Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib – 13

Guru Nanak says; Pokh tukhar pare van trin sokhe ras sokhe II awat ki nahin man tan vaseh mukhe II man tan raveh rahi jag jeevan gurshabdi rang mani II

In the month of Poh the snow (Kora) falls and the sap of forests and grass dries up. O lord why are you not coming? You are now abiding in my soul, body and mouth. O God the Life of the World is permeating my mind and soul. Through the Guru’s word (shabad) I am enjoying His love.

Maagh punit bhaiudh teerath andar janeya II saajan sahaj mile gun gahe ank samaniya II pritam gun anke sun prabh banke tudh bhava sar nava II

In the month of Maagh I become immaculate knowing that the pilgrimages are within me. I have easily met my beloved enshrining His virtue and merging His Being into me. Hear thou O my darling and Beauteous Lord thine merits I have enshrined in my mind if it pleases thee I shall bathe in thy tank.

Nanak Maagh maharas har jup athsath teerath nahta II

Nanak says; in the month of Maagh by meditating the Supreme Elixir is obtained that equals the sixty-eight bathing pilgrimages (that Hindus perform to obtain the bliss of nirvana).

Phuagun man rehasi prem subhaiya II  andin rehus bhaiya aap gavayiya II Man moh chukaiya ja tis bhaiya kar kirpa ghar aao II       

In the month Phagun the soul of those to whom the Lords love is pleasing is in bloom. She who effaces her, self conceit, night and day abides in the spiritual bliss. When it pleases Him, efface I the worldly love from my mind and the Lord merciful comes to my home.

In the end Guru Nanak ji do not forget to tell us that;

Nanak mel lai guru apne ghar var paiya nari II 16II bedus maah ruti,tithi vaar bhale II ghadi murat pal saache aiye sahaj mile II

Nanak the Guru has united me with the Lord and I the bride have obtained my groom with the Guru’s grace in my very home. The two and ten (twelve) months, the seasons, the lunar days, the hours, the minutes and moments are all sublime when the True Lord comes and naturally meets me.

 In other words there is no importance placed on the auspiciousness of all these time figures and that they are just poetry forms. That is the important feature of the house of Nanak that doesn’t let you go stray in your belief to become superstitious even when he is praising the Lord in one of the many ways he has shown us the path to HIM.