Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Perfect Destiny attaches one to Guru's Feet
| This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gond on Pannaa 864 |
| goNf mhlw 5 ] gurU gurU guru kir mn mor ] gurU ibnw mY nwhI hor ] gur kI tyk rhhu idnu rwiq ] jw kI koie n mytY dwiq ]1] guru prmysru eyko jwxu ] jo iqsu BwvY so prvwxu ]1] rhwau ] gur crxI jw kw mnu lwgY ] dUKu drdu BRmu qw kw BwgY ] gur kI syvw pwey mwnu ] gur aUpir sdw kurbwnu ]2] gur kw drsnu dyiK inhwl ] gur ky syvk kI pUrn Gwl ] gur ky syvk kau duKu n ibAwpY ] gur kw syvku dh idis jwpY ]3] gur kI mihmw kQnu n jwie ] pwrbRhmu guru rihAw smwie ] khu nwnk jw ky pUry Bwg ] gur crxI qw kw mnu lwg ]4]6]8] |
| go(n)add mehalaa 5 || guroo guroo gur kar man mor || guroo binaa mai naahee hor || gur kee ttaek rehahu dhin raath || jaa kee koe n maettai dhaath ||1|| gur paramaesar eaeko jaan || jo this bhaavai so paravaan ||1|| rehaao || gur charanee jaa kaa man laagai || dhookh dharadh bhram thaa kaa bhaagai || gur kee saevaa paaeae maan || gur oopar sadhaa kurabaan ||2|| gur kaa dharasan dhaekh nihaal || gur kae saevak kee pooran ghaal || gur kae saevak ko dhukh n biaapai || gur kaa saevak dheh dhis jaapai ||3|| gur kee mehimaa kathhan n jaae || paarabreham gur rehiaa samaae || kahu naanak jaa kae poorae bhaag || gur charanee thaa kaa man laag ||4||6||8|| |
| Gond, Fifth Mehl: Chant Guru, Guru, Guru, O my mind. I have no other than the Guru. I lean upon the Support of the Guru, day and night. No one can decrease His bounty. ||1|| Know that the Guru and the Transcendent Lord are One. Whatever pleases Him is acceptable and approved. ||1||Pause|| One whose mind is attached to the Guru's feet his pains, sufferings and doubts run away. Serving the Guru, honor is obtained. I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru. ||2|| Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, I am exalted. The work of the Guru's servant is perfect. Pain does not afflict the Guru's servant. The Guru's servant is famous in the ten directions. ||3|| The Guru's glory cannot be described. The Guru remains absorbed in the Supreme Lord God. Says Nanak, one who is blessed with perfect destiny - his mind is attached to the Guru's feet. ||4||6||8|| |
A Yogi went to visit Guru Nanak to congratulate him on the large number of followers he had. The Guru said that he had very few true Sikhs. To test his disciples, he sent out a call for all true believers to meet together early the next morning.
The day dawned dark and cloudy. When the Guru appeared, he seemed to be someone other than their kind master, for he wore dirty clothes and a hunting knife and had a fierce dog with him. Several of his followers were terrified and ran away. The rest followed the Guru down a road through the forest. After they had walked for a short while, they found the road covered with copper coins. Some of the Sikhs stuffed the coins in their pockets and ran away. The rest of the group continued on down the road. Further along, they found the road covered with silver coins. More of the Sikhs grabbed the coins and ran away. Few Sikhs remained with the Guru and the Yogi.
The small band continued travelling and soon found the road covered with gold coins. The other Sikhs grabbed the coins and fled until only two Sikhs, the Yogi, and the Guru's sevadar Lehna, remained. They came into a clearing where they saw a corpse wrapped up in a white sheet next to a pile of wood. There was a terrible smell in the air. The Guru said to his Sikhs, "Let whoever wants to be a true Sikh of mine eat this with me " The other two Sikhs turned white and drew back in horror, but Lahina kneeled next to the corpse and said, " Master, should I start at the head or the feet?" The Guru told him to start at the waist. As Lahina (Lehna) lifted the sheet to begin eating, the corpse turned into a feast of delicious sacred food.
Lahina offered the food to the Guru first and said he would have what was left over. Guru Nanak was delighted, and said, "You have obtained this sacred food because you desired to share it with others. You now know my secret; you are in my own image. I will share with you the secret which will bring you happiness now and forever." The Guru then taught Lahina the Mool Mantra, the beginning of Japji. The Yogi saw that the light in Nanak was the same as in Lahina. He said, "O Nanak, he shall be your Guru who comes from your body - ang." Upon this, the Guru hugged Lahina, named him Angad, and promised that he would be the next Guru.
