Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht  4

The Yogis say: The world ocean is said to be impassable, how can one cross it?

Charpat yogi says: O Nanak! Deliberate on it and give a true answer.

Nanak answers: He, who says that he himself understands, what answer can I give? The fact is that I cannot give answer to someone who thinks he has reached yonder shore (pargrami) II 4 II

As a lotus flower remains unaffected in water, as also a duck swim against the stream current and becomes not wet, same way by concentrating on Lord’s Name O Nanak the dreadful world ocean is crossed.

He, who lives in loneliness abiding only One Lord’s Name in his mind, living without desire in the midst of desires and sees and shows others the Inaccessible and Incomprehensible Lord, of such Lord this Nanak is a slave II 5 II

On this yogis say: We pray O Lord and ask you of your true opinion. Take it not ill and give us a suitable answer. How can one arrive at the great God’s door?

Nanak answers to this: Through the Name’s (God’s) supports the wandering mind sits in its true home and enshrine love for Lord and then the creator Himself unites and merges in His beloved II 6 II

 The Yogis say: We abandon all our businesses and wander away from the main routes we come to abide in forests, live under trees and plants. We make bulbs and roots as our meal. This is the gnosis that the yogis utter, we bathe at holy places and obtain the fruit of peace and not an iota of filth attaches to us. Loharipa the disciple of Gorakh Nath yogi says; this is the only way to unite with the Lord II 7 II

To this Guru Nanak says: At home and during your wanderings you let your mind awake and let not the envy of others home come to your mind. Without meditating on His (Lord’s) Name the wandering mind is not comforted and its hunger not satiated O Nanak. My Guru (Lord) has shown me the shop and my home within me where I deal in true business. I sleep little and eat little. This O Nanak is the quintessence idea of true yoga II 8 II