The Fourth Nanak expresses on SGGS 11 and 12, that there is none other than our Creator; it is his play that we see. Let us reflect on his shabda:
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ 4 ॥
ਤੂੰ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਮੈਡਾ ਸਾਂਈ ॥ ਜੋ ਤਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਥੀਸੀ ਜੋ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਸੋਈ ਹਉ ਪਾਈ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Āsā mėhlā 4.
Ŧūʼn karṯā sacẖiār maidā sāʼn-ī. Jo ṯa-o bẖāvai so-ī thīsī jo ṯūʼn ḏėh so-ī ha-o pā-ī. ||1|| Rahā-o.
Raag Asa, the bani of fourth Nanak.
In essence: Oh, my Master! You are the true Creator; it happens what pleases you, and whatever you give me, I obtain. Pause.
ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਤੂੰ ਸਭਨੀ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਿ੍ਰਪਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਨਾਮ ਰਤਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਾਧਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਿਆ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥1॥
Sabẖ ṯerī ṯūʼn sabẖnī ḏẖi-ā-i-ā. Jis no kirpā karahi ṯin nām raṯan pā-i-ā.
Gurmukẖ lāḏẖā manmukẖ gavā-i-ā. Ŧuḏẖ āp vicẖẖoṛi-ā āp milā-i-ā. ||1||
All the beings are yours and all mediate on you. Only those ones whom you grace obtain the jewel of your name. The Guru’s follower obtains His name and the mind-slave loses His name jewel. (Actually) It is you, who separate the mortals from you or unite them with you.
ਤੂੰ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਸਭ ਤੁਝ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਕੋਈ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਤੇਰਾ ਖੇਲੁ ॥ ਵਿਜੋਗਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਮੇਲੁ ॥2॥
Ŧūʼn ḏarī-ā-o sabẖ ṯujẖ hī māhi. Ŧujẖ bin ḏūjā ko-ī nāhi.
Jī-a janṯ sabẖ ṯerā kẖel. Vijog mil vicẖẖuṛi-ā sanjogī mel. ||2||
You are a great river and all exist in you; there is none other than you. All the beings are a part of your staged play. As they are destined to separate, they separate; as they are destined to meet, they meet you.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਤੂ ਜਾਣਾਇਹਿ ਸੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ ਸਹਜੇ ਹੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥3॥
Jis no ṯū jāṇā-ihi so-ī jan jāṇai. Har guṇ saḏ hī ākẖ vakẖāṇai.
Jin har sevi-ā ṯin sukẖ pā-i-ā. Sėhje hī har nām samā-i-ā. ||3||
Only those persons, whom you cause to know, know you. Such persons always say your praises. Those ones who have served you have obtained peace. They merge in Har’s name intuitively.
ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਕੀਆ ਸਭੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
ਤੂ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਹੋਇ ॥4॥2॥
Ŧū āpe karṯā ṯerā kī-ā sabẖ ho-e. Ŧuḏẖ bin ḏūjā avar na ko-e.
Ŧū kar kar vekẖėh jāṇėh so-e. Jan Nānak gurmukẖ pargat ho-e. ||4||2||
Oh Akalpurakh! You are the Creator and all that you do comes to pass. There is none other than you; you fashion the creation; you watch it and you understand it. Oh Nanak! Akalpurakh reveals Himself to that person, who takes the Guru’s refuge.
Wishes!
G Singh
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In realizing the Creator, money is useless but one’s devotion, in which one surrenders one’s self completely, helps one in realizing Him. Here is Bhagat Kabir’s shabda on SGGS 327, through which he shares his experience:
ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਤਿਪਦੇ ॥
ਕੰਚਨ ਸਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਲਿ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਦੇ ਰਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ਹੈ ਮੋਲਿ ॥1॥
Ga-oṛī Kabīr jī ṯipḏe.
Kancẖan si-o pā-ī-ai nahī ṯol. Man ḏe rām lī-ā hai mol. ||1||
Raag Gaurhi, the bani of Bhagat Kabir, Tipade.
In essence: Akalpurakh is not found through offering gold equal to one’s weight; He is obtained through one’s total surrender to Him.
It is said about those who spend a lot of money or gold to impress the Creator to get His favor.
ਅਬ ਮੋਹਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Ab mohi rām apunā kar jāni-ā.
Sahj subẖā-e merā man māni-ā. ||1|| Rahā-o.
Now I have recognized my Ekankar and my mind is intuitively pleased with Him. Pause.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਕਥਿ ਕਥਿ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਬੈਠੇ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥2॥
Barahmai kath kath anṯ na pā-i-ā. Rām bẖagaṯ baiṯẖe gẖar ā-i-ā. ||2||
Brahma couldn’t know Akalpurakh even by continuously expressing about Him; however, His devotees find Him within.
Now the question is how? Here is the answer:
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਚੰਚਲ ਮਤਿ ਤਿਆਗੀ ॥ ਕੇਵਲ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਜ ਭਾਗੀ ॥3॥1॥19॥
Kaho Kabīr cẖancẖal maṯ ṯi-āgī. Keval rām bẖagaṯ nij bẖāgī. ||3||1||19||
Kabir says that he has gotten rid of his wavering nature and now he has Prabh’s devotion in his mind.
In other words, when one focuses one’s mind on the Creator, one finds His light within and the mind’s existence becomes secondary.
Wishes
G Singh
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On SGGS 92, Bhagat Tirlochan says that the mortals have so much engrossed in Maya that they have forgotten that they have to face the old age and the death as well. Let us ponder over this shabda:
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਲੋਚਨ ਕਾ ॥
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਮਨਿ ਆਗਲੜਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਜਰਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਉ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਗਇਆ ॥
ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਬਿਗਸਹਿ ਕਮਲਾ ਜਿਉ ਪਰ ਘਰਿ ਜੋਹਹਿ ਕਪਟ ਨਰਾ ॥1॥
Sirīrāg Ŧrilocẖan kā.
Mā-i-ā moh man āglaṛā parāṇī jarā maraṇ bẖa-o visar ga-i-ā.
Kutamb ḏekẖ bigsahi kamlā ji-o par gẖar johėh kapat narā. ||1||
Raag Sree Raag, the bani of Tirlochan.
In essence: Oh man! You are too much drenched into the Maya love and you have forgotten the fear of old age and death. Oh, wicked man! Seeing your family, you blossom like a lotus and look with bad intentions at other’s homes.
ਦੂੜਾ ਆਇਓਹਿ ਜਮਹਿ ਤਣਾ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਆਗਲੜੈ ਮੈ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
ਕੋਈ ਕੋਈ ਸਾਜਣੁ ਆਇ ਕਹੈ ॥ ਮਿਲੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਬੀਠੁਲਾ ਲੈ ਬਾਹੜੀ ਵਲਾਇ ॥
ਮਿਲੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਰਮਈਆ ਮੈ ਲੇਹਿ ਛਡਾਇ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Ḏūṛā ā-i-ohi jamėh ṯaṇā. Ŧin āglaṛai mai rahaṇ na jā-e.
Ko-ī ko-ī sājaṇ ā-e kahai. Mil mere bīṯẖulā lai bāhṛī valā-e.
Mil mere rama-ī-ā mai lehi cẖẖadā-e. ||1|| Rahā-o.
The death is coming with speed and I will not be able to stay here; a rare friend comes to say, “Oh my Akalpurakh! Embrace me; meet me and rescue me”. Pause.
ਅਨਿਕ ਅਨਿਕ ਭੋਗ ਰਾਜ ਬਿਸਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਸਾਗਰ ਪੈ ਅਮਰੁ ਭਇਆ ॥
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੂਠਾ ਚੇਤਸਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਓ ਆਲਸੀਆ ॥2॥
Anik anik bẖog rāj bisre parāṇī sansār sāgar pai amar bẖa-i-ā.
Mā-i-ā mūṯẖā cẖeṯas nāhī janam gavā-i-o ālsī-ā. ||2||
Oh Mortal! Having control over others and diverse pleasures, you have forgotten Akalpurakh and you think that you are permanent in this world. Oh, lazy one! You, bewitched by Maya, don’t remember Akalpurakh’s name; you have wasted your life.
ਬਿਖਮ ਘੋਰ ਪੰਥਿ ਚਾਲਣਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਤਹ ਨ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸੰ ॥
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਤਬ ਬਿਸਰਿ ਗਇਆ ਜਾਂ ਤਜੀਅਲੇ ਸੰਸਾਰੰ ॥3॥
Bikẖam gẖor panth cẖālṇā parāṇī rav sas ṯah na parvesaʼn.
Mā-i-ā moh ṯab bisar ga-i-ā jāʼn ṯajī-ale saʼnsāraʼn. ||3||
Oh Mortal! The path you tread on is very dark, because on it, there is no sun and moon. There is no chance of having the divine knowledge that can stop you from this path. When you leave this world, you will forget the love of Maya.
Bhagat Tirlochan says: why shouldn’t we get rid of the Maya attachment now when we have the time to remember Akalpurakh?
ਆਜੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਟੁ ਭਇਆ ਹੈ ਪੇਖੀਅਲੇ ਧਰਮਰਾਓ ॥
ਤਹ ਕਰ ਦਲ ਕਰਨਿ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਤਿਨ ਆਗਲੜੈ ਮੈ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥4॥
Āj merai man pargat bẖa-i-ā hai pekẖī-ale ḏẖaramrā-o.
Ŧah kar ḏal karan mahābalī ṯin āglaṛai mai rahaṇ na jā-e. ||4||
Today, it has become clear in my mind that I have to see the righteous judge and the powerful carriers of death, who crush the lives with force. How can I stand up there?
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਮੂੰ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਤਾ ਵਣਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਣਿ ਰਤੜਾ ਨਾਰਾਇਣਾ ॥
ਐ ਜੀ ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਸਭ ਕਿਛੁ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਬਦਤਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਲੋਚਨੁ ਰਾਮਈਆ ॥5॥2॥
Je ko mūʼn upḏes karaṯ hai ṯā vaṇ ṯariṇ raṯ-ṛā nārā-iṇā.
Ai jī ṯūʼn āpe sabẖ kicẖẖ jāṇḏā baḏaṯ Ŧrilocẖan rām-ī-ā. ||5||2||
Trilochan supplicates: Oh Akalpurakh! When someone instructs me that you are all pervading, I see you everywhere. You know everything.
Bhagat Tirlochan awakens the mortals from the Maya-slumber to focus on the Creator and love Him.
Wishes
G. Singh
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Bhagat Ravi Das puts a few questions and answers those with his logic and understanding of the Creator on 93, SGGS. Let us ponder over this very shabda:
ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ ॥ ਕਨਕ ਕਟਿਕ ਜਲ ਤਰੰਗ ਜੈਸਾ ॥1॥
Sirīrāg. Ŧohī mohī mohī ṯohī anṯar kaisā. Kanak katik jal ṯarang jaisā. ||1||
Raag Sree Raag, the bani of Bhagat Ravidas.
In essence: Oh Akalpurakh! What is the difference between you and me? It is like a golden bracelet and the gold, and the water and its ripples.
ਜਉ ਪੈ ਹਮ ਨ ਪਾਪ ਕਰੰਤਾ ਅਹੇ ਅਨੰਤਾ ॥ ਪਤਿਤ ਪਾਵਨ ਨਾਮੁ ਕੈਸੇ ਹੁੰਤਾ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Ja-o pai ham na pāp karanṯā ahe ananṯā. Paṯiṯ pāvan nām kaise hunṯā. ||1|| Rahā-o.
Oh infinite Akalpurakh! If we, mortals, do not commit sins, how your name will be known as the redeemer of the sinners? Pause.
ਤੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਜੁ ਨਾਇਕ ਆਛਹੁ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ॥ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇ ਜਨੁ ਜਾਨੀਜੈ ਜਨ ਤੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ ॥2॥
Ŧumĥ jo nā-ik ācẖẖahu anṯarjāmī. Parabẖ ṯe jan jānījai jan ṯe su-āmī. ||2||
Oh Knower of everyone’s heart! You are my guide; you are my Master. It is figured out from the master what kind of his servant is, and from the servant, the master is known.
ਸਰੀਰੁ ਆਰਾਧੈ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਦੇਹੂ ॥ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਸਮ ਦਲ ਸਮਝਾਵੈ ਕੋਊ ॥3॥
Sarīr ārāḏẖai mo ka-o bīcẖār ḏehū. Raviḏās sam ḏal samjẖāvai ko-ū. ||3||
Oh Akalpurakh! Bless me to meditate on you as long as this body is alive. Bless Ravidas with the company of those persons, who can explain that you pervade all equally.
Bhagat Ravidas says that there is no difference between Akalpurakh and His creation; through the enlightened ones, Akalpurakh imparts the knowledge about His being pervading all equally.
Wishes
G. Singh
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As we learn, we know that to realize the Creator, in India, many ways were adopted by spiritual minded people, which led them to go astray without a guide who actually realized Him. On SGGS, 324, Bhagat Kabir guides such people by negating the importance of their paths. Here it is:
ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
ਨਗਨ ਫਿਰਤ ਜੌ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੋਗੁ ॥ ਬਨ ਕਾ ਮਿਰਗੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਹੋਗੁ ॥1॥
Ga-oṛī Kabīr jī.
Nagan firaṯ jou pā-ī-ai jog. Ban kā mirag mukaṯ sabẖ hog. ||1||
Raag Gaurhi, the bani of Bhagat Kabir.
In essence: If by roaming naked one can unite with Ekankar, the deer of forest will be emancipated.
ਕਿਆ ਨਾਗੇ ਕਿਆ ਬਾਧੇ ਚਾਮ ॥ ਜਬ ਨਹੀ ਚੀਨਸਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Ki-ā nāge ki-ā bāḏẖe cẖām. Jab nahī cẖīnas āṯam rām. ||1|| Rahā-o.
What can be obtained by living naked or wearing animal-skin if Ekankar is not realized? Pause.
ਮੂਡ ਮੁੰਡਾਏ ਜੌ ਸਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਭੇਡ ਨ ਗਈਆ ਕਾਈ ॥2॥
Mūd mundā-e jou siḏẖ pā-ī. Mukṯī bẖed na ga-ī-ā kā-ī. ||2||
If by shaving one’s head, a spiritual perfection is obtained then why not any sheep has salvation?
ਬਿੰਦੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਜੌ ਤਰੀਐ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਖੁਸਰੈ ਕਿਉ ਨ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥3॥
Binḏ rākẖ jou ṯarī-ai bẖā-ī. Kẖusrai ki-o na param gaṯ pā-ī. ||3||
If by becoming celibate one gets saved, why should not a eunuch get liberation?
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਨਰ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥4॥4॥
Kaho Kabīr sunhu nar bẖā-ī. Rām nām bin kin gaṯ pā-ī. ||4||4||(324)
Kabir says, “Oh Brothers! Without Akalpurakh’s name, whoever obtained salvation?”
Thus, Bhagat Kabir counsels the Creator-seekers to get imbued with His name means to live in His love. How to live in His love is taught by a Guru who has realized Him.
Wishes
G Singh
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