Var-17
One Oankar, the primal energy, realised through the grace of divine preceptor.
Pauri-1 Preachings of a Conch
It is said that after churning the Unfathomable ocean, fourteen jewels were brought out of it. These jewels were- moon, sarang bow, wine, kaustub, mani, Lakshmi,and Dhanvantri- the
physician. The Rambha fairy, Kamadhenu, Parijat, Uchchgaisarva horse and nectar offered to Gods in drink. Airavat elephant, conch, and poison were distributed jointly among the gods and demons. All were given rubies, pearls, and valuable diamonds. Out of the ocean, conch came out empty,which tells even today weeping and wailing its own story that none should remain hollow and empty. If they do not adopt the discourses and teachings of the Guru heard in the holy congregation. They lose their life uselessly.
Pauri-2 Manmukh and frog are identical
It is a pond full of pure and fine water wherein the lotuses bloom Lotuses are of beautiful form and they make environment fragrant. Black bees live in bamboo forest but they somehow search and get the lotus. With the sunrise, they come attracted from far and wide and meet the lotus. With the sunrise, the lotuses of the pond also turn their faces towards the Sun. Frog lives in the nearby mire close to the lotus but not understanding the real delight it cannot enjoy like lotus. Those unfortunate persons who listening to the teachings of the Guru in the holy congregation do not adopt them. They are most unfortunate in life like the frogs.
Pauri-3 Like a crane the cheats cannot get fruits of labour.
On pilgrimage centres, because of the anniversary festivals, millions of people get together from all the four directions. The followers of six philosophies and the four varnas make recitations, charities and take ablutions there. Performing recitations, offering burnt offerings, fast and undertaking rigorous disciplines, they listen to the recitals from the Vedas. Meditating they adopt the techniques of recitations. Worship of deities is performed at their respective abodes-temples. White clad persons remain engaged in trance but like a crane and as and when they get opportunity they immediately stoop to commit crime. Listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation the fake lovers who do not adopt it in their life, do not attain any fruit in their life.
Pauri-4 Even listening to the Word of Guru the undeserving person do not attain any peace.
In the month of Savan, the whole forest becomes green but akk, a wild plant of desert and javah a prickly plant used in medicine go dry. Getting rain drops in the savan nakstr the rain bird- Papiha gets contented and if the same drop falls in a mouth of a shell, it is transformed into a pearl. In the banana fields, the same drop becomes camphor bur on alkaline land and lotus that drop has no effect. That drop, if it goes into the mouth of a snake becomes deadly poison. Therefore a thing given to a genuine and undeserving people has different effects. Likewise, those who are engrossed in the worldly delusions do not get peace even though they listen to the Word of the Guru in the holy congregation. The gurmukhs attain the pleasure fruit of the love of the Lord, but manmukh goes on following the evil path. Manmukh ever suffers loss while a Gurmukh earns profit always.
Pauri-5 Example of the Egotists
In all the forests there is diverse vegetations even though the land and the water is same. This sameness notwithstanding, the fragrance, taste and colour of fruits and flowers are wondrously different. The tall silk-cotton tree is of big expanse and fruitless chir tree touches the sky these both like an egotists are proud of their size. Bamboo keeps searching thinking of its greatness. Sandal makes the whole vegetation fragrant but bamboo remains devoid of fragrance. Those who even listening to the word of Guru in the holy congregation do not adopt it in the heart are unfortunate. They engrossed in ego and delusions go astray.
Pauri-6 Lessons from owl and Manmukh
The Sun with its bright rays dispel darkness and scatters light all around. Seeing it the whole world gets engaged in business. The sun alone liberates all from bondage of darkness. Animals, birds, and the herds of deer speak in their loving language. Quazis gave call for prayer, yogis blow their trumpet and at the doors of the king drums are beaten. Owl does not listen to either of these and spends its day in a desolate place. Those who even listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation do not cultivate loving devotion in their heart are manmukhs. They spend their life in vain.
Pauri-7 The fake lover like ruddy sheldrake remains empty even in the holy congregation. The moon, loving the redlegged partridge, makes its light shining. It pours the nectar of peace by which the crop, trees, etc are blessed. Husband meets wife and prepares her for further joy. All meet in the night but the male and female ruddy sheldrake go away from each other. This way, even listening to the Guru’s teachings in the holy congregation the fake lover does not know the depth of love. As the person eating garlic spreads malodour. The result of duality are the most bad of the worst.
Pauri-8 Ladle, redlady bug and the cheat.
Mixing various juices sweet and sour in the kitchen food is cooked of thirty-six kinds. The cook serves it to the people of four varnas and the follower of six philosophies. He alone who having eaten has satisfied himself, can understand the taste of it. The ladle moves into all the dainty dishes of thirty six varieties without knowing the taste of them. The redlady bug cannot mix-up among rubies and jewels because the latter are used in the strings while the redlady bug cannot be used in this way. Having even listened to the teachings of Guru in the holy congregation the cheat does not get inspired. They do not obtain a place in the court of the Lord.
Pauri-9 The cheat lover is like an elephant and colocynth
Rivers and streams become Ganges after joining it. The cheats undertake to go at sixty-eight pilgrimage centres and serve gods and goddesses. They, from people during their discussion over good and knowledge, listen to the name of the Lord, the saviour of the fallen ones. But, it is like the elephant who is bathed in water but coming out of pond it spreads dust all round and on itself. The cheats listen to the teachings of the Guru in the holy congregation but do not adopt in the mind. Even if irrigated by nectar, the seeds of colocynth never become sweet. The cheating lovers never follow the straight path that is they do not know the path of truth.
Pauri-10 Manmukh is like a barren woman
The King keeps hundreds of queens and visits their beds turn by turn. For the King, all are main queens and he loves them all much. Decorating the chamber and the bed, they all enjoy coition with the King. All the queen conceive and one or two come out to be barren. For this, no king or queen is to be blamed; all this is due to the writ of previous births. Those who after listening to the word of the Guru and the teachings of the Guru do not adopt it in their mind. They are of evil intellect and unfortunate.
Pauri-11 Manmukh cheat is like a stone
With the touch of philosopher’s stone the eight metals become one metal and people call it precious gold. That precious metal is gold and the jewellers also confirm it. A stone does not become philosopher’s stone even after coming in contact with it because the pride of family and hardness remains in it. Thrown in water, the stone full of pride sinks at once. Hard-hearted stones never gets wet from inside and it remains as dry as it was earlier. It only knows how to break the pitchers. It cracks when put in fire and gets brittle when hammered on anvil. Such persons also even after listening to the teachings of the Guru in the holy congregation do not keep to their heart the importance of the teachings. Showing fake affection, none can forcibly prove to be truthful.
Pauri-12 In the company of the Swans.
Pure water, rubies and pearls adorn into the Mansarovar. The family of swans is of steadfast wisdom and they all live in groups. The enhance their prestige and delight by picking up rubies znd pearls. The crow there remains nameless, shelterless and dejected. The inedible it considers edible and edible inedible, and goes on roaming from forest to forest. So long as a person listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation does not stabilise his body and mind. His stony gate of wisdom is not unlocked.
Pauri-13 Manmukh is like an ailing person
Suffering disease man goes about asking for treatment from many a physicians. Since the inexperienced physician does not know the problem of the patient as well as the medicine for the same. The suffering person goes on suffering more and more. If a mature physician is found, he prescribes the right medicine after correct diagnosis which removes the malady. Now, if the patient does not follow the prescribed discipline and goes on to eat everything sweet and sour, the physician is not to be blamed. For want of temperance the malady of the patient goes on increasing day by day. A cheat even comes to the holy congregation and sits there. But he being controlled by wickedness gets perished in his duality.
Pauri-14 Metaphor of donkey and the manmukh
Mixing the sandal oil, fragrance of the musk-cat, camphor etc the perfumer prepares the scent. When using it, some one come to the assembly of the experts, they al become full of sweet fragrance. If the same fragrance is applied to a donkey, it does not understands its significance and goes on roaming at untidy places. Listening to the words of the Guru,one who does not adopt loving devotion in his heart is just like this ass. They are blind and deaf despite having eyes and ears. In fact, he goes to the holy congregation under some compulsion.
Pauri-15 Silk-wool, Gurmukh-Manmukh
The invaluable clothes made of silk come out bright when washed. Dye them in any colour they appear beautiful in varied colours. The elite admirers of beauty, colour and joy buy and wear them. There those clothes full of grandeur become means of their adornment in marriage ceremonies and other ceremonial social functions. But a black blanket neither gets bright when washed nor it can be dyed in any colour. Likewise even after going to the holy congregation and listening to the teachings of the Guru, if someone goes on searching the World Ocean that is goes on to have desires for worldly materials. Such a cheat is like an abandoned and desolate place.
Pauri-16 Manmukh is like a seedless sesame plant.
Sesame plant growing in the field seems to be taller than all. On growing further it spreads all around verdantly and sustains itself. On getting ripe when reaping begins, the seedless sesame plants are left out. They are considered worthless like the dense growth of elephant grass is considered as useless in a sugarcane field. Even listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation those who do not keep any discipline, moves around like a ghost. Their life becomes meaningless and their face is blackened both here and hereafter. In the abode of Yama they are handed over to the messengers of God of death that is Yama.
Pauri-17 Manmukh is like bronze and conch
The bronze appears shining and bright. After the food eaten from the bronze plate, it becomes impure. Its impurity is cleaned by ashes and then it is washed in the water of Ganges. Washing cleans externally but the blackness goes on to inside the inner core of plate. The conch is impure outwardly and internally because when blown, the spit goes in it. When it chimes, in fact it weeps because of impurities in it. Listening to the Word in the holy congregation the cheat talks nonsensically. But by mere talking, none gets satisfied, as by mere uttering word sugar one cannot have his mouth sweet. If one is to eat butter, one should not go churning water that is mere talks cannot produce the right results.
Pauri-18 Castor oil plant, oleander- Cheat person
Worse among the trees, castor and oleander plants appear all around. Flowers grow on castor and piebald seeds remain in them. It has no deep roots and fast winds uproot it. On oleander plants grow buds which like evil sense scatter around foul smell. Outwardly they are like red rose but internally like a undecided person they are white because of the fear of many kinds. Even after listening to the word of the Guru in holy congregation if some body is still lost in the calculations, he goes astray in the world. Ashes are thrown on the face of fake lover and his face is blackened.
Pauri-19 Akk, Grasshopper, leech and Manmukh
In the forest adorns the vegetation of variegated colours. Mango is always considered a nice fruit and so is the peach, apple,pomegranate and the like which grows on trees. Lemon sized grapes, plums, mimosaceous, mulberry, dates and the like all are delight giving fruits. Pilu, pejhu, berry, walnut, bananas all small and big fruits also grow on trees. But the grasshopper does not like them all and jumps to sit on Akk plant. If a leech is put on a teat of cow or buffalo, it will suck impure blood and not milk. Even after the listening to the Word of the Guru in the holy congregation those who toss between the feelings of loss and profit. Their false love cannot reach any place.
Pauri-20 Vices of a Manmukh
Millions of frogs, cranes, conches, Akk, camel, thorns, black snakes. Silk cotton trees, owls, ruddy sheldrakes, ladles, elephants, barren women, stones, crows, patients, asses, black blankets, seedless sesame plants, castor and colocynths, buds, oleanders,are there in the world. All the deadly vices of all these I (manmukh) in me. He, who even listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation does not adopt the teachings of Guru in his heart. Life of such an imbalanced person is opposed to Guru is opprobrious.
Pauri-21 Counting the slanderers and apostates
Millions are slanderers, millions are apostates and millions of wicked persons are untrue to their salt. Unfaithful, ungrateful, thieves, vagabonds, and millions of other infamous persons are there. Thousands are there who are slayers of Brahmin, cow, and their own family, Millions of liars, prevaricators of the Guru, guilty and ill-reputed ones are there. Many are criminal, fallen, full of demerits, and phoney people. Millions are there of variegated guises, cheats and friendly to Satan, exchanging greetings with evil incarnate Satan. O God, you all know how I am denying after having your gifts. I am a cheat and O Lord, You know everything that is Lord is omniscient. O Master, you are uplifter of the fallen ones and You always keep Your reputation.
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