Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Ignorance about Rakhdi
Today I went to Bangla Sahib gurudwara in Delhi and found rakhis being tied to the railing in front of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
slok mÚ 3 ] (593-6)
Shalok, Third Mehl:
jgqu AigAwnI AMDu hY dUjY Bwie krm kmwie ] (593-7, vfhMsu, mÚ 3)
The world is blind and ignorant; in the love of duality, it engages in actions.
dUjY Bwie jyqy krm kry duKu lgY qin Dwie ]
But those actions which are performed in the love of duality, cause only pain to
gur prswdI suKu aUpjY jw gur kw sbdu kmwie ]
By Guru's Grace, peace wells up, when one acts according to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
scI bwxI krm kry Anidnu nwmu iDAwie ]
He acts according to the True Word of the Guru's Bani; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
nwnk ijqu Awpy lwey iqqu lgy khxw ikCU n jwie ]1]
O Nanak, as the Lord Himself engages him, so is he engaged; no one has any say in this matter.
The world is blind and ignorant; in the love of duality, it engages in actions.
dUjY Bwie jyqy krm kry duKu lgY qin Dwie ]
But those actions which are performed in the love of duality, cause only pain to
gur prswdI suKu aUpjY jw gur kw sbdu kmwie ]
By Guru's Grace, peace wells up, when one acts according to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
scI bwxI krm kry Anidnu nwmu iDAwie ]
He acts according to the True Word of the Guru's Bani; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
nwnk ijqu Awpy lwey iqqu lgy khxw ikCU n jwie ]1]
O Nanak, as the Lord Himself engages him, so is he engaged; no one has any say in this matter.
