Var-14
One Oankar, the primal energy, realised through the grace of divine preceptor.
Pauri-1 Sadguru- The repute of the common man
Name of the true Guru is the truth, knowledge only becoming gurmukh- the Guru oriented. The holy congregation is the only place where Shabad-brahm echoes and resides. The true justice is done and water is separated from the milk. Surrender before the Guru is the safest shelter, where though service the merit is earned. Here, with full attention the Word is listened to, sung and embedded in the heart. I am sacrifice unto such a Guru who bestows honour to the humble and the lowly.
Pauri-2 Congregation of the Sikhs of the Guru
In the congregation of the Sikhs of the Guru, the people of all the castes assemble. The way of the Gurmukhs is difficult and its mystery cannot be comprehended. Even the sweet juice of sugarcane cannot be compared with the delight of Kirtan- the melodious recitation of hymns. Here, the seeker gets all the four ideals of life that is dharma, arth,kama and moksha. Those who have cultivated the Word, have merged in the Lord and have liberated themselves from all the accounts. They see through all the ages and yet do not put themselves above others.
Pauri-3 Sight of unapproachable
I bow before the eternal Lord who by his own grace shows his invisible form in all the creatures. He gracefully makes the silent music enter into the raw mind and refines it. He, in the company of the saints, makes one drink the nectar, which otherwise is not easy to digest. Those who have received the teachings of the perfect, remain steadfast on trutn.In fact, the gurmukhs are the kings but they remain away from maya. Brahm, Vishnu and Mahesh cannot have the sight of the Lord but the gurmukhs have it.
Pauri-4 Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh
Vishnu incarnated ten times and established his names. Destroying the demons, he increased the conflicts. Brahma thoughtfully recited the four Vedas but created the universe out of his ego. Shiva being engrossed in tamas always remain vexed and angry. Only gurmukhs- the Guru oriented- forswearing their ego reach the door of liberation.
Pauri-5 Sanak and Sukdev and others
Even being an ascetic, Narad merely talked of here and there. Being a backbiter, he popularised himself only as a tell-tale. Sanak and others got angry when they having gone to Vishnu were not allowed entry by the doorkeepers. They forced Vishnu to undergo ten incarnations and thus the peaceful life of Vishnu got tormented. The mother who gave birth to Sukdev was caused to suffer by him by remaining undelivered for twelve years. Only gurmukhs tasting the fruit of supreme joy have endured the unendurable name of the Lord.
Pauri- 6 The Earth
The earth becoming lowly concentrated on the feet of the Lord. Being one with the joy of the lotus feet, it divested itself of the ego. It is that dust of the feet, which is desired by the three worlds. Fortitude and dutifulness added to it, the contentment is the basis of all. It, considering the way of life of every creature, offers livelihood to all. In accordance with the divine will, it behaves like a gurmukh does.
Pauri-7 Water
The water is in the earth and the earth in the water. Water has no hesitation in going low and lower; it is rather considered more pure. To flow down, water bears the concussion of the gravitational force but still likes to go lower. It absorbs in everybody and enjoys with one and all. Meeting once it does not go apart and hence it is acceptable in the court of the Lord. The devoted persons that is bhagats are identified through their service to the mankind.
Pauri-8 Trees
The tree on the earth has their heads down towards the bottom. They endure suffering themselves but pour happiness on the world. Even on being stoned, they offer fruits and satisfy our hunger. Their shadow is so dense that both the mind and body enjoy peace. If someone cuts them, they offer to be sawed. Rare are the persons like trees who accepts the will of Lord.
Pauri-9 Other gifts of the trees.
From tree are made houses and pillars. A tree getting sawed helps to make a barge. Then adding irons that is nails to it, it gets people float on water. In spite of the myriads of the waves of the river it takes people across. Likewise, the Sikhs of the Guru in love and fear of the Lord, practice the Word. They make people follow the one Lord and get them liberated from the bondages of transmigration.
Pauri-10 Example of Sesame seed
Sesame gets crushed in the oil press and gives oil. The oil burns in the lamp to dispel the darkness. The soot of the lamp becomes the ink and the same oil reaches the ink-pot with whose help is scribed the Word of the Guru. By listening to, writing, learning and getting written the words, the imperceptible Lord is eulogised. The gurmukhs, losing their sense of ego,practice the Word. And using the collyrium of knowledge and concentration immerses in equanimity.
Pauri-11 Animal is better than a manmukh—mind oriented man
Standing into a pit they yield milk and do not pose to be counted that is animal do not have ego. Milk is converted into curd and butter comes thereof. With their dung and urine, the earth is plastered to offer worship. But while eating variety of food man turns them into abominable faeces worthless for any purpose. Those who have worshipped Lord in the holy congregation, their life is blessed and successful. Only they get the fruit of life on the earth.
Pauri-12 Gurmukhs endure sufferings like cotton.
Accepting the will of the Lord, cotton suffers a lot. Having been ginned through the roller, it is carded. Having carded it, its yarn is spun. Then the weaver with the help of his reed weaves it into cloth. Then washer man puts that cloth into the boiling cauldron and then washes it on a stream. Putting on the same clothes, the rich and the King adorn the assemblies.
Pauri-13 Gurmukhs keep busy in service
Madder knowing very well gets itself ground. Its character is such that it never leaves the cloth. Likewise, the sugarcane also happily get itself crushed. Without leaving away its sweetness it offers the taste of nectar. It produces jaggery, sugar, treacle molasses and many delicious items. Similarly, the saints also do not abstain from the service of mankind,and give happiness to all.
Pauri-14 By overcoming ego, like iron sees the self.
Putting iron into the furnace iron is heated. Then it is put on anvil where it bears the sturdy strokes of hammer Making it clear like glass, its value is set. Grinding against whetstone its parts are pruned and many articles are made out of it. Now keeping those articles in the saw dust to get clean. Likewise the Gurmukhs by losing their ego come face to face with their own basic nature.
Pauri-15 Example of Rabab
A good tree is cut to be manufactured into a rabab. A young goat is killed to provide food for the meat eaters, It intestines are turned into gut and the skin was mounted on drum and stitched. Now it is brought in the holy congregation where melody is produced on this instrument. It creates the melody of Raag as the Shabad is heard. Any one who worships true Guru, the God, gets absorbed into the equanimity.
Pauri-16 Sandal Tree
God created the sandal tree and kept it in the forest. The breeze moves around the sandal but does not understand the imperceptible nature of the tree. The truth about the sandal comes to the forefront when it perfumes everyone with its fragrance. The gurmukh goes beyond all the caste and distinctions of eating taboos. He drinks the nectar of awe and love of the Lord in the holy congregation. The Gurmukh comes face to face with his own intrinsic nature
Pauri-17 Service of the Gursikh
Within the teachings of the Guru, the Sikhs of the Guru serve others. They give in charity the four riches to the beggars. They sing paeans of the invisible Lord who is beyond all accounts. They drink the juice of the sugarcane of loving devotion and makes others also enjoy the same. Nothing in the past as well as future can be equal to their love. None can compete with even the one step of the way of the Gurmukhs.
Pauri-18 Fruits of the service of the Gursikhs
Fetching water for the holy congregation is equal to the kingdom of lacs of Indrapuri. Grinding of corn for the holy congregation is more than the pleasure of myriads of heavens. Arranging for and putting in woods into the hearth of langar- free kitchen- for the congregation is equal to riddhis, siddhis and the nine treasures. The holy persons are the caretakers of the poor and in their company the humility resides in the heart of people. Singing of hymns of the Guru is the personification of silent melody.
Pauri-19 Fruits of the service
To feed a Sikh with roasted gram is superior to hundreds of thousands of burnt offerings and feasts. To cause him to be washed is superior to visits to assemblages at the holy pilgrimage places. To utter Gurus hymns to a Sikh is equal to a hundred thousands of other religious exercises. Even the glimpse of the Guru dispels all doubts and regrets. Such a man remains unscathed in the terrible world ocean and does not fear its waves. He whom Guru embraces has passed beyond the bounds of joy or grief or gain or loss.
Pauri-20 Infinite Fruits of service
As he seed is put into the earth and it gives fruit at least thousand times more. The food put in the mouth of a Gursikh multiplies infinitely and its count is next to impossible. The land gives the fruit of the seed sowed in it. But the seed it offered to Guru oriented ones give all sorts of fruits. Without sowing, neither anyone could eat anything nor the earth can produce anything. Having the desire to serve the Gurmukh fulfils all desires.
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