soohee
mehlaa 4 ghar 6||
Guru
Piaario, Satguru Ram Daas Ji Maharaj begins the Shabad in Soohee Raag, mehlaa 4, by
Guru Ram Daas Ji, ghar 6, in the sixth house of singing,
Guru Sahib Ji instructs us to sing in this way. begins the Hukamnama withManglacharan.
ik-oNkaar satgur
parsaad||
Satgur
Maharaj Ji writes down the Manglacharan,ik, there is one, onkaar
- there is one Lord God, eternal creator, nourisher and destroyer of this world
in whose command this whole world is, satgur Parsaad - that
Guru who is forever eternal, the true Guru, Waheguru, that Lord God who is found through the parsaad
- the grace of the eternal Guru. Satguru Ram Daas Ji begins the Shabad with:
neech
jaat har japti-aa utam
padvee paa-ay||
neech
jaat, means caste or social class. Those people who are considered to
be lowly, Those people who are put in the box by the people that these people
are low because of the family they are born into or because of their caste,
class they are born into. Those people who are labeled by such people,har japti-aa, by meditating upon har, Hari,
be meditating upon Waheguru they have received; what have they received?utam padvee paa-ay, padvee means status, position,utam means the highest, utam does not
mean better, one better or two better, utam means the
highest, blessed, the greatest. Satguru Ram Daas Ji is saying that those people
who said that these people are low, they are beneath us, they are low caste,
they are low class, they are untouchables, those people where people of the
world don't want to sit and eat and who they would not mix with, Guru Sahib JI
says the power of God meditation, the power of meditation upon the Naam is such
that these people have achieved the highest state in this world. These people
have achieved the state of jeevan muktee, state of
liberations whilst being alive. And both in this world and the next, they
achieve the highest status. Guru Ji gives various examples and we will come
back to that later on in the Katha.
poochhahu
bidar daasee sutai
kisan utri-aa ghar
jis jaa-ay. ||1||/span>
poochhahu
If you want to ask for a proof of this look at the story ofBidar who was sutai - son of thedaasee,of a slave girl, of a servant. Now this is a longpraanic story that Guru Ji is giving as an example here. But
to cut it down very short, in Praanic times, mythology, there is the story ofPaandavs and Kauravs and the fight in between, the battle in
between and is called the Mahabharat. Guru Ji giving this
example and we will only go into this history very slightly so that we can
understand. There was a kingdom of Hastinapur, and for some reason the kingdom
was left without any heirs. There were queens but no sons. The queen mother
asked a son of hers who was a hermit, known by the name of Rishi Vyas to use
his spiritual powers, to use his Yogic powers to create another lineage, to
create heirs for the throne. It is said that there were two queens their first
names were Ambika and Ambalika. And it is said that Rishi Vyas said that he
will use his Yogic powers for a child. When Ambika and Ambalika went in front
of Rishi Vyas and looked at him, one closed her eyes because she was scared and
one went pale. The one who closed her eyes gave birth to a blind son called
DhrithRaaj and the one who went pale gave birth to a very sickly son called
Pandav. And so the queen mother sent in the third who was the servant girl. She
looked directly into the eyes of Yogic master, Rishi Vyas. Because she looked
directly at him into his eyes she was blessed with a child. Now this is a
Praanic story, it is a Praanic myth. That child's name was Bidar. DhrithRaaj
and Pandav went on to become king of Hastinapur. But Bidar who was child of a
servant, even though he was healthy physically was not allowed to become king
and he was always treated as a minister but not as the king of state. He was
the prime minister but he was not the king. He could never be the king. He was
always taunted by the others and was known as son of a servant girl. Guru Ram
Daas JI says poochhahu bidar daasee sutai kisan utri-aa ghar jis jaa-ay Krishan
the Avataar of that time, the incarnation of Vishnu at that time in the period
of Dwapur, in the age of Dwapur, Krishan when another king of Hastinapur,
Duryodhan heard, and Duryodhan was the son of DhritRaaj. Gurmukh Piaario I am
not going into this in detail. When he heard that Krishan was coming towards
the palace he thought if I get up in y court to respect Krishan because he is
the avatar, incarnation of Vishnu then people will say that the king has got up
for the cow herder because Krishan was brought up by cow herders. And so
Duryodhan decided that he would go to his stables where he kept his elephants
and would greet Krishan there because he will be standing up anyway. And we
find Bhagat Kabeer Ji also quote in Gurbani, hastee daykh bharamtay
bhula sri bhagwaan na jaani-aa. So he went into his stables and Krishan
did not even go into the palace. Did not go into the courts. Instead of going
towards Duryodhan he went straight to the house of Bidar. Bidar who was
considered lowly, Bidar who was considered the sonn of a lowly girl. He sat
there and he ate with Bidar. Guru Ji gives this example from the Praanic tale first
but goes onto more recent examples later. kisan utri-aa ghar
jis jaa-ay, If you want to know how the name of God can change
the things over in this world , Krishan was going to walk into the palace but
the love of Bidar, and with his pure heart attracted Krishan to his house.
Gurmukh Piaario utam padvee paa-ay In this world Bidar
received that honor of being honored with Krishan coming to his house.
har kee
akath kathaa sunhu jan bhaa-ee
jit sahsaa dookh bhookh sabh leh jaa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o||
Ojan, O servants of the Lord, o bhaa-ee, o
my brothers, listen to the akath kathaa, the unspoken
speech, the akath kathaa, what does this mean? It means the
story that is never ending, the story beyond words, what is that story, the
story of God's love, the story of God's glory. Our tongue cannot count all the
virtues of God, that is what it means, the akath kathaa. The
speech which is beyond all words. jit sahsaa dookh bhookh sabh leh jaa-ay If you
meditate upon God's name who is beyond our wordsall of yourssahsaa, all of your doubts, all of yoursdookh, pains, all of yours bhookh, all of
your hunger, sabh, not one, not two, all of themleh jaa-ay, will be removed. rahaa-o -
Satgur Ji wants us to pause and think about this.
ravidaas
chamaar ustat karay
har keerat nimakh ik gaa-ay||
Bhagat
Ravi Daas Maharaj Ji who was from chamaar caste, he used to
work with leather make shoes. ustat karay, he praises God, har
keerat nimakh ik gaa-ay, nimakh every
single moment of everyday, with all his heart mind and soul, ik hokay,
ik gaa-ay means completely focused, single-mindedly he sings the
praises keerat of Lord God, Waheguru.
patit jaat utam bha-i-aa chaar varan pa-ay pag
aa-ay. ||2||
People
call him patit jaat, people call him low, they call him
untouchable but Guru Ji says no, he is not untouchable. utam
bha-i-aa, in fact he is the greatest, he is utam. chaar
varan pa-ay pag aa-ay And Guru Ji says chaar
varan, all of the other social castes, all of the other class, all
the people came to his feet, his pag. There are various
stories of how Ranee Jhalaa who is the queen of the Area came and fell onto the
feet of Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji. There are other stories when Rani Jhalaa invited
Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji to eat when she called for a Langar, when she called all
the holy men in the area to be fed. All of the other holy men were from the
Brahmin caste and they said we are not going to eat with Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji.
The story is long but I cut it short, Bhagat Ji closed their eyes, meditated
upon the Lord, and what did each of these high caste people saw? They saw only
the side of Bhagat Ravi Daas. They all fell at the feet of Bhagat Ji.
naamday-a
pareet lagee har saytee
lok chheepaa kahai
bulaa-ay.||
Bhagat
NaamDev Ji was truly in love with Hari, Waheguru. lok chheepaa kahai bulaa-ay,
but lok, people they see is the outer work. They say he is acheemba, he dyes fabric, he washes cloth, that is all he is.
khatree
baraahman pith day chhoday har naamday-o
lee-aa mukh laa-ay. ||3||
But
remember this, Guru Ram Daas Ji says, khatree, those people
from Kshatriya class, and braahman, those people from
Brahmin class, pith day chhoday, Waheguru Ji
turned their back on them. Now why would they do it? Now there is this story.
When Bhagat NaamDev Ji and the Mandir, it is still there, when Bhagat NaamDev
Ji went to the Mandir singing the praises of God, the high caste people inside,
the high caste threw Bhagat NaamDev Ji
to the back of the Mandir and said you cannot worship with us. And to
this day we can see that Mandir but those people who are in doubt can go there
and see it. Waheguru turned the face of the Mandir away from the high caste
people and turned the whole Mandir to face Bhagat NaamDev Ji. It is near Sri
Sachkund Hazoor Sahib, youu can go and see it. It is about a day's drive from
there. khatree baraahman pith day chhoday har naamday-o
lee-aa mukh laa-ay
and Waheguru Ji showed their mukh, their face towards Bhagat
NaamDev Ji.
jitnay bhagat har sayvkaa mukh athsath tirath tin tilak kadhaa-ay.||
jitnay,
All of the people who are Bhagats, now what does it mean to be a Bhagat? It
means single-mindedly focused upon the Lord, to be completely in love with God.
And if we ask Sheikh Fareed Ji what is it like to be a Bhagat? Sheikh Fareed Ji
tells us in their words, in their saloks, what a Bhagat
truly is. Sheikh Fareed Ji tells us and you can find this on Ang 384 of Guru
Granth Sahib Ji, mat hodee ho-ay ee-aa-na, even whilst being
wise they are outwardly simple. taan hoday ho-ay nitaana,
even whilst having all the power inside them, all of God's power inside them
they are pure weak outside. They remain humble outside. unhonday aap
vanda-ee, even when they have nothing to share they share with
others. ko aisaa bhagat sada-ay Sheikh Fareed Ji says such are
Bhagats. Guru Ram Daas Ji says Bhagats, har
sayvkaa, those people serve the Lord. mukh athsath tirath tin tilak kadhaa-ay Many
people have interpreted in many ways but Gurmukh Piaario, mukh athsath tirath tin tilak kadhaa-ay
even the athsath tirath sixty eight holy places of
pilgrimage, even those places which everyone considers to be pure, even they
apply a tilak, ceremony to apply a mark on the forhead of
the Bhagats. What does this mean? Even they bow down to those people. Those
places of tirath, even they bow down to these people. Guru
Sahib Ji is telling us these Bhagats, those people who meditate upon the name
of the Lord, they are higher even than the places of pilgrimage where people go
down ad bow down to. And Gurmukh Piaaario, another way of looking at this is by
looking at them, by having their darshan, by having their
vision, by seeing these beloved devotees of the Lord, it is like seeing all the
places of pilgrimage. Upon their forehead there is such a light shining that it
dims out all other lights of the world.
jan
naanak tin ka-o an-din
parsay jay kirpaa karay har raa-ay. ||4||1||8||
Sri
Guru Ram Daas JI says if I get kirpaa, the blessings of the
great Hari, Waheguru, of har raa-ay, my king, Godthenan-din, day and night, parsay, I touch
their feet. I sit in their Sangat, I sit in their company, I
listen to the words of these people.
Gurmukh
Piaario, Guru Ram Daas Ji Maharaj is blessing us with this Ardaas. O God, like
we say everyday, say-ee piaaray mayl, unite us with those
beloved souls, jinaa mili-aa tayraa naam chhit aavay. Those
souls who meeting with, we remember God.
jitnay bhagat har sayvkaa mukh athsath tirath tin tilak kadhaa-ay ||
jan naanak tin
ka-o an-din parsay jay kirpaa karay har raa-ay. ||
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !
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