Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Onkar     10

O my dear friend if you roam from place to place all your beautiful robes is torn off. In jealousy the body is not in peace. Without the fear of the Lord flock over flocks are destroyed. The true bride (a mortal that has become God oriented) has her Lords fear and her wandering has stopped and the Beloved Lord favours His graceful glance on her. She has the fear of her Lord but she becomes fearless in uttering His Name. The world seemed like difficult mountain range and that increased my thirst (urge) to see Him. Now when I have seen Him it seems He was not that far away after all. Contemplating on His Name my thirst is quenched and I quaff on His Name Nectar to my fill. Everyone just asks Him, give O Lord Give but He gives only to those with whom He is pleased. It is at Guru’s door where one gets Name nectar that quenches thirst II 30 II

I was seeking and searching my Lord swayed by winds I dropped down and fell on the very river bank of life that ferries me across to meet the Lord. What I see (all around) that light ones swim across and the heavy ones (full of sins) falling flat. They who meet the Eternal and Immeasurable Lord I could sacrifice my life to them. With the dust of their feet and association of their company a mortal is exonerated and merges in to the Lord’s union. I have surrendered my soul to the Guru and I am blessed with the Name of the Immaculate One. The One who builds (creates) can also demolish (by death). There is none other who can do this. With the grace and mercy of Guru my body shall not suffer any pain (when I go from this world) II 31 II

I bear this in mind that except Lord no one is mine or shall ever be mine. Man is ruined by doubts of rebirth and inflicted with the disease of duality. The men bereft of Lord’s Name fall like a wall built with saline mud. Without the Name how can soul are released? Those, who think that they are over smart, fall into the hell in the end. The true ones (God conscious) describe the Infinite Lord with few words. The ignorant remain ignorant with no understanding of divine knowledge. The separated soul (from God) is like a broken chord of the Rabab that cannot make any music in separation. The Lord has that grace to awaken the destiny of separated soul and unite with Him O Nanak II 32 II

The body is like tree and the mind is winged. The tree and the five winged birds (lust, wrath, ego, avarice and illusions) when get the quintessence of bani become sublime to unite with the One Lord. They lose the sense of being trapped. They fly away from the bird feed of sins. Those trapped in these sins get their wings clipped, caught in the noose trap end in a calamity. Without the help of the True One how can they be released? The jewel of God’s grace is obtained only through His grace. He is the great Master who Himself liberates the mortals. When the Lord shows mercy one is emancipated by Guru’s grace. He blesses the glories to those with whom He is pleased II 35 II