Tuesday, April 10, 2007

(1) Introduction


Sukhmani Sahib Ji as I perceived

too thaakur tum peh ardaas.
jee-o pind sabh tayree raas.
tum maat pitaa ham baarik tayray.
tumree kirpaa meh sookh ghanayray.
ko-ay na jaanai tumraa ant.
oochay tay oochaa bhagvant.
sagal samagree tumrai sutir Dhaaree.
tum tay ho-ay so aagi-aakaaree.
tumree gat mit tum hee jaanee.
naanak daas sadaa kurbaanee. 84

HE is my master. I am his servant of servants. My waheguru jee (God) has very kindly given me some sojhi (understanding). I never deserved this mercy but he has bestowed HIS blessings by HIS grace only. It is true, merely by own efforts, one cannot achieve any understanding, any inspiration, any direction. This cosmic play is HIS drama only which he runs for HIS pleasure.Only the person who is blessed by him can get inspired by HIS words through satguru.
HE only, inspires. HE only, gives strength to your yearning and efforts to get spiritual elevation and HE only, grants blessings.

I am a semi-literate person with no command either on language or on knowledge but even then I am inspired to spell out my understanding of sukhmani sahib. I am daring to write same for self and sharing among my well-wishers but am inclined to seek humble apology from learned persons for shortcomings. I admit I am not a scholar. If I am wrong somewhere, I may be pointed out. I will re-align my understanding by taking those words as hukam of my waheguru jee.

I could perceive that if we concentrate on gurbani as a sincere student and that too with devotion, we are going to get its intutional meanings into our hearts,(with HIS blessings of course). What students do? They not only read, but revise same, read out loudly, write down same in their own words, present themselves for test / exam.etc. They move to next chapter / session only after understanding same. If we follow this sincerely, it will multiply our yearning for HIS blessings.

Again sincere paath of gurbani requires approach as a student and devotion (love towards God). Before paath and in between He is to be prayed again and again for HIS support with humbleness,faith and love. Simran done with understanding will get us HIS blessings fast. Without HIS mercy nothing is possible and HE understands language of love only.
saachaa saahib saach naa-ay bhaakhi-aa bhaa-o apaar.

I am grateful grateful grateful to my waheguru jee and satguru (sri gurugranth sahib jee) for their mercy on me.
Next blog will be “Why Sukhmani Sahib?”

2 comments:

Ranjodh SIngh Makkar said...

ssa Sir ji
Very good effort by you. I think you are really blessed by god that's why you are so active in these activities. Keep it up sir n May god bless you!!!!

hs said...

Thanks, sir for making such a beautiful blog on Gurbani and Sukhani Sahib Ji. It came to my notice accidentally being I myself was trying to make a blog on Sukhmani Sahib Ji with translation in Punjabi and when name not available I searched your blog I have studied in short and will go through the same and your other blogs. Once again thanks.

ਕਹਤੇ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਸੁਣਤੇ ਸਭਿ ਧੰਨੁ ਲਿਖ˙ਤੀ ਕੁਲੁ ਤਾਰਿਆ ਜੀਉ ॥
Though I think Likhanti (ਲਿਖ˙ਤੀ)relates to the time when the press was not here but it is still true today also.

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