GURSOCH: 2025

Very interestingly, Shri Guru Angad Sahib counsels his followers that there is no end of our urges and wishes. And, they do not let us have a peace of mind. In this game, once we get trapped, we keep seeking various pleasures and forget our Creator. This Slok is on SGGS 147; let us ponder over it:

ਮਃ ੨ ॥ ਆਖਣੁ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਰਜਿਆ ਸੁਨਣਿ ਨ ਰਜੇ ਕੰਨ ॥

ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਰਜੀਆ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹਕ ਇਕ ਵੰਨ ॥

ਭੁਖਿਆ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਗਲੀ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

ਨਾਨਕ ਭੁਖਾ ਤਾ ਰਜੈ ਜਾ ਗੁਣ ਕਹਿ ਗੁਣੀ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 147}

Mėhlā 2.

Ākẖaṇ ākẖ na raji-ā sunaṇ na raje kann.

Akẖī ḏekẖ na rajī-ā guṇ gāhak ik vann.

Bẖukẖi-ā bẖukẖ na uṯrai galī bẖukẖ na jā-e.

Nānak bẖukẖā ṯā rajai jā guṇ kahi guṇī samā-e. ||2||

The bani of Second Nanak.

In essence: The mouth remains insatiate with talking and the ears with hearing (different kind of stuff). The eyes remain insatiate with seeing. Every organ has its own different urge to have more and more. The hunger (all kinds of urges are defined above) doesn’t go away by merely talking. Oh Nanak! The hunger of desires (stated above) is satiated only if one utters Akalpurakh’s praises and gets drenched in His virtues.

Basically, the Guru advises us that since these desires with no end keep us away from our peace of mind-state, we should fall in love with our Creator and start praising Him in love to be in peace.

Wishes!

G. Singh

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On SGGS 1243, Shri Guru Angad Sahib explains how the philosophy of Shri Guru Nanak Sahib is better than those scriptures which take the believer into fruitless rituals while the mind remains engrossed in the Maya pursuits. Let us ponder over it:

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ 2 ॥ ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦਂੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥

ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਂੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥

ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ॥1॥

Salok mėhlā 2. Kathā kahāṇī beḏīŉ āṇī pāp punn bīcẖār.

Ḏe ḏe laiṇā lai lai ḏeṇā narak surag avṯār.

Uṯam maḏẖim jāṯīŉ jinsī bẖaram bẖavai sansār.

Amriṯ baṇī ṯaṯ vakẖāṇī gi-ān ḏẖi-ān vicẖ ā-ī.

Gurmukẖ ākẖī gurmukẖ jāṯī surṯīŉ karam ḏẖi-ā-ī.

Hukam sāj hukmai vicẖ rakẖai hukmai anḏar vekẖai.

Nānak agahu ha-umai ṯutai ṯāŉ ko likī-ai lekẖai. ||1|| {SGGS –1243}

Slok of Second Nanak.

In essence: The teachings of the Vedas reflect on what a sin is and what a virtue is. It is told in there that what one gives here takes in the next life; thus, they take birth to be in hell and heaven (This is the detailed Karma expressed in those scriptures.). The world wanders in the doubt of high and low caste. The Guru’s nectarous bani expresses all about the origin, Akalpurakh; it has come through the divine knowledge obtained through Akalpurakh’s meditation. The Guru has uttered it and realized it and the followers contemplate it with Akalpurakh’s grace. (This is what Sikhi is all about). As per His Will, Akalpurakh fashions the creation, keeps it under His Ordinance and takes care of it. Oh Nanak! First the conceit of the follower is eradicated and then he becomes acceptable to Akalpurakh.

Thus, in a nut shell, the Guru advises the followers to remain focus on improving themselves to be nice and worthy for the Creator. They need no ritual to please anyone but His meditation and praise.

Wishes

G Singh