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One Oankar, the primal energy, realised through the grace of divine preceptor.
Pauri-1 Laila- Majnu and other lovers
The lovers Laila and Majnu are well known in all the parts of the world. The excellent song of Sorath and Bija is sung in every direction. The love of Sassi and Punnu, though of different castes, is everywhere spoken of. The fame of Sohni who used to swim the Chenab river in the hope to meet Mahival is well known. Ranjha and Heer are renowned for love they bore each other. But superior to all these is the love the disciples bear towards their Guru. They sing it in the ambrosial hours of the morning.
Pauri-2 Love of the disciples
Opium eaters cannot leave opium and sit down together to take it. Gamblers indulge in play and lose their stakes but still play in hope of wining. Thieves do not abandon thefts so they suffer punishment when caught. The evil doers do not remain away from the house of ill-repute women though they sell off even their clothes to provide for them. Sinners commit sin and abscond to avoid punishment. But, contrary to all these, the Sikhs of the Guru love their Guru and he absolves them of all their sins.
Pauri-3 Love of the disciples.
The black bee gets perished while enjoying the fragrance of the garden. Moth fearlessly burns itself on the flame but goes on beholding in the face of the flame up to last. Overwhelmed by melody, the deer goes on wandering in the forests. Overpowered by the taste of tongue, the fish itself catches the hook. Out of lust for its female, the male elephant gets caught and bears sufferings for the rest of life. Similarly, the Sikhs of the Guru love their Guru and stabilize themselves in their true selves.
Pauri-4 Love of a Gursikh
Red-legged partridge loves moon and hence stares at it without even losing its glance. Ruddy Sheldrake loves Sun, and in sunlight feels elated on meeting its beloved. Lotus loves water and shows water its blossomed face. Rain birds and peacocks also shriek on seeing the clouds. Wife loves her husband and mother takes care of the son. Likewise, the Sikh loves Guru and htis love accompanies him till end.
Pauri-5 Love between Sikh and the Guru.
Friendship of beauty and lust is known all over the world. And it is very practical that hunger and taste are complementary. Greed and wealth also mix up with each other and remain deluded. For a dozing person, even a small cot is a pleasure to pass the night. In the dream one enjoys every colour of events. Similarly, the story of the love of the Sikh and the Guru is simply indescribable.
Pauri- 6 Love between Sikh and the Guru.
The swan of Mansarovar picks up only pearls and jewels. The nightingale and mango tree bear love for each other, and hence it sings there upon. The sandal loves vegetation, and whosoeve is near it, gets fragrant. Touching the philosopher’s stone the iron brightens like gold. Even the defiled streams, meeting the Ganges, become sacred. Such is love between the Sikh and the Guru, and to a Sikh this is the most priceless commodity.
Pauri-7 True Relationship.
There are three types of relationships- first those of father, mother, sister, brother, and their offspring and alliances. Second, mother’s father, mother’s mother, mother’s sisters and mother’s brothers. Third, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. For them gold, silver, diamonds and pearls are amassed. But dearer than all is the love of the Guru’s Sikhs for the Guru. And this is the relationship which brings happiness.
Pauri-8 The true business.
The trader trades and he earns profits as well as loss. The farmer cultivates and thus increases or decreases. The servant serves and gets blows in the battlefield. The ruling is resulted due to leading life as a yogi, residing in the world forest. And forts are such that ultimately man is caught in the web of Yama- God of Death- and thus goes on transmigrating. But such a love exists between the Sikh and his Guru that loss is never suffered.
Pauri-9 True Enjoyment
The eyes are not contented with beholding sights and exhibitions. The ears are not satisfied with hearing praise or blame, mourning or rejoicing. The tongue is not satisfied with eating what provides pleasure and delight. The nose is not contented with good or evil odour. Nobody is satisfied with his span of life, and everyone entertains false hopes. But the Sikhs are satisfied with the Guru and theirs is the true love and delight.
Pauri-10 Worth of the Limbs
Cursed is the head that does not bow before the Guru and does not touch his feet. Cursed are the eyes who instead of beholding the Guru behold another’s wife. Those ears are also cursed which do not listen to the sermons of the Guru and do not concentrate upon it. Cursed is the tongue which recites mantras other than the word of the Guru. Without service, cursed are the heads, and feet,and useless are other deeds. The true love is between the Sikh and the Guru and the real delight is in the shelter of the Guru.
Pauri-11 The true devotion.
Love none but the Guru: all other love is false. Enjoy no other relish than his for it would be poisonous. Be not pleased with any one else’s singing, for listening to it would bring no happiness. All acts not in conformity with the Guru’s teaching are evil and bear evil fruit. Walk only in the way of true Guru, because in all other ways, there are thieves who cheat and rob. The love of the Guru’s Sikhs for the Guru causes their soul to blend their truth with the Truth.
Pauri-12 The true devotion
Other hopes, except that of Lord, are useless; how could they be accomplished. Other infatuations are delusions which leads a man astray. Other actions are deceits by which man cultivates demerits and suffers. The company of the sense of otherness is a perfidious way of living, and how it could wash away the sinful life. The otherness is a wrong stake which ultimately makes one lose the battle of life. The love between the Sikhs and Guru brings the meritorious people closer and makes them one sangat- holy congregation.
Pauri-13 The nature of the love of Guru.
As the contraction of limbs saves the tortoise, the ambrosial vision of the Guru protects the Sikh from the world ocean. Like a swan having discriminatory knowledge of separating milk from water, this vision of Guru provides wisdom about the edible and inedible. Like a Siberian crane which keeps in mind its offspring, the Guru also takes care of the disciples, and through his spiritual powers foresees the invisible. As the mother shares not the pleasures of the son, the Guru also has no demand of the Sikh. The true Guru is kind and sometime tests also the Sikhs. The love between the Guru and the Sikh makes the latter invaluable like a blade of grass made worthy of million coins.
Pauri-14 Nature of the Love of Sikh with Guru.
Beholding the flame of a lamp as a moth mingles with the flame and as a deer absorbs its consciousness in the melodious Word, similarly in the river of holy congregation The Sikh becoming fish and adopting the way of the wisdom of the Guru, enjoys the life. By becoming black bee of the lotus feet of the Lord, the Sikh spends his night ecstatically. He never forgets the teaching of the Guru and repeats it as a rain bird does in the rainy season. The love between the Guru and the disciple is such that they do not like the sense of duality.
Pauri-15 The Guru is all powerful.
Ask not for a giver from whom you shall have to appeal to another. Employ not a brusque banker who will afterwards make you repent. Serve not such a master as will render you liable to death’s punishment. Engage not a physician who cannot cure the malady of pride. What is the use of bathing the body at the places of pilgrimages if the filth of evil inclinations is not cleaned. The love between the Guru and the disciples brings happiness and composure.
Pauri-16 Highest is the love for Guru.
If being master of army having four divisions- elephants, chariots, horses and infantry, territory and the wealth. If having attraction for others due to possession of miracles through ridhis and siddhis. If living a long life full of qualities and knowledge. And if being powerful enough to care for nobody is still engrossed in dilemma. He cannot have shelter in the court of Lord. Due to love for his Guru, even an ordinary grass cutter Sikh becomes acceptable.
Pauri-17 Everything except love for the Guru is futile.
The concentration except on Guru, is all duality. The knowledge except the knowledge of the Guru word is a cry in vain. Without worship of the Guru’s feet all is falseness and selfishness. Except the acceptance of the teaching of the Guru, all other means are incomplete. Except the meeting in the holy congregation, all other assemblages are fragile. The Sikhs loving their Guru,know well to win the game of life.
Pauri-18 Love for the Guru decimates ego.
One may have millions of wisdoms,consciousness, qualities, meditations, honours and japs. There may be lacs of penances, continences, bathing at holy places, karma, dharmas, and yagnas. Even if one has recitations of holy scripture to his credit but still if such a person is controlled by ego and nurtures a wish to be recognised, then such a person has gone astray and cannot measure Lord and His creation. If the love prevails between the Guru and the disciple, the sense of ego disappears.
Pauri-19 Nature of service by the disciples.
The Sikhs of the Guru, falling at the feet of Guru forswears his ego and desires of mind. He fetches water, fans the congregation,grinds flour for Langar, and does all manual jobs. He cleans and spreads sheet the sheet and does not get dejected while putting fire in the hearth. He adopts the contentment like a dead person. He gets such a fruit of living near the Guru, as a silk cotton tree gets by being near the sandal tree that is it also becomes fragrant. The Sikhs loving the Guru make their wisdom complete.
Pauri-20 Fruit of Guru- service
Immense is the fruit of the service to the Guru; who can understand its worth. From among the shades of life it makes one see the most wonderful one. The taste of the service is as awesome as the sweet is to the dumb person. It is a great feat of God that the fragrance is there in the trees. The service is invaluable and incomparable; any rare one endures this unendurable faculty. Only God, the omniscient knows the mystery of the service.
Pauri- 21 How disciple merges with Guru.
No one know the mystery how in the association of sandal, other trees also become sandal. From one lamp is illumined the lamp that looks alike. No one can identify one water mixing with other water. No one can tell when a small ant will turn to a bhringi insect. Snakes leaving their slough is again a wonderful feat. Likewise, the love between Guru and disciple is wondrous.
Pauri-22 Technique of self realisation
The fragrance resides in the flowers but no one knows how it reaches there. Even though the same water irrigates the land but still the tastes of the fruits are different. Butter remains in the milk but none comprehends this mystery. In the gurmukhs, due to their discipline the realisation of authentic self takes place. For this all, the gurmukhs applied the method of love for Guru. The holy congregation and hymns of the Guru is support of holy people.
Pauri-23 Never hesitate in sacrifice.
Seeing the burning flame of the lamp one the moths cannot hold themselves. Even after the fish is taken out of water it does not leave its love for water. As listening to the drum beat of the hunter, the deer runs towards the sound; and the black bee by entering the flower perishes itself for enjoying the fragrance of flower. Likewise, the gurmukhs enjoy the delight of love and liberate themselves from all bondages. The family lineage of the Guru and the Sikhs is blessed who following the wisdom of Guru realise the self.
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