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Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh !
Hukamnama today is by Bhagat Naamdev Ji, in Toodee Raag on Ang 718 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
todee
banee bhagtaaN kee.||
Bhagat
Naamdev Sahib Ji is speaking to us today. Bhagat Ji begins the Shabad
in Toodee Raag. And because this is the first Shabad
of Bhagat Banee in Toodee Raag, the title in Guru
Granth Sahib Ji is given Toodee, that is the Raag.
Banee, the
words, the divine words, Bhagtaan Kee are coming of
the Bhagats. And as this is the first Shabad in Bhagtaan
Baanee, Sri Guruu Granth Sahib Ji after the title contains the manglacharan, the introductory callout to God which
comes in Sri
Guru Granth Sahib Ji again and again about 500 times. And that manglacharan is:
ik-oNkaar
satgur parsaad.||
ik
- there is one, onkaar - who lights the entire
universe, Akaal Purakh, Waheguru, satgur parsaad -
who is found through the grace of eternal Guru, satgur. Bhagat Naamdev Sahib Ji begins the Shabad and
the story which traditionally linked
with the Shabad is that Bhagat Naamdev Ji sitting and in the opposite
direction walking towards them a two sets of religious scholars - Pandits. One set of scholars belongs to Vedant group and the other set of scholars belong to ni-aayaka
group. They are coming along and having a heated discussion, debate,
and is getting very fierce. They come upto Bhagat Naamdev Ji. Bhagat Ji
asks them what they are arguing about so fiercely. The Vedant group says that we believe that God is close
to
you. And the ni-aayaka group says that we believe
that God is far away from us. And that is what they were fighting about.
Bhagat Naamdev Ji at that point is said to have sung this Shabad. The
Shabad begins with:
ko-ee
bolai nirvaa ko-ee bolai door.||
ko-ee
- some people, bolai say that God is nirvaa - close. ko-ee bolai door
And on the other hand,, some people say that that God is door - far away.
jal
kee maachhulee charai khajoor. ||1||
Bhagat
Naamdev Ji says jal kee maachhilee charai khajoor
Now I want to give you the translation before we actually go into the
deeper meaning. The simple translation is, jal means
water, charai eans to climb, maachhilee means fish, charai
means to climb, khajoor means a date, palm tree.
That type of palm tree upon which dates grow. Literally it means how can
a fish which lives in water climb up a tree, a date tree. Now what does
that mean? Bhagat Naamdev Ji is saying to them, this discussion
you are having is so pointless that it does not even take one minute to
look at it. Bhagat Naamdev Ji says jal kee maachhilee charai
khajoor Just like it is impossible for a fish to climb up on a
date palm tree, in the same way the discussion you are
having, the Vedanti on one side and ni-aayaka on other side. The ni-aayaka saying that God is far and the Vedanti saying God is close. Bhagat Ji says in fact
you both are wrong. Sant Giani Gurbachan Singh Ji Bhindrawale in their
Katha beautifully explains this point. They say if God is close then
there is still a distance between you and Akal Purakh. And they give a
beautiful example. They say if you were to put surma
or an ointment into your eye, it would be close to you but
you would not be able to see it. Ad on the other hand if you say God is
far, that’s putting distance between you and God anyway. Bhagat Naamdev
Ji in the way Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji explains is that both of these
things doesn’t make any sense. It’s just like
it doesn’t make sense for a fish to climb a date tree, in the same way
to say that God is close is to say that God is separate from you. To
claim that God is far is to say that God is separate from you. In the
beginning of the Shabad, Bhagat Ji says the manglacharan;
kaaN-ay
ray bakbaad laa-i-o||
kaan-ay
means why, ray - people, bakbaad
this fierce argument, laa-i-o - why are you starting
this fierce debate, this argument. You are passing away your life
arguing away with each other.
jin
har paa-i-o tineh chhapaa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.||
Bhagat Naamdev Ji says, you people, all you are doing debates and
having arguments, and he says what are you meant to be doing. jin har paa-i-o
- those people who have realized God, those who have meditated upon God
and found God, tineh chhapaa-i-o they don’t enter
into arguments or debates like you, they don’t shout from rooftops,
those people who have found God, have realized God, they chhapaa-i-o
- they hide that they have found God inside . Its like when someone
finds a great treasure, they don’t throw the treasure around, from door
to door, they keep the treasure within. The same way people who find
God, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj says hone
najeek khuda-ay day rayn na kisai dayn those people who have
found God they don’t get full of ego, they are full of humility, they
full of love. They are full of Akaal Purakh. And hence they hide the
fact that they have found the Akaal Purakh. This is
the main crux of the Shabad. This is the rehaa-o
tuk. Instead of entering into the arguments and debates about
whether the God is far or near, it will be much more beneficial if we
try with Guru’s Grace to merge into God, to experience God. Not to
debate
about God but to experience God. jin har paa-i-o
tineh chhapaa-i-o Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji explains this an
another way also. If you read tineh like ti and neh as two words – those
people who have found God, even though they keep that beautiful light
within them, they don’t make
a show in the world, they aren’t pompous, they are not full of ego. But
even though they hide this treasure within Guru Granth Sahib Ji says rattan lukaa-e-aa lukay nahee If someone has a
diamond of God’s love within, it shines upon their face and that
way tineh chhapaa-i-o - it cannot be hidden. So
looking at the first way they hide that they are merged with the God,
they don’t shout from the rooftops. Look at Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Sachay
Paatshah, form of God, but Guru Ji saying nanak neech kahai
vichaar - Nanak the lowly one. nanak daas ,jan Nanak - the servant. Even they are one with God.
But Piaariyo, just like that diamond it shines from brightness and
anyone can see it glow and warmth, in the same way those people who have
found
God you can feel the warmth and the glow from God’s love. rehaa-o this is the main part of the Shabad.
pandit ho-ay
kai bayd bakhaanai||
You
believe you are religious scholars, pandit, bayd bakhaanai - you discuss the bayd - the religious scriptures.
moorakh naamday-o
raameh jaanai. ||2||1||
Bhagat
Ji says I am not a scholar, I am a fool. Just like what they are saying
in the first tuk, they are explaining in the end. jin har paa-i-o
tineh chhapaa-i-o Those people who have found God they keep
that love within them. You debate about God, even though I am a fool
Bhagat Naamdev Ji says in humility, I know God and I experience God.
So
in this Shabad Bhagat Naamdev Ji is taking us away from the debates of
whether God is near or far, all of these types of things. Instead of
debating you should be experiencing.
pandit ho-ay
kai bayd bakhaanai||
moorakh naamday-o
raameh jaanai||
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !
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