hirmMdr ik drbwr swihb - The Sikh Bulletin
hirmMdr ik drbwr swihb - The Sikh Bulletin
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<strong>The</strong> S<strong>ik</strong>h <strong>Bulletin</strong> mwG-Pgx 542 nwnkSwhI January-February 2011<br />
everything else, except concentrating on True Naam. In<br />
the name of Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Amardas Sahib<br />
says that such a person wastes his life by performing<br />
misdeeds and/or rituals because none has ever achieved<br />
emancipation without seeking blessings of the<br />
Almighty God. (3)<br />
isrIrwgu mhlw 5 ] pMnw 71 ]<br />
BgauqI rhq jugqw ]<br />
jogI khq mukqw ]<br />
qpsI qpih rwqw ]<br />
At page 71 of the Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjun Sahib<br />
says that Bhagautis seek True God without following<br />
proper (Gurmat) ways while Yogis try to seek by<br />
performing Yoga whereas mendicants believe in<br />
attaining emancipation by meditating in isolation,<br />
suffering lot of physical stress un-necessarily. (Here<br />
Guru Sahib has condemned the ways adopted by<br />
Bhagautis, Yogis & Tapasvis.)<br />
gauVI suKmnI m: 5 ] pMnw 274 ]<br />
BgauqI BgvMq Bgiq kw rMgu ]<br />
sgl iqAwgY dustu kw sMgu ]<br />
mn qy ibnsY sglw Brmu ]<br />
kir pUjY sgl pwrbRhmu ]<br />
swDsMig pwpw mlu KovY ]<br />
iqsu BgauqI kI miq aUqm hovY ]<br />
BgvMq kI thl krY inq nIiq ]<br />
mnu qnu ArpY ibsn prIiq ]<br />
hir ky crn ihrdY bswvY ]<br />
nwnk AYsw BgauqI BgvMq kau pwvY ] 3 ] 9 ]<br />
In Sukhmani Sahib at page 274, please read the entire<br />
9th Ashtpadi. Guru Arjun Sahib has re-defined Aparas<br />
(un-touched), Pundit, Ramadas, Bhagauti etc. & says<br />
that the real Bhagauti is one who is imbued with the<br />
love of True God ; has discarded the company of every<br />
evil person. Such a Bhagauti has rid himself of all<br />
doubts and dual-mindedness, and realises God<br />
everywhere, considering Him as the cause and effect of<br />
everything in the world ; all his vicious thoughts are<br />
eliminated in the company of true devotees and then<br />
such a Bhagauti / true devotee possesses highly<br />
elevated mind, such Bhagauti serves God daily by<br />
serving humanity; in the name of God he is ready to<br />
surrender everything ; Gurbani (hirde charan sabad<br />
Satgur ko, Nanak bandheo pal) resides in his heart.<br />
Guru Sahib tells us that such Bhagauti is a true<br />
devotee ultimately realizes formless God in true sense.<br />
(3). So, in this third padi of 9 th ashtpadi, Guru Sahib<br />
has described the virtues that a person should possess<br />
to be called a “Bhagauti” in real sense.<br />
rwmklI mhlw 5, pMnw 912 ]<br />
<strong>ik</strong>nhI igRhu qij vx KMif pwieAw ]<br />
<strong>ik</strong>nhI moin AauDUqu sdwieAw ]<br />
koeI khqau AnMin BgauqI ]<br />
moih dIn hir hir Et lIqI ] 2 ]<br />
Here also so-called hindu-saints having various labels<br />
are exposed. Refer Var Asa:<br />
jqI sdwvih jugiq n jwxih<br />
Cif bhih Gr bwr ]<br />
At page 912, Guru Arjun Sahib says that some persons<br />
have made their abode in the forests, leaving their<br />
homes and some others have practiced complete<br />
silence calling themselves “Moni” (moin ivgUqw <strong>ik</strong>au<br />
jwgY gur ibnu sUqw ]” vwr Awsw) as detached Yogis.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are some others, who describe themselves as<br />
dedicated worshippers of Devi Bhagvati. But, poor,<br />
humble and resourceless person l<strong>ik</strong>e me has sought<br />
God’s asylum. (2)<br />
pRBwqI mhlw 5 ] pMnw 1347-1348 ]<br />
mn mih kRoDu mhw AhMkwrw ]<br />
pUjw krih bhuqu ibsQwrw ]<br />
kir iesnwnu qin ckR bxwey ]<br />
AMqr kI mlu kb hI n jwey ] 1 ]<br />
iequ sMjim pRBu <strong>ik</strong>n hI n pwieAw ]<br />
BgauqI mudRw mnu moihAw mwieAw ] 1 ] rhwau ]<br />
This is another interpretation (of hypocrites) of abovequoted<br />
lines. At pages 1347-48 of the Guru Granth<br />
Sahib, Guru Arjun Sahib says that if the person’s mind<br />
remains engrossed by anger, at the height of egoism;<br />
worships Gods by performing various rituals; takes<br />
bath and then makes circles of saffron on his body and<br />
forehead, as a mark of Puritanism, but despite all these<br />
rituals, filth of his evil mind does not leave him. (1) By<br />
such rituals, way of worship, no one is able to realize<br />
True God because the mind is entangled in wordly<br />
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