raag soohee chhant mehlaa 5 ghar 2||
Satgur
Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj speaks to us today in Soohee
Chhant in four parts, Ghar 2 - in the
second house.
ik-oNkaar satgur
parsaad.||
There
is only one eternal creation nourishing and destructive being who is found
through the grace of the true Guru. Guru Sahib Ji after themanglacharan - after the introduction says:
gobind gun gaavan laagay||
I
have laagay- attached myself into gaavan
- sing the gun - praises of gobind theat
creator of the universe, Waheguru. And then what happens?
har rang
an-din jaagay.||
jaagay
- I am awoken from the sleep of maya. I have awoken from the
unconscious state of being engrossed in just the material world and awaken to,
got the presence of all places. an-din day and night har
rang I am awake and aware in the rang the love of Hari,
Waheguru.
har rang
jaagay paap bhaagay milay
sant pi-aari-aa.||
I
have been awakened with the rang the love ofWaheguru, paap bhaagay my sins havebhaagay - fled, they have left, there is no name left of the
sins, they have gone completely. milay sant pi-aari-aa, By being with
the saintly, beloved Gurmukh piaaray who attach me to
Waheguru.
gur
charan laagay bharam bhaagay kaaj sagal savaari-aa||
By
attaching myself to the Guru's charan feet, the Guru's
wisdom, the Guru's words, Guru's command my bharam doubts
have bhaagay - fled, left as well. kaaj
sagal savaari-aa All of my affairs, all of the things that
I do are embellished. savaari-aa
means embellished. God has graced me in everything I do, embellished everything
that I do, blessed me with His love.
sun sarvan banee sahj jaanee har
naam jap vadbhaagai ||
With
me ears, I sarvan, listen to the banee,
the Guru's words. sahj jaanee, And through peace, throughshantee, sahj complete poise and balance,jaanee - I have come to know Waheguru. har naam jap
vadbhaagai, I am with vadbhaagai -
great fortune, I jap I meditate uponn thenaam name of Waheguru, Hari.
binvant naanak saran su-aamee jee-o pind parabh aagai. ||1||
binvant
naanak, Nanak offers his prayer, saran su-aamee -
into the protection of my su-aamee - my Lord Waheguru ;jee-o pind parabh aagai
my soul - jee-o; pind - my body parabh aagai - I lay it in
front of the Lord for the Lord's service. aagai literally
means in front.
anhat sabad suhaavaa.||
I
have been made suhaavaa beautiful with theanhat - that cannot be destroyed; sabad melody
of the Guru's word. That un-struck primal sound, that naad
of Ik-Oankaar, from which all of the planets, all of the solar system, all of
them have been created, whole world is created. That sabad
is within me, is beautiful.
sach
mangal har jas gaavaa.||
I
find such true mangal - joy by gaavaa -
by singing Waheguru Ji's praises. Satguru Ji is saying here that eternal joy is
only found through God's praises and nowhere
else. Satguru Ji says to us when we ask how can we remove the pain from our
lives. Satguru Ji says to us very simply in this line: sach
mangal har jas gaavaa If you want thesach mangal,anand - true contentment and pleasure which
never ends, then, you can only find this by meditating upon Waheguru Ji. Just
as Guru Arjan Dev Ji says on Ang 210 of Guru Granth Sahib JI - sukh
naahee ray har bhagat bina Without loving meditation upon the Lord
there is no sukh, there is no happiness.
gun gaa-ay har har dookh naasay rahas upjai man ghanaa ||
By singing the praises of har har
Waheguru, all my dookh - pains have beennaasay fled - gone. rahas upjai and I
have within me peace blossom, upjai literally means to
blossom. Peace blossoms within me. man ghanaa - ghanaa means
countless; this countless peace, amazing feeling is borne within me.
man tann nirmal daykh darsan naam parabh kaa mukh bhanaa ||
When I am blessed with the darsan
beloved vision of my Waheguru, my Satguru, my true Guru, my mind and my body
are nirmal - purified. My mind is purified through Simran
and my body is purified through Sayvaa. naam
parabh kaa mukh bhanaa, And the name of Waheguru,prabhu, my Lord is bhanaa - means chant; mukh means
mouth, tongue. With my mouth, my tongue I chant the praise of my beloved Lord,
Waheguru.
ho-ay
rayn saaDhoo parabh araaDhoo aapnay parabh bhaavaa. ||
Guru Ji tells us the way to live our life. Those people who
are controlling their minds ho-ay rayn saaDhoo those people
who have done saadhana of their mind, who have conquered
their mind, ho-ay rayn have become the dust of their
feet. parabh araaDhoo
meditate upon the Lord, Prabhu. aapnay parabh bhaavaa, This is the way bhaavaa -
pleasing aapnay your Lord, Waheguru.
binvant naanak da-i-aa Dhaarahu sadaa har gun gaavaa. ||2||
Satguru Ji says I offer this prayerbinvant means prayer - bayntee; bless me
- Dhaarahu with your da-i-aa - with your
Grace. sadaa Forever and forever I may sing your praises. har gun gaavaa.
9:47gur mil
saagar tari-aa.||
mil Meeting the Guru, I havetari-aa, I have crossed the saagar - ocean
of this world.
har
charan japat nistari-aa.||
By meditating upon the charan - the
lotus feet of Waheguru I have been nistari-aa - saved from
this ocean. By meditating upon the Shabad; Shabad is WaheGuru Ji'scharan. That is what we have to get hold of.
har
charan Dhi-aa-ay sabh fal paa-ay mitay aavan jaanaa ||
Meditate upon Waheguru Ji's charan,
lotus feet, Shabad. sabh fal paa-ay you will find all
fruits - fal of your mind's desires. mitay aavan jaanaa; aavan jaanaa - coming and
going from this world; Reincarnation will be erased,
eradicated.
bhaa-ay bhagat subhaa-ay har jap aapnay
parabh bhaavaa ||
Guru Ji says color yourself with bhaa-ay -
with love and bhagat - and devotion. subhaa-ay
- when you immerse yourself in these two things you will effortlessly - without
any effort, you will engage yourself in jap - meditation
upon Waheguru. aapnay parabh bhaavaa - Guru Ji says again this is how we can please Lord
Waheguru.
jap ayk alakh apaar
pooran tis binaa nahee
ko-ee. ||
I meditate upon that One, ayk who
isalakh beyond the knowledge of our mind;apaar - who has no end; pooran - perfect
in all places and residing, pervading through all. tis binaa nahee
ko-ee - without Him there is no other.
binvant naanak
gur bharam kho-i-aa jat daykhaa tat so-ee. ||3||
Satguru Ji offers his prayer - binvant
naanak, Guru has completely bharam khi-i-aa -
eradicated my doubts. jat daykhaa tat so-ee; jat means
wherever; tat means in all places; so-ee
- I see that one Lord Waheguru.
patit paavan
har naamaa ||
The name of the Lord is paavan is pure to the
sinners. Quite often we right off people who have sinned but Guru Ji says no,
the Lord's name can purify those people. Do not right them off, have faith.
pooran sant janaa
kay kaamaa. ||
Whatever the saints do, whatever their affairs are, whatever
tasks they do they are pooran - they are blessed by the
Lord. The Lord carries them out with His
own Grace. And kaamaa also means any of their desires, they
are also fulfilled. As Bhai Gurdaas Ji says, bharee katori Naamdev Lai
thaakur nu DuDh Pee-aa-e-aa, gayeen mu-ee jeeva-lay-un Naamdev da chhapar
chhu-aya, phis dehura rakhee-un chhar varan lai pairee paa-e-aa, sant janaa da
karay karaa-e-aa Bhai Gurdaas Ji gives three examples of how Waheguru
Ji saves His saints. How Waheguru Ji drank milk that Bhagat Naamdev Ji offered.
How Waheguru brought the dead cow back to life, fetched the house of Bhagat
Naamdev Ji and how Waheguru Ji turned around the temple to face towards Bhagat
Naamdev Ji. And in the end Bhai Ji says sant janaa da karay
karaa-e-aa Waheguru Ji does what His beloved saints say, just as i
this line Guru Ji says: pooran sant janaa kay kaamaa.
gur sant paa-i-aa
parabh Dhi-aa-i-aa
sagal ichhaa punnee-aa.||
gur sant paa-i-aa I found the saints of the saints - the Guru. parabh Dhi-aa-i-aa Meditate upon the one Waheguru, sagal
ichhaa punnee-aa All of my desires are punnee-aa -
fulfilled.
ha-o taap
binsay sadaa sarsay parabh milay
chiree vichhunni-aa.||
taap - Fever of ha-o - ego
has binsay - is removed. sadaa sarsay -
Now forever I am in bliss - sarsay; parabh milay chiree vichhunni-aa I have met my Lord from who
I was long, from much time - chiree, separated - vichhunni-aa.
man saat aa-ee
vajee vaDhaa-ee manhu kaday na veesrai. ||
man - In my mind; aa-ee -
come; saat - peace. And in my mind there are vajee
vaDhaa-ee congratulations bursting in me. And with Guru's Gracemanhu kaday na veesrai from my mind even
for an instant,kaday never, veesrai
forget the name of the Lord.
binvant naanak
satgur drirh-aa-i-aa sadaa bhaj jagdeesrai.
||4||1||3||
Satguru Ji offers His prayer, drirh-aa-i-aa
truly implanted this within me and that is sadaa foreverbhaj meditate upon jagdees - the Lord of
this world, Waheguru.
May Guru Arjan Dev Ji bless us and may Satgur Sahib Ji give instant
wisdom to implant this into our hearts. May that be the prayer of this day.
man saat aa-ee vajee vaDhaa-ee manhu kaday
na veesrai ||
binvant naanak
satgur drirh-aa-i-aa sadaa bhaj jagdeesrai. ||
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !
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