Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Onkar      9

Why do you (addressed to a wayward) talk nonsense and quarrels with the world?  Your craziness will ultimately end in repentance and death. The mortal who do not aim for eternal life get stuck in the cycle of birth and death. He comes to this world and does all the nonsense and loses hope, hopeless he departs from this world. In the end he dies regretting, repenting all his vain deeds and ultimately becomes soil with soil. The fear of death does not attach with you when singing God’s praises. The God’s Name is like nine treasures that man obtains as blessings from the Lord Himself easily, spontaneously II 26 II

Man utters divine knowledge and understands himself. He understands it and becomes aware of it. He has enshrined the instructions of Guru in his mind. Thus becoming immaculate and true he becomes pleasing to the Lord. Guru’s instructions are like vast ocean where there is no dearth of pearls. Inexhaustible is the wealth of genuine jewels. Follow the Guru’s instructions and do the deeds as ordained by him. Why are you chasing the wondrous plays of the In-apprehensible Lord as they are endless and in-apprehensible? O Nanak, merge thou in the Lord as Guru Says II 27 II

By speaking in defiance the delicate fabric of affection is broken. The arms break if pulled from both directions. The love breaks if the speech is sour. The Beloved (God) forswear and forsake the evil minded bride. The loosened knot is tied again only through wisdom. By following Guru’s instruction the broken affairs are mended at one’s own home. The one who tries to earn the profit of His Name is never at loss instead he finds a great friend in the True Lord II 28 II

God says; restrain your mind from wandering and still it to stay at one place. Once the mind becomes stable at one place the awareness of all strife and all sins committed comes. The God (spouse) is just One and all others are His brides. The false bride (wayward gone man) adorns many religious garbs. The Lord spouse stops her from going into other’s house, she is then summoned and Lord lets her enter His Mansion without hindrance. She is then adorned with His Name and becomes dear to the Lord. She alone is the true beloved bride and Lord supports her II 29 II

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