart of the writer.

To save us from falling into this huge pit, the great Satguru Nanak calls himself, the lowest of the low, as a remarkable sign of his humility, an uplifting example for us.

ਅਸੰਖ ਜਪ ਅਸੰਖ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਪੂਜਾ ਅਸੰਖ ਤਪ ਤਾਉ ॥  

ਅਸੰਖ ਗਰੰਥ ਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਦ ਪਾਠ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਜੋਗ ਮਨਿ ਰਹਹਿ  ਉਦਾਸ ॥  

ਅਸੰਖ ਭਗਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਿਆਨ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਸਤੀ ਅਸੰਖ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥  

ਅਸੰਖ ਸੂਰ ਮੁਹ ਭਖ ਸਾਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਮੋਨਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ਤਾਰ ॥  

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥  

ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੭॥

Translation in English :

According to Guru Nanak there are innumerable earths, on which men live. In the next three Pauries, Satguru Nanak mentions the two classes of human beings both good and bad, on the various worlds.  Their number is beyond the reach of human intellect and thought.  Our function is to lose ourselves in wonder and praise at the sight of His creation, sing His praises, and submit ourselves to His will in complete love and devotion.

O Lord, there are innumerable persons who meditate on thy name with love and devotion.  There are countless worshippers who worship Thee in various ways.  There are innumerable persons who recite the Vedas and other scriptures from memory.  There are innumerable persons who are undergoing all kinds of penance.  There are innumerable yogis, who detach their minds from worldly desires and pleasures.  There are countless devotees (Bhaktas) who sing thy praises, and ever keep their minds fixed on the path of self-realization.

There are innumerable persons who sacrifice themselves for the sake of others, uplifting mankind, and saving them from all kinds of troubles, both inner and outer. They always tread the path of Truth at all costs.  There are innumerable persons who freely share with others, the gifts bestowed up them by God.  There are innumerable brave fighters who never turn their back, when engaged in a battle for a righteous cause, the defense of a principle, or in the help of the weak and the fallen.  They are ever in the

brunt of the battle, and bear the strokes of iron weapons, swords, arrows, etc. on their faces.

There are innumerable persons who keep their mouths shut, do not speak at all and try to keep their minds fixed on the Divine name every moment.  Or there are innumerable God-conscious persons (Munis) who ever remain immersed in the Divine within and without.

O Lord, Thy creation is so immense that it is beyond my comprehension.  All that I can do is to be a sacrifice to Thee, and lose myself in ecstasy.  O Divine Lord, you are ever Real, and Self-existent, and all that Thou doeth is for the best.  Our duty is to submit implicitly to Thy will.

ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਧਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚੇ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦਰਗਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚੇ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਰਾਜਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚਾ ਕਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਕਰੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਕਰਤੇ ਕੈ ਕਰਣੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੁਮਾਰੁ ॥ ਧੌਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਦਇਆ ਕਾ ਪੂਤੁ ॥ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਸੂਤਿ ॥  ਜੇ ਕੋ ਬੁਝੈ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥ ਧਵਲੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਕੇਤਾ ਭਾਰੁ ॥ ਧਰਤੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਪਰੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਹੋਰੁ ॥

ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਭਾਰੁ ਤਲੈ ਕਵਣੁ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੀਅ ਜਾਤਿ ਰੰਗਾ ਕੇ ਨਾਵ ॥

ਸਭਨਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਵੁੜੀ ਕਲਾਮ ॥ ਏਹੁ ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕੇਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਕੇਤਾ ਤਾਣੁ ਸੁਆਲਿਹੁ ਰੂਪੁ ॥ ਕੇਤੀ ਦਾਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੌਣੁ ਕੂਤੁ ॥ ਕੀਤਾ ਪਸਾਉ ਏਕੋ ਕਵਾਉ ॥ ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਹੋਏ ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥

ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੬॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri Satguru Nanak describes the stage of those persons who have heard the Divine name from the Sat Guru, have weighed it in their minds and given it a permanent place there, by daily mediating on Him and singing hymns in His glory, with love and devotion.

They have brought their lives in unison with the Divine law. Their minds are ever filled with rapture, all-embracing love, self-knowledge, self-control, sweet imperturbable temperament, righteousness and mercy.  Such saints attain the stage of God-consciousness and are accepted by God in their very lifetime.

Thus they become at- one with God in their life.  In this world they attain spiritual, moral & social leadership. After death, they get a high place in the Divine Realm.  Such saints are ornaments in the courts of kings or they are true kings in the Divine Realm.  Such saints acquire at-one- ment with the Eternal Divine.  They become at-one with Him.

They blend themselves with the Guru, by ever keeping his teachings in their minds.  They ever keep their minds fixed on the Divine Master and meditate on His name.  No worldly desire can swerve them from the path of unselfish service, and seeing Him in the whole created Universe.

So far in the Japji Sahib, Guru Nanak has dealt with the qualities and functions of the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  His Divine law and the annihilation of egoism (the source of all selfishness) by complete submission to His Will (Divine Law).

For this purpose we have to rise three hours before sunrise, take a cold bath and meditate on the Divine name (Waheguru) and sing hymns in His praise in complete rapture.  It is essential to listen to the teachings of the Satguru (a God-conscious person) with rapt attention, weigh and fix them in our minds and scrupulously act upon them.  By this daily mediation, prayer and submission to the Guru‟s will, we come to the stage of self-realization and attain the status of a Panch (a saint who has risen above all temptations and feels the presence of the Divine both within and without).

Now we come to His creation and nature through which He manifests and reveals Himself.  The created Universe is so infinite that no one by mere intellect can gauge and describe it.

This creation is sustained and carried on persistently by the Divine Law working calmly and smoothly in its course without the least divergence.  The balance of the whole creation is maintained by Dharma (righteousness in thought, word and deed), which is born of mercy (an all embracing love, charity, forgiving and overlooking each other‟s faults); combined with the spirit of contentment (satisfaction with whatever God gives us, without any thought of encroaching on the rights of others).

ਮੰਨੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਪਰਵਾਰੈ ਸਾਧਾਰੁ ॥  

ਮੰਨੈ ਤਰੈ ਤਾਰੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਿਖ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਵਹਿ ਨ ਭਿਖ ॥ 

 ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥੧੫॥

Translation in English :

He who fixes his mind on Satguru’s teachings, gets freedom from birth and rebirth.  He is free here and hereafter.  Here he is at-one with the Divine, and when he finishes the span of his mortal existence he blends himself in Him.

uch a person acquires freedom for himself, and shows the path of getting free, to al those (His family, his relatives, his friends, the members of his community, his whole nation, and the whole family of mankind) who come in contact with him.

One who fixes one‟s mind on Satguru’s teachings becomes God-conscious, and acquires the power of showing the path of self-realization to others.  Such a person makes others his disciples, who by following his instructions rise above all attachment.  Thus both the teacher (the Guru) and the taught (the disciple) reach the Realm of self- realization and at-one-ment with the Divine (the Infinite source of all creation).

One who fixes one‟s mind on Satguru’s teachings becomes free from all desires. He never stoops down to beg anything for himself, worldly or spiritual.  He rises above death and becomes a truly ideal man.

The glory of the Divine Word (gurmantar – WAHEGURU), which is immaculate and free from all dross of attachment, is so great that only he who meditates on it, with full faith and love and makes it dwell in his mind, can realize it.

ਮੰਨੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਜਾਇ ॥  

ਮੰਨੈ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਪੰਥੁ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਧਰਮ ਸੇਤੀ ਸਨਬੰਧੁ ॥  

ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥ ੧੪॥

Translation in English :

One who fixes one‟s mind on Satguru’s teachings, goes on treading the path of Divine realization without facing any obstacle.  He gains very high respect in this world and everyone bows down to his spiritual greatness.

One who fixes one‟s mind on Satguru’s teachings does not tread the narrow lanes and devious paths of priestly castes and creeds.  He goes on following the path of self- realization, without any distinction of caste, creed, race or colour.

One who fixes one‟s mind on Satguru’s teachings naturally acquires the power of following the right path without the least wavering.  Such a person rises above all attachment, and virtue flows spontaneously out of him (his mind).  He is pure and virtuous in thought, word and action.

The glory of the Divine Word (gurmantar – WAHEGURU), which is immaculate and free from all dross of attachment, is so great that only he who meditates on it with full faith and love, and makes it dwell in his mind, can realize it.

ਮੰਨੈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਬੁਧਿ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਸਗਲ ਭਵਣ ਕੀ ਸੁਧਿ ॥  

ਮੰਨੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਨਾ ਖਾਇ ॥ ਮੰਨੈ ਜਮ ਕੈ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥  

ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥੧੩॥

Translation in English :

By fixing the Satguru’s (God-conscious person) teachings in one‟s mind, and meditating on the Divine Gurmantra the mind and intellect acquire the power of distinguishing between right and wrong, and reach the sphere of reason.

By fixing the Satguru’s teaching in one‟s mind, one attains the knowledge of all the Brahmandas (the whole Universe).  He acquires occult powers by which he can know all that is going on the various parts of the Universe.

By fixing the Satguru’s teachings in ones mind, one goes on following the right path, and does not face the troubles and worries of attachment to his own self, his relatives, and worldly goods.  Such a person gets freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth and rises above all fear of death.

The glory of the Divine Word (gurmantar – WAHEGURU), which is immaculate and free from all dross of attachment, is so great that only he who meditates on it, with full faith and love and makes it dwell in his mind, can realize it.

ਮੰਨੇ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਪਿਛੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ॥  

ਕਾਗਦਿ ਕਲਮ ਨ ਲਿਖਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ਮੰਨੇ ਕਾ ਬਹਿ ਕਰਨਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥  

ਐਸਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਇ ॥੧੨॥

Translation in English :

In the next four Pauris (12, 13, 14, and 15) Guru Nanak gives the spiritual stage of those persons, who after listening to Guru Updesha (the teachings of a God-conscious person) weigh it in their minds; and make it the ideal of their lives.

The spiritual stage (the stage of self-realization) of one who after weighing the teachings of the Satguru, fixes them in his mind and makes them the goal of his life, cannot be expressed in words.  Anyone who attempts to express it falls so short of it, that he feels ashamed of his vain attempt.

The true stage of such a person no writer can put on paper.  Howsoever wise a writer may be, whatsoever amount of paper and ink he may possess, the spiritual stage of such a person cannot be expressed in words.  The glory of the Divine Word (gurmantar – WAHEGURU), which is immaculate and free from all dross of attachment, is so great that only he who meditates on it, with full faith and love, and makes it dwell in his mind, can realize it.

ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਰਾ ਗੁਣਾ ਕੇ ਗਾਹ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸੇਖ ਪੀਰ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ॥  

ਸੁਣਿਐ ਅੰਧੇ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਰਾਹੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਹਾਥ ਹੋਵੈ ਅਸਗਾਹੁ ॥  

ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੧੧॥

Translation in English :

By listening to and drinking in deep the Divine name, one realizes the truth contained in the fathomless oceans of knowledge; (the Vedas, the Shastras and the Gurbani); one attains the rank of Sheikh – the head of a clan, Pir – religious leader, or a king.

The ignorant (the blind hunters after pleasures of flesh) find the Path of true realization.  The Infinite fathomless Divine is realized.  One becomes God-conscious, and feels His presence in the whole created Universe.

Or one can easily cross the unfathomable ocean of the world of woe and pain.  (He can acquire the power of keeping his mind in control under all circumstances, success does not inflate him and failure never daunts him.  Filled with Divine realization, he lives in peace and good will, with the whole creation).

Sayeth Nanak, His devotees who meditate on His name and drink in deep the nectar of the Divine life within, are filled with ecstasy and their faces beam with Divine joy.

No pain or sin can touch them.  They rise above all pain and sin.

ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਕਾ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੧੦॥

Translation in English :

By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention one attains the realization of Truth, the stage of permanent contentment (remaining resigned to His will under all circumstances), and the knowledge of the Divine within and without (a realization that the whole created universe lives, moves and has its being in the One-in- All and the All-in-One and is controlled by Him).

By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires the fruit of bathing the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage in Bharat Varsha (Hindustan).

By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires the same amount of respect that a person acquires by years of painful study.  By listening to the Divine teachings of the Satguru, (without any worldly desire) one acquires freedom from all attachment; and his mind remains permanently fixed on the Divine within and without, the all-pervading Eternal Reality.  He is in tuned with the Infinite in though, word and deed and rises above all temptation.  Sayeth Nanak His devotees who meditate on His name are filled with ecstasy.

Their faces beam with Divine joy.  No pain or sin can touch them.  They rise above all pain and sin.

Note: - There are very few people who listen attentively to spiritual truths.  Being slaves of mammon and hunters after pleasures of flesh, their minds always wander away.  The body is present but the mind is absent.  Hardly one in millions imbibes the spiritual teachings of God conscious persons of scriptures.

ਸੁਣਿਐ ਈਸਰੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਇੰਦੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਲਾਹਣ ਮੰਦੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਤਨਿ ਭੇਦ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਵੇਦ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੯॥

Translation in English :

By listening to the Divine name and drinking it deep in their minds, Shiv, Brahma, and Indra have attained their high dignities.  Even a degraded person, if he begins singing His praises in love, becomes pure, and people begin praising him.

By listening attentively to the Divine name and its praise one learns all Yoga devices (Pranayama and Samadhi) and comes to know the hidden secrets of the body, and the intricacy of the various veins and arteries.  One comes to realize the essence of Truth contained in the six shastras, twenty-seven simrities, and the four Vedas.

Note: - The final source of all knowledge is the human mind.  The more it is illuminated the higher the truth is realized by it.  A man who realizes the Divine within, the fountainhead of all knowledge, develops a direct power of Intuition, and becomes at-one with the Divine Law.  Thus he rises above all error, and practices in his daily live the principles of Truth contained in the holy books.

Sayeth Nanak His devotees who meditate on His name and drink in deep the nectar of the Divine life within, are filled with ecstasy and their faces beam with Divine joy.  No pain or sin can touch them.  They rise above all pain and sin.

ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਿਧ ਪੀਰ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਾਥ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਧਰਤਿ ਧਵਲ ਆਕਾਸ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਪੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੮॥

Translation in English :

In the next four Pauris (8, 9, 10, 11) Satguru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj says that those persons who listen to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention and make them dwell in their minds, gain the various stages of human development according to the aim that they keep before them.

Those who desire occult powers become Sidhs, Pirs etc. and those who desire worldly greatness become Sheikhs (the head of the clan) or kings.

By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention and by controlling the mind from wandering away, one reaches the stage of Sidh – master of occult powers, Pir – the spiritual head of a community, surnath, or king of devtas – persons blessed with noble qualities and purity of mind.

By listening to the holy words of the Satguru, the dwellers on this earth, the nether world and the worlds above gain all degrees of greatness.  By listening to and drinking in deep the Divine name, the balance of the earth and whole universe above and below is maintained.

The inhabitants of the seven continents, oceans and spheres, and the dwellers of the nether world attain various stages of higher life.

Or the seven continents the upper and the lower worlds, go on doing their duty in their fixed spheres.  By listening attentively to the teachings of the guru and drinking them deep in the mind one rises above the fear of death.

Sayeth Nanak His devotees who meditate on His name, and drink in deep the nectar of the Divine life within, are filled with ecstasy and their faces beam with Divine joy.  No pain or sin can touch them.

They rise above all pain and sin.

ਜੇ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਆਰਜਾ ਹੋਰ ਦਸੂਣੀ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਨਵਾ ਖੰਡਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਨਾਲਿ ਚਲੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਚੰਗਾ ਨਾਉ ਰਖਾਇ ਕੈ ਜਸੁ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਜਗਿ ਲੇਇ ॥  

ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤ ਵਾਤ ਨ ਪੁਛੈ ਕੇ ॥ ਕੀਟਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੀਟੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੋਸੀ ਦੋਸੁ ਧਰੇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ  ਨਿਰਗੁਣਿ ਗੁਣੁ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਣਵੰਤਿਆ ਗੁਣੁ ਦੇ ॥ ਤੇਹਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਜਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਕੋਇ ਕਰੇ ॥੭॥

Translation in English :

By following the Yog marag (Pranayam) one may prolong his life to the extent of the four cycles of this world (Four Yugas-Satyug, Traita, Duapar, and Kalyug) and even ten times that period.

He may gain a worldwide reputation, and everyone may feel honoured by walking in his train.  The praise of his virtuous deed may be on every human tongue.

But if he has not attained His grace, then a time will come when no one would care even to recognize him.  His misdeeds shall be reckoned with, and he shall be found guiltiest of the guilty, and a worm among worms, the lowliest of the low, in the assembly of the saints in the life hereafte

If a guilty person repents, He grants him good qualities, and makes the virtuous more virtuous.  There is none else in the world Who can uplift such a degraded person, and there is no other who can be a bestower of good qualities.  He alone is the source of all good.  He is dependent on none else.

ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਕਿ ਨਾਇ ਕਰੀ ॥ ਜੇਤੀ ਸਿਰਠਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਵੇਖਾ  ਵਿਣੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਲਈ ॥ ਮਤਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਤਨ ਜਵਾਹਰ ਮਾਣਿਕ ਜੇ ਇਕ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਿਖ ਸੁਣੀ ॥ ਗੁਰਾ ਇਕ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ ਸਭਨਾ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਮੈ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੬॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri Satguru Nanak deals with the common practice of bathing in the sacred tanks and rivers at the various centres of pilgrimage, and declares that a mere dip in a sacred tank or river without His grace is of no avail.

Note: - This grace can only be obtained by selfless service, meditation on the Divine name, singing hymns in His praise and leading an honest and truthful life.

When I cast a glace on the whole created Universe, I see that without good Karmas of the past lives one cannot get anything.  The present life is the fruit of the past.

Law of Karma:  The transmigration of the soul is a scientific reality.  By meditating on the Divine name daily, and by doing Hari Kirtan and selfless service to mankind, one comes to know all is past births and rebirths through the four Yugas. Weighed on the balance of reason the law of transmigration becomes clear.  Some are born pets, warriors, mathematicians, musicians, and seers.  These developments come to them from their past lives.

The impressions of all the Karmas good or bad are made on the Anteh-karam (mind).  They form a part and parcel of ones life and come with him in the next birth. Now the good Karmas give their reward, and the evil ones bring their drawbacks with them.

The good Karmas bring a man in the sphere of Satsang (the company of God conscious persons) and evil Karmas lead him astray.  By following the path of meditation on the Divine name one can eradicate the effect of all evil Karmas (see note Pauri 20th).

Weighing and fixing in one‟s mind the priceless jewels and precious stones of vairag – non-attachment to the worldly pleasures, jawahar – the power of self- realization, manak – listening to the Guru‟s teachings with rapt attention, and then scrupulously acting upon them are all latent in the human mind.  They are revealed when one attentively listens to the Satguru’s teachings and implicitly obeys them.

Through the grace of the Satguru, I have realized that He alone is the Bestower of all gifts to the whole creation.  Every moment I feel His presence within me and I live, move, and have my being in Him.

ਥਾਪਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਕੀਤਾ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜਿਨਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਾਵੀਐ ਗੁਣੀ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥ ਗਾਵੀਐ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਮਨਿ ਰਖੀਐ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਘਰਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ ਗੁਰੁ ਈਸਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਰਖੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬਤੀ ਮਾਈ ॥ ਜੇ ਹਉ ਜਾਣਾ ਆਖਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਥਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ ਗੁਰਾ ਇਕ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ ਸਭਨਾ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਮੈ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੫॥

Translation in English :

He is self-existent and Eternal.  He has not been established or created by anyone (unlike worldly gods or goddesses whom people set up in their temples or other places of worship).  He is One-in-All and All-in-One.  He reveals Himself in His creation and revels in its glory but is unattached to everything.

He who meditates on His name as the Eternal Reality gets the gifts of self- realization or God consciousness, and attains eternal greatness both Here and Hereafter. Sayeth Nanak:  Sing the praises of Him who is the treasure house of all virtues and noble qualities.

By this singing and listening to His praises with rapt attention and filling our mind with His love and devotion we get freedom from attachment – the source of all worry and trouble – and attain self-realization, the haven of eternal peace and bliss.

In the second part of this verse, Satguru Nanak Dev Ji declares that the path of Prema bhagti (losing oneself in the Eternal Divine by meditation on His name), one need not depend on outward props, which the followers of Yog Marag or Pranayam do.  For the follower of this path absolute and complete faith in the Guru is essential.

So Guru Nanak says: - The spoken words of the Satguru who has realized the Truth is the rhythmical sound on which I have to fix my mind.  The Guru‟s word is the source of True knowledge for me.

It makes me realize the Divine, everywhere and in everything.   The Satguru is my Isher (Shiv destroyer).  The Guru is my Vishnu (the protector and feeder). The Guru is my Brahma (the creator) and the Guru is my Parbati (the goddess of knowledge and wealth).  The greatness of the Guru is so boundless, even if I realize it, I cannot express it in words, as it is beyond the reach of human language.

Note: -  By meditating on the Divine name and singing His praises with complete love and devotion, a time comes when one realizes the Divine within.  The veil of ignorance – the attachment to the body and the world – is removed, and one feels His presence within and without.  The heart becomes in tuned with the Infinite.  Just like a drop in the ocean, the ocean and the drop become one, but the drop cannot express the greatness of the ocean.

God is the subject matter of consciousness.  He is beyond the limited intellect of man.  He can be realized, but cannot be expressed in words just as joy and sorrow are felt, but cannot be described in words.

Through the grace of the Satguru I have realized that He alone is the Bestower of all gifts to His creation.  Every moment I feel His presence within me, and I live, move and have my being in Him.

ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਨਾਇ ਭਾਖਿਆ ਭਾਉ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥  ਆਖਹਿ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ॥ ਫੇਰਿ ਕਿ ਅਗੈ ਰਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਿਸੈ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ॥  ਮੁਹੌ ਕਿ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬੋਲੀਐ  ਜਿਤੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥  ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਵੈ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥੪॥

Translation in English :

In the created universe He is the Eternal Reality, and controls it through His never changing Divine Law.  His name is also true.

Countless persons filled with illimitable love and reverence call Him with various names, and beg from Him all kinds of gifts.  He bestows them to all.

Q. Now what shall we present before Him, that He may reveal Himself to us?  What sweet words shall we utter, that on hearing them He may bestow the gift of His love on us?

Ans. All the worldly gifts, we beg from Him and He gives them to us.  By returning these to Him in the way of offerings we cannot gain His love, Who is the giver of everything.  By so doing we only save ourselves from being ungrateful.  The only thing that can gain His love for us and bring us to the realm of self-realization (God consciousness) is to get up at least three hours before sunrise, meditate on His name and then sing hymns in His Divine praise.

Note: - The time fixed by Guru Nanak for meditation on the Divine Name is at least three hours before sunrise.  Some persons ask what is the need of taking this trouble?  Can‟t we meditate on the Divine name at any time of the day?

By all means meditate day and night without losing a single moment.  By getting up three hours before sunrise has its own significance.

Mankind may be divided into two parts: - (a)  Those who follow the path of hunting after physical enjoyments and satiate their sensuous and sensual appetite, and

(b)  Those who follow the path of looking within, doing righteous actions, and meditation on the Divine Name.   Now, every person radiates His magnetism for good or evil, and these vibrations affect the minds of all.

The persons who follow the path of pleasure stay awake till two or three in the morning and then go to sleep.  After that, their dark or evil vibrations become dormant and the atmosphere gets free from their debasing tendencies.  On the other hand all lovers of God to whatever caste, creed, race, or colour they may belong, get up early and meditate on the Divine Name.  They radiate divine waves, which help all early risers.

The time is free from all noise and turmoil, and the whole nature silently revels in the Divine glory.  Nature and the Eternal Divine are in complete unison.  This harmony enters the soul of the early riser and fixes his mind on the Divine name.

After taking rest at night one becomes fresh and can meditate on the Divine name with a sound mind and sound body.  The peace of mind and the spiritual uplift, which a man attains by mediating on the Divine Name in the early hours of the morning, keeps him buoyant and unattached with the daily struggle of life.

He does his duty without being enslaved by the daily temptation of the world.

Those who meditate on His name with worldly aims (Sakar vasana) attain them in the next human birth.  But those who go on meditating and singing His praises without any personal desire, and depend wholly on His grace, get the gifts of self-realization and freedom from birth and rebirth.  Sayeth Nanak „O‟ searcher after truth, know that He is the All-in-all and the only True reality.  The whole universe is His manifestation.

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਤਾਣੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਤਾਣੁ ॥ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਦਾਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਗੁਣ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਚਾਰ ॥  ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਵਿਦਿਆ ਵਿਖਮੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਸਾਜਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਨੁ ਖੇਹ ॥ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਜੀਅ ਲੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਦੇਹ ॥  ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਜਾਪੈ ਦਿਸੈ ਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਵੇਖੈ ਹਾਦਰਾ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥ ਕਥਨਾ ਕਥੀ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਤੋਟਿ ॥ ਕਥਿ ਕਥਿ ਕਥੀ ਕੋਟੀ ਕੋਟਿ ਕੋਟਿ ॥ ਦੇਦਾ ਦੇ ਲੈਦੇ ਥਕਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ ਜੁਗਾ ਜੁਗੰਤਰਿ ਖਾਹੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥  ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਚਲਾਏ ਰਾਹੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ॥੩॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri, Satguru Nanak Dev Ji shows that limited human power and intellect cannot fully express in spoken words His omnipotence, His unlimited gift, His beautiful qualities, and the depth of His wisdom.

Who has the power to express in words His omnipotence?

Who can appraise His gifts and attributes?

Who can sing the praise of His noble and beautiful qualities?

Who can express in words His vast knowledge, and the unfathomable reason (power of right thinking)?

Who can express His greatness, Who creates all life and then takes it back to the dust, from which it sprung?

Or who can find power to praise Him who takes away all and again brings it into existence?

Who can sing in words, Him who appears far removed from us?

Who can sing in ecstasy, Him who is omnipresent and reveals Himself all around in the creation (Nature)?

Since the creation of the world, millions of persons have sung the praises of the above-mentioned qualities, but their limit has not been reached in words one by one. He can be realized, but words have no power to express His unlimited qualities and power. He is the tireless bestower of unlimited gifts. The receivers are weighed down with His bounties. They enjoy them from age to age.  They spend their span of life, and then pass away.  This process of giving and taking goes on from age to age, cycle to cycle, sayeth Nanak.

The Divine master controls the immutable Divine Law, yet remains unattached, ever joyful and self-contained.

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਕਾਰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਈ ॥ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਜੀਅ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥  ਹੁਕਮੀ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ॥ ਇਕਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਇਕਿ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਸਦਾ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ॥  ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਹੁਕਮ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਜੇ ਬੁਝੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੨॥

Translation in English :

Under the Divine law the whole universe is manifested, but this law is beyond the reach of words.  It is inexpressible.  Under that Law all the living creatures come into existence.  Under that Law persons gain greatness.  Under that Law some are born high and some low.

Under that Law people get pleasure and pain according to their Karmas.  Under that Law some are blessed with the Divine grace, and get freedom from all desire, and the gift of self-realization.  Under that Law some go on passing through endless cycles of birth and rebirth.

The whole Universe with its unlimited and boundless creation is controlled by this Divine Law.  Sayeth Nanak, he who realizes this Divine Law and becomes at-one-with it, gets in tuned with the Universal Divine and loses all sense of egoism, mine and thine.

He always submits himself to the divine will, and feels that the whole Creation is infused with the Divine spirit and all persons are brothers and sisters in spirit without any distinction of caste, creed, race or colour.

Thus the veil of selfishness is removed and the Eternal Truth, the Divine within and without, is realized.  Then one becomes God conscious.

॥ ਜਪੁ ॥  ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥  ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਚੁਪੈ ਚੁਪ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਲਾਇ ਰਹਾ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰ ॥ ਭੁਖਿਆ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਉਤਰੀ ਜੇ ਬੰਨਾ ਪੁਰੀਆ ਭਾਰ ॥ ਸਹਸ ਸਿਆਣਪਾ ਲਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਤ ਇਕ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥  ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਚਲਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

Translation in English :

Then O Sikh, the searcher after Truth; meditate on His name, who was real and self-existent before all creation, who was real through all ages (Yugas); who is real and true now, and shall be true and self-existent for all times to come.

In this Pauri Sat-Guru Nanak enumerates the various paths that were practiced by persons for attaining at-one-ment and peace of mind; and shows their inefficacy – By mere thinking and intellectual reasoning true wisdom (the realization of the Divine within) cannot be attained, though one goes on thinking millions of times.

By merely keeping one‟s mouth shut and remaining tongue tied; one cannot restrain the mind from wandering in all directions, although one may maintain superficial silence for a very long time, like the heron or the cat watching for its prey.

By mere fasting, one can not overcome the desire of indulging in the ephemeral pleasures of the taste and tongue; though moved by this fasting the world may bring to him all the rich dainties of the whole created universe.

Thousands of intellectual flights cannot take one to the Realm of Truth (True wisdom of the realization of the Divine within).

Q. Then how shall one be at-one with truth and how shall the veil of ignorance (selfishness, worship of flesh and blood) be removed?

Ans. O searcher after Truth intune thyself with the Eternal Law which controls the whole universe, ever since its creation, and which is embedded in the very depths of the human soul.

Note: - However much depraved a person may be, the still voice within warns him at every wrong step; but his confirmed habits of wrong actions carry him away.

In the human stage of evolution every one gets the power of judging the right from the wrong. This power is engrained in every human soul. This innate power coupled with righteous actions and the company of God conscious persons who show the path of Divine Realization through meditation on the Divine name, intunes one with the infinite.  One becomes at-one with the Divine  Law.

He submits to the Divine will under all circumstances and gets freedom from egoism.  The sense of mine and thine, which forms the dark curtain of ignorance and is a bar to self-realization, is eradicated and a spiritual link established with all mankind and the created universe.

Jap Ji Sahib is the essence of the teachings of Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scriptures of the Sikhs. It deals with the main ideals which should guide a Gursikh, “A searcher after Truth”; under the directions of the Satguru.

How can we realize the truth?

This Pauri at first deals with the methods and practices generally in vogue but which do not lead to realization and peace.  In the end Satguru Nanak gives his own method.  Be at-one-with the Divine Law, innate in the human mind.

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ  ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥  

Translation in English :   

There is but One all embracing and all-powerful Divinity, Who manifests Himself first in the shape of the sacred word, and then through the whole created Universe.

He is the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  He is the Eternal Reality, and His name Satnam is also Eternal.

He is the Creator, and has the power of independent self-creation. He permeates the whole creation.

He is the only male element in the Universe and all else is female.  He is above all fear, and is free from all thoughts of enmity.  He is immortal, free from birth and rebirth, and can be realized in every created thing.

He is self-existent.  The whole universe is dependent for its existence on Him but he is self-existent; the Generator of all, without any one to generate Him.

He can be realized through the grace of the Guru: - The Teacher who is God conscious, and sees Him both within and without.

Note: - All the ten Gurus blessed men and women with the gift of the Divine name.  Those who realized the Divine within were called Gurmukhs and were given the right of showing the path of realization to seekers after Truth; through meditation on the Divine name.

Nanak begs the dust of the feet of that Gurmukh who himself meditates on the Divine name, and shows other the path of so doing.

Guru Gobind Singh says, “He who has realized the Divine within is the True Khalsa.  He is at-one with God and myself.”

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ਬਾਬਾ ਇਕਬਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨਾਹਨ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੈੱਡ-ਕੁਆਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਦੌਰੇ 'ਤੇ ਸਰਾਂਹ ਗਏ ਹੋਏ ਸਨ। ਉਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਐਸੀ ਵੈਰਾਗਮਈ ਦਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਖਿੱਚ ਪਈ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਹੁਣੇ ਹੀ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਾਂ। ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ ਚਿਰ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਹਨ ਤੋਂ ਟੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਨ ਆਇਆ ਕਿ ਨਾਹਨ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਚਲਾਣੇ ਦੀ ਤਾਰ ਆਈ ਹੈ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਸਾਰੀ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਉਸ ਵਕਤ ਫ਼ਨਾਹ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਹੀ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸ ਗਏ। ਉਹ ਵਾਹੋ-ਦਾਹੀ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਰਾਤੋ-ਰਾਤ ਟਰੱਕ ਵਗੈਰਾ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਚੀਮੇਂ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਏ। ਸਵੇਰੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਜਦੋਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ, ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਨਾਲ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਵਾ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ ਤਾਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਇਕਬਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਤੀਬਰ ਖਿੱਚ ਪਈ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਵਾਵਾਂ। ਅਜੇ ਉਹ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਚਰਨ ਧੋਣ ਹੀ ਲੱਗੇ ਸਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਸੀ ਇਲਾਹੀ ਝਰਨਾਟ ਛਿੜੀ ਕਿ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਛੋੜੇ ਨੂੰ ਸਹਿ ਨਾ ਸਕੇ ਤੇ ਪਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਕੰਧ ਨਾਲ ਪਿੱਠ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਛੋੜੇ ਦੀ ਯਾਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੂੰਘੇ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੈਠ ਗਏ। ਅਚਨਚੇਤ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਕੀ ਦੇਖਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਸਾਖਸ਼ਾਤ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਤੇ ਘੂਰ ਕੇ ਤਾੜਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ, "ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀਆ! ਅੱਜ ਤੂੰ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਮੋਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਕੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸਰੀਰ ਦਾ ਖਲੜਾ ਹੀ ਸਮਝਦਾ ਹੈਂ। ਅਸੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਰੂਪ ਹਾਂ।" ਤਾਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਇਕਬਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਨ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਅਥਵਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਸਰਬ ਵਿਆਪੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਰੂਪ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਸਰੀਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ।

#Sakhi #SantTejaSinghJi 

ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਦੇ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਲਈ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਗੁਪਤ ਬਲੀਦਾਨ  ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਹੀ ਆਤਮ-ਦਰਸੀ ਮਹਾਂਪੁਰਸ਼ ਧਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਭਾਰ ਹੌਲਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਦੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਰੀਰ 'ਤੇ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਆਏ ਹਨ। ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਇਸੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਭਾਰ ਹੌਲਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਰੀਰ 'ਤੇ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਲਿਆ। ਇਸ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਜਦੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਿਮਾਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਬੇਹੋਸ਼ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਤਾਂ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਹੁਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਚਣਗੇ। ਉਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਹੀ ਡਾ: ਖੇਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਆਏ ਤੇ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਕੇ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ, “ਮਹਾਰਾਜ, ਤੁਸੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਅਜੇ ਚਲਾਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਨਾ।” ਉਸੇ ਵਕਤ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਨੇਤਰ ਖੋਲ੍ਹੇ ਤੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਭਾਈ! ਅਸੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਠੀਕ ਹਾਂ, ਅਜੇ ਹੋਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਰੋਸਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਆਪਣੀ ਖੇਡ ਵਰਤਾ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਉਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਹੀ ਪਟਿਆਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਲਾਜ ਲਈ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਬੁਲਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ। ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਦਾ ਮੈਡੀਕਲ ਚੈੱਕ-ਅਪ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਚਣ ਦੀ ਆਸ ਨਹੀਂ। ਇਹ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਿਲ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਰਾਤ ਕੱਢਣਗੇ। ਅਗਲੇ ਦਿਨ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਨੇਤਰ ਖੋਲ੍ਹੇ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਡਾਕਟਰਾਂ ਤੇ ਪੜ੍ਹੇ ਲਿਖਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਇਲਾਹੀ ਹੁਕਮ ਵਰਤ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਇਲਾਹੀ ਰੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੇਢ ਸਾਲ ਜਨਮ ਅਸਥਾਨ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਵਾਉਂਦੇ ਰਹੇ। ਫਿਰ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਹੋ ਗਈ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਕਹਿਣ 'ਤੇ ਸੇਵਕ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਉਂਟਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਲੈ ਗਏ। ਜਦੋਂ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਲੱਗਾ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਐਨੇ ਬਿਮਾਰ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਹੁਣ ਸਰੀਰ ਛੱਡ ਦੇਣਗੇ, ਇਸ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੀਮੇਂ ਨਗਰ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਪਾਉਂਟਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਗਈ। ਪਿੰਡ ਦੇ ਭੋਲੇ-ਭਾਲੇ ਬੰਦਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੀਮਾਂ ਨਗਰ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ 

ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਉਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੋ ਗਏ। ਪਰ ਉਥੋਂ ਦੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਨੇ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਐਨਾ ਸਫ਼ਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸਕੋਗੇ। ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਫ਼ੁਰਮਾਇਆ ਕਿ ਇਲਾਹੀ ਹੁਕਮ ਵਾਲੇ ਖ਼ਸਮ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਉੱਥੇ ਲੈ ਜਾਣਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਚੀਮੇਂ ਆ ਕੇ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਤੰਦਰੁਸਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਏ। ਕੁਝ ਸਮੇਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਖ਼ਰਾਬ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਤਾਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਸਿੰਘ, ਡਾ: ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੂੰ ਲਿਆਉਣ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਰਸੂਲਪੁਰ ਗਏ। ਉੱਥੇ ਭਾਈ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ, ਭਾਈ ਚੰਦਨ ਸਿੰਘ, ਭਾਈ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੇ ਬੀਬੀ ਬਲਦੇਵ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੁਕਮਨਾਮਾ ਲਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸਮਝ ਆਈ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਸਾਡੇ ਜਾਂਦਿਆਂ ਤਕ ਸਰੀਰ ਛੱਡ ਜਾਣਗੇ। ਡਾ: ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਆ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦਾ ਮੈਡੀਕਲ ਚੈੱਕ-ਅਪ ਕੀਤਾ ਤਾਂ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਠੀਕ ਲੱਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਭਾਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਤੋਂ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਚਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਬਾਅਦ ਫਿਰ ਬਾਬਾ ਇਕਬਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਡਾ: ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਚੈੱਕ-ਅਪ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ ਤਾਂ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਅੱਛੀ ਸੀ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਫਿਰ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਵਾਉਂਦੇ ਰਹੇ। ਫਿਰ ਕੁਝ ਸਮੇਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲੇ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਦੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਨਾਮ-ਬਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰ, ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਕਲਗੀਧਰ ਪਿਤਾ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ 'ਕਲਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਸਤਿਜੁਗ ਵਰਤਾਉ' ਲਈ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕੀਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰਾ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਰੀਰ 'ਤੇ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਅੰਤਰ ਧਿਆਨ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਤੇ ਅਗਲੇ ਦਿਨ 3 ਜੁਲਾਈ 1965 ਨੂੰ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾ ਗਏ।

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 ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ 'ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਕਸ਼ਟ  

ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਨਾਨਕਸਰ ਚੀਮੇਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਿਮਾਰ ਹੋ ਗਏ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਹਾਲਤ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਦੇਖ ਕੇ ਪਟਿਆਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਡਾ: ਅਮਰਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਲਾਜ ਲਈ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ ਗਿਆ। ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਪੈਸਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਨੀ ਜਿੰਨੀ ਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਫ਼ੀਸ ਲੈ ਲਵੋ ਪਰ ਇਲਾਜ ਚੰਗਾ ਕਰਨਾ। ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਹਾਲਤ ਦੇਖ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਭਾਈ! ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਰਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੈਂ ਜਾਨ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਾ ਦਿਆਂ? ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਚਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਈ ਆਸ ਨਹੀਂ। ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਰਾਤ ਕੱਢਣਗੇ।" ਇਹ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ। ਦੂਸਰੇ ਦਿਨ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਭਾਈ ਗਿਆਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਤੂੰ ਰੋਪੜ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਖਾਨਪੁਰ ਜਾ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਸਾਡਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਭਾਈ ਜਗੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਆਪਣੀ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਹਾਲਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਰਨ ਕਿਨਾਰੇ ਪਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਮੌਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣ ਲਈ ਸਾਡੇ ਚਰਨ ਆਪਣੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਫੜੀ ਬੈਠਾ ਹੈ। ਉਸ ਦਾ ਕਸ਼ਟ ਸਾਡੇ ਸਰੀਰ 'ਤੇ ਆ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡੇ ਵਲੋਂ ਸਮਝਾ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਸਰੀਰ ਖਲੜੇ ਦਾ ਮੋਹ ਤਿਆਗ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਰਤ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਚਰਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਕਰੇ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਮੰਨ ਭਾਈ ਗਿਆਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਭਾਈ ਜਗੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕੋਲ ਗਏ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਸੁਣਾ ਕੇ ਵਾਪਸ ਚੀਮੇਂ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਏ। ਤੀਸਰੇ ਦਿਨ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਠੀਕ-ਠਾਕ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਅਤੇ ਫ਼ੁਰਮਾਇਆ, "ਭਾਈ ਜਗੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਬਖਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਚਲਾਣਾ ਕਰ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।" ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਕਈ ਸਾਲ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਜਨਮ ਅਸਥਾਨ ਚੀਮਾਂ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਵਿਖੇ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਵਾਉਂਦੇ ਰਹੇ। ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਇਲਾਹੀ ਕੌਤਕ ਸ਼ਰਧਾਹੀਣ ਦੁਨਿਆਵੀ ਵਿਦਵਾਨਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਡਾਕਟਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਹਨ।

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 ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਕ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ 

 ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਕਾਲਜ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਵਿਖੇ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਲੈਕਚਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਉੱਚੇ-ਸੁੱਚੇ ਧਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਗੀ, ਵੈਰਾਗੀ, ਲੋਭ ਲਾਲਚ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ, ਨਿਰਮਲ ਮਨ ਵਾਲੇ, ਸੂਝਵਾਨ ਤੇ ਪੜ੍ਹੇ-ਲਿਖੇ ਨੌਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ:"  

ਛਾਦਨ ਭੋਜਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ਨ ਕਰਈ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਪਾਏ ॥ (੧੦੧੩)  

ਜਿਹੜੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਇਸ ਤੁਕ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ, ਆਪਣੇ ਜੀਵਨ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਢਾਲ ਕੇ ਜਗਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੋਣ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਥ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਕ ਦੀ ਕਥਨੀ ਤੇ ਕਰਨੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਤਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਾਲਜ ਦੇ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਅਸਰ ਹੋਇਆ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਇਕਬਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ, ਡਾ: ਖੇਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ, ਡਾ: ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਬਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਕਰਕੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਸੱਚੇ ਮਾਰਗ 'ਤੇ ਚਲ ਕੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੀ ਜੀਵਨ ਦਾ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਬਣਾ ਲਿਆ।

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ਪੂਰਬੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿੱਖੀ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ  

ਸੰਤ ਮਨੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਸਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਨਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਨੇ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਸਤੰਬਰ 1953 ਨੂੰ ਮੋਬਾਸਾ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਨੈਰੋਬੀ ਪੁੱਜੇ। ਇੱਥੋਂ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਖਿੱਚ ਕਰਕੇ ਕੀਨੀਆ, ਯੁਗੰਡਾ, ਤਨਜ਼ਾਨੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾਮ-ਬਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਕਰਕੇ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਛਕਾ, ਗੁਰੂ ਕਲਗੀਆਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇ ਚਰਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਜੋੜਿਆ। ਯੁਗੰਡਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਬੜੇ ਜ਼ੋਰਦਾਰ ਲਫ਼ਜ਼ਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੀ ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਤਾਕੀਦ ਕੀਤੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਯੁਗੰਡਾ ਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਰਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਕਰਨ। ਆਪਣਾ ਟਿਕਾਣਾ ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਦੇਸਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਬਣਾ ਲੈਣ ਕਿਉਂ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਦੇਸ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਜੜਨਾ ਪੈਣਾ ਹੈ। ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ 'ਤੇ ਅਮਲ ਕੀਤਾ, ਉਹ ਸੁਖੀ ਰਹੇ। ਕੁਝ ਸਾਲਾਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਯੁਗੰਡਾ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਫ਼ੌਜੀ ਜਰਨੈਲ ਇਦੀ ਅਮੀਨ ਨੇ ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੀਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਕਰਨੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੁਲਕ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਵਾਹੋ-ਦਾਹੀ ਨਿਕਲਣਾ ਪਿਆ:  

ਇਕਿ ਸਾਧ ਬਚਨ ਅਟਲਾਧਾ ॥ (੧੨੦੩)

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ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਉਣਾ  

(ਸੰਤ) ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਰਾਮ ਕੌਰ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਖਿੱਚ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਰੀਪੁਰ ਗਏ। ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਪੁੱਤ! ਮਸਤੂਆਣੇ ਜਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਜੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।" ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਅੰਦਰਲੀ ਰਮਜ਼ ਸਮਝ ਗਏ ਅਤੇ ਆਖਿਆ, "ਚੰਗਾ ਮਾਂ! ਲੈ ਚੱਲਾਂਗੇ ਪਰ ਫਿਰ ਚੂਹੇ ਦੀ ਖੁੱਡ (ਘਰ) ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੜਨਾ।" ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਭੋਲੇ ਭਾਅ ਆਖਿਆ, "ਸਤਿ ਬਚਨ।" ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਮਸਤੂਆਣੇ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ। ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥੀਂ ਗੁਰਸਾਗਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਮਾਈਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਦ ਛਕਾ ਕੇ ਲੇਟ ਗਏ। ਮਾਤਾ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਕਫ਼ਣ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਮਿਤ ਪੰਜ ਸਹਿਜ ਪਾਠਾਂ ਦੇ ਭੋਗ ਪੁਆ ਚੁੱਕੇ ਸਨ। 1931 ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਤ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਹੱਥੋਂ ਅਖੀਰਲੀ ਵਾਰ ਜਲ ਛਕ, ਹੱਥ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਅੱਗੇ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਗੁਰਚਰਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਲੋਪ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

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 ਫਕੀਰੀ ਕੀ ਹੈ?  

ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ (ਸੰਤ) ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਦੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਉਸਰੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਲਈ ਜਾਣ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਹੋਇਆ ਤਾਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ, "ਹਜ਼ੂਰ! ਹੁਣ ਤਾਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਚਰਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਰੱਖੋ।" ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਭਾਈ! ਫ਼ਕੀਰੀ ਦੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਅੱਖ਼ਰ ਹਨ: ਫਫਾ-ਫ਼ਨਾਹ, ਕਕਾ-ਕਿਨਾਰੇ, ਰਾਰਾ-ਰਹਿਮ ਦਿਲ। ਜੇ ਇਹ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਨੇ ਹਨ ਤਾਂ ਇਧਰ ਆ ਜਾਓ ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਹੋ ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਟਿਕੇ ਰਹੋ।" ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਸਤਿ ਬਚਨ ਕਹਿ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਪਰਵਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ। ਓਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਹੀ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਜਾਣ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ। ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਬਾਂਹ ਫੜ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਅਸੀਂ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਜਾਵਾਂਗੇ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਕਾਲਜ ਦੀ ਨੌਕਰੀ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਚੱਲਣਾ।" ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਸਤਿ ਬਚਨ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸੀਪਲ ਦੀ ਨੌਕਰੀ ਛੱਡ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਨਾਲ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਗਏ। ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਗਰ ਭਾਈ ਧਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਠੇਕੇਦਾਰ ਦੀ ਕੋਠੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਪੰਥ ਦੇ ਕਈ ਮਸਲਿਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਵੀਚਾਰ ਹੋਈ। ਦਮਦਮਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਗੁਰੂ ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਵਿਖੇ ਪੰਥ ਹਿੱਤ ਕਈ ਅਹਿਮ ਕਾਰਜ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਵੀਚਾਰ ਵੀ ਹੋਈ।

#Sakhi #SantTejaSinghJi 

ਸੰਤ ਚਰਨ ਧਰਉ ਮਾਥੈ  

ਬਾਲੇਵਾਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ (ਸੰਤ) ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਤੁਕ ਵੱਸ ਗਈ:  

ਸੰਤ ਚਰਨ ਧਰਉ ਮਾਥੈ ਚਾਂਦਨਾ ਗ੍ਰਿਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਅੰਧੇਰੈ ॥ (੧੩੦੧)  

ਚਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਤੀਬਰ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਕਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਕੋਈ ਐਸਾ ਵਡਭਾਗਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਬਣਾਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਚਰਨ ਮੱਥੇ 'ਤੇ ਟਿਕਣ ਅਤੇ ਕਈ ਜਨਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਠੇ ਲੇਖ ਸਿੱਧੇ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ। ਉਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਪਾਠ ਉਪਰੰਤ ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ, ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਗਏ ਤੇ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ ਕਰ, ਚਰਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੈਠ ਗਏ। ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਫ਼ੁਰਮਾਇਆ, "ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ! ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਰੈਫ਼ਲ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ ਦੇ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦੀ ਮਾਲਸ਼ ਸਾਡੀਆਂ ਲੱਤਾਂ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਬੜੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਹੈ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਸਾਡੀ ਮਾਲਸ਼ ਕਰਿਆ ਕਰੋ।" ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ। ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਲੱਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਮਾਲਸ਼ ਕਰਦੇ। ਚਰਨ ਮਸਤਕ 'ਤੇ ਧਰ ਕੇ ਰੱਬੀ ਛੋਹ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਉਹ ਅਨੰਦ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਵਰਨਣ ਲਿਖਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਹੈ।

#Sakhi #SantTejaSinghJi 

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਾਰਗ ਦੀ ਕਸਵੱਟੀ  

ਕਬੀਰ ਗੁਰੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਤਬ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਮਿਟੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਤਨ ਤਾਪ ॥  

ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਦਾਝੈ ਨਹੀ ਤਬ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਹਿ ਆਪ ॥ (੧੩੭੪)  

ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਈਰਖਾਲੂ ਸੇਵਾਦਾਰਾਂ ਨੇ (ਸੰਤ) ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤਾਂ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਪਾਸ ਭੇਜੀਆਂ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਨੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਖੁਰਦ-ਬੁਰਦ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਥਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਘਾਟਾ ਪੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਸੰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਮਝਾਉਣ 'ਤੇ ਵੀ ਜਦੋਂ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤਾਂ ਕਰਨੋਂ ਨਾ ਹਟੇ ਤਾਂ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਜਾਓ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਨਾਮ-ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਮਰ ਕੇ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੋ। ਜੋ 10,000 ਕਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਥਾਨ 'ਤੇ ਚੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਨਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਲਾਹ ਦਿਓ, ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਈਰਖਾਲੂ ਸੇਵਾਦਾਰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ। ਹੁਕਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ (ਸੰਤ) ਭਾਈ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੋਠੀ ਨੂੰ ਗਹਿਣੇ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਮਸਤੂਆਣੇ ਦਾ 10,000 ਦਾ ਕਰਜ਼ਾ ਉਤਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਮੰਨ ਨਾਮ-ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਦੀ ਅਤੁੱਟ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਗੁਜਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਕਾਲਜ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਟ ਗਏ।   

ਆਪ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਵੈਰਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਤ ਅਤਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਆਏ ਤਾਂ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਸ੍ਰ: ਲਾਭ ਸਿੰਘ ਵੱਲ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਭਾਈ! ਏਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਤਾਂ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਮੋਹ ਨਹੀਂ। ਪਿਛਲੇ ਸੰਜੋਗਾਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਾਮ੍ਹਣੇ ਆਇਆ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਜਾਗ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤਨ, ਮਨ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਾ ਤੇ ਧਨ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ, ਦੋਵੇਂ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਕਾਲਜ ਨੂੰ ਚਲਾਓ।" ਇਸੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਉੱਚੀ-ਉੱਚੀ ਕਹਿਣ ਲੱਗੇ, "ਸੱਚੇ ਪਾਤਿਸ਼ਾਹ! ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਐਵੇਂ ਆਖਦੇ ਸਨ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾ ਗਿਆ। ਮੈਂ ਸਾਰੀ ਖੇਡ ਅੱਖੀਂ ਦੇਖੀ ਹੈ, ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਤੇ ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਖਰਚ ਹੁੰਦਾ।" ਸੰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ, "ਖਾ ਗਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਨਾ ਖਾ ਗਿਆ ਦੀ ਤਾਂ ਕੋਈ ਗੱਲ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ, ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਖਿਆ ਸੀ।"