SAWAIYYEY PATISHAHI-10
(1)
Jagat Jot(i) japai
ek bina man naik n anai.
Puran prem pratit sajai,
bart, gor, marhi, matt bhul n manai.
Tirath dan daya tap sanjam,
ek bina neh ek pachhanai.
Puran jot(i) jagai ghat mai(n),
tab khalas tahey nkhalas janai.
Difficult Words : Jagat Jot(i)-awakened and effulgent; Nis Basur-night and day; Ek bina-except one lord; Naik-even a bit; Sajai-adores; Bart-fasting; Gor-grave; Marhi-a memorial built at the site of cremation; Matt-math; Tirath-places of pilgrimage; Daya-on the name of kindness but is not even remotely connected with kindness, a ritual done in the name of non-violence; Tap-putting body through strenuous ordeals for attainment of salvation (remaining hungry, sitting with fire surrounding all around, standing in cold water for hours etc.); Sanjam-restraint, continence; Puran jot(i)-light effulgence of Lords knowledge; Jagai-awakened spiritually; Ghat mai(n)-in the mind; Nkhalas-absolutely pure.
Meanings : In this swaiyya,
It is clear that :
(a) A Khalsa does not hold faith on anyone except God,
(b) He adopts love of God as the only means of His realisation.
(c) He does not keep faith on my memorials, pilgrimage, giving away illgotten wealth in alms and charity, does not put his body in strenuous tests as means of reaching God. He does not encourage or praise a person even a little who indulges in such un-natural and worthless acts which have no relationship with spirituality.
(2)
Sat(i) sadaiv sarup sattbrat
ad(i) anad(i) agadh(i) ajai hai.
Dan daya dum sanjam nem,
jat brat seel subrat abai hain.
Ad(i) anil anad(i) anahad
ap(i) advaikh abhekh abhai hai.
Rup arup arekh jarardan
din dayal kirpal bhaey hain.
Difficult Words : Sat(i) Sadaiv-everlasing, eternal; Sattbrat-who adopts truth as fast; Anad(i)-whose beginning is not known; Agadh(i)-undeterminable. Unfathomable; Ajai-invincible; Dum-keeping control over senses; Jat brat-who adopt sasceticism as fast; Brat-rule, law, pledge; Subrat-of sound principles; Abai-ever the same, not destructible; Anil-pure, bright; Advaikh-free of jealously; Abhai-fearless; Rup arup-whose form is formless; Arekh-without any sketch or line; Jarardan-who is not affected by old age; Din dayal-who showers kindness on poor and hopeless.
Meanings : God’s traits have been described in this Sawaiyya. God is eternal; His laws and rules are also true, He is the beginning of the Universe but He has no beginning. He is invincible and beyond description. His charity and kindness, self discipline and rules to keep oneself in a well defined limit, His pledge of ascenticism goodness and cool behaviour are ever lasting. He is the beginning of every body, is pure and clean, free of all negative emotions. He is fearless, without jealously and is formless.
His formlessness is His form. He is free of all subjects of fortune or luck. He is never influenced by the time and does not grow old. He is a kind hearted father who bestows his blessings on poor and hopeless.
It is clear that God has unlimited traits. He possesses those qualities those are beyond the reach of entities involved in worldly actions.
(3)
Ad(i) advaikh abhekh maha Prabh,
sat sarup sujot prakasi.
Pur rahio subh hi ghat ke pat,
tat smadh(i) subhav pranasi.
Ad(i) jugad(i) jugad(i) tuhi Prabh(u),
phail rahio sabh antar(i) basi.
Din dayal kirpal kripa kar,
ad(i) ajon(i) ajai abinasi.
Difficult Words : Advaikh-without rancour of jealousy; Abhekh-without a definite garb; Sujot prakasi-who illuminates the path of righteousness; Ghat ke pat-in the minds; Tat smadh(i)-stable state of contemplation; Subhav pranasi-who destroys as a matter of routine; Sabh antar(i) basi-who resides in everyone; Ajai-invincible.
Meanings : This sawaiyya too has the traits of God described. God is the beginning of all, without jealousy or rancour; without garbs and the supreme master; His existence is eternal. He provides enlightenment to the whole world. He is permeable in all the living beings. He is stable in His existence and in state of contemplation. He possesses all the powers to destroy his creations as a matter of routine. He is beginning of the eras and even beginning of all times before. He is the beginning of the world and its existence. O Lord! You are present completely in all the minds. O Lord, the blesser of kindness on poors, please shower your clemency on us also. You are beyond birth, beyond defeat, invincible and beyond death.
It is clear that God is without collateral and is possessor of unique traits.
(4)
Ad(i) abhekh ached sada Prabh,
Beyd kateb n bheyd(u) n paio.
Din dayal kripal kripa-nidh(i)
sat(i) sadaiv sabhai ghat(i) chhaio.
Shesh, Suresh, Ganesh, Maheshur,
gahey phirey surt(i) than n aio.
Re man murh agurh iso Prabh(u).
tai kih(i) kaj(u) kaho bisraio.
Difficult Words : Achhed-who cannot be pierced; Beyd-four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sham, Atharv); Kateb-four books of semitic religious (Jamboor, Bible, Tauret and Quoran); Bheyd(u)-the reality; Kripa-nidh(i)-treasure house of kindness; Shesh-Sheshnag (the mythical multi-headed snake on whom god Vishnu is believed to be resting); Suresh-god Indra; Maheshur-god Shiva; Gahey phirey-kept searching; Surt(i)-vedas; Agurh-conspicious and existing Lord; Iso Prabh(u)-to such God.
Meanings : By describing the traits of the Lord in this sawaiyya,
God is the beginning of every thing. He does not dwell in any definite garb or dress. He cannot be pierced. He is eternal. Even Vedas and religious books of semitic religions have failed to describe His form. He showers His kindness on weak and poor. He is a treasure house of kindness. He is everlasting entity and resides in everyone’s heart. The mythical Sheshnag, Indra and Shiv kept searching for Him but could reach no where. O foolish mind! the Lord who is so evident, obvious, affulgent and conspicuous; why have you forgotten Him?
It is clear that God is ocean of unlimited characteristics in whose memory a man has much need to sit and contemplate/meditate.
(5)
Achut, ad(i) anil anahad,
satt sarup sadaiv bakhaney.
Ad(i) ajon(i) ajaey jara bin(u),
param puneet pramper maney.
Sidh suiambh(u) prasidh sabhai jag,
ek hi thaor anek bakhaney.
Re man rank kalank bina Her(i),
tao kih karan te n pachhaney.
Difficult Words : Achut-infallible, stable; Anil-free of dross; Anahad-continuously; Ajaey-free from birth; Jara bin(u)-free of old age; Param puneet-very pious; Pramper-beyond; Sidh-miraculous powers; Suiambh(u)-self created, self effulgent; Rank-pauper; Kalank-sin, vices, evil deeds.
Meanings : Describing more traits of the Lord,
God is infallible and stable on His seat. He is the cause of all and everything. He is free of form, colour and shape. He is ever existing and continuous. His existence is from the beginning. He is never born and is free from the cycle of birth and death. Old age does not effect Him. Amongst the religious searchers, He is described as most pious and beyond reach. He has not acquired His unique powers from anyone. All these were born from within Him. He is one and one only, yet His powers are existing everywhere.
O unwise mind! He is free of all types of sin, evil or accusations. Why aren’t you prepared to know Him and develop love with Him?
Clearly, God is an ocean of unlimited characteristics. We should understand Him and develop true love with Him.
(6)
Achhar ad(i) anil anahad
satt sadaiv tuhi kartara.
Jiv jitey jal main thal main,
sabh ke sad peyt ko pokhanhara.
Beyd Puran Quoran duhun mil,
bhant anek bichar bichara.
Aur jahan nidan kachhu neh,
ai sub-han tuhi sirdara.
Difficult Words : Achhar-imperishable; Anil-beautiful; Sad-ever, always; Pokhan hara-sustainer; Nidan-at last, in the end; Sub-han-great, pious; Sirdara-supreme greater than all.
Meanings : O Lord! You are imperishable. You are the beginning of everything. You are clean and free of all colours. You are the creator who lives forever. You sustain all living beings on land and water, the religious scriptures of Hindus and Muslims i.e. Vedas and Katebas express the Lords traits in many ways. Nothing survives for ever in this world. Hey holiest of holy and Supreme Lord! You are the only one that stays for ever.
Lord is the master of infinite and matchless qualities.
(7)
Ad(i) agadh(i) ached abheyd,
alekh ajey anahad mana.
Bhut bhavikh bhavan tuhi
sabh-hun sabh thoran mo man
Dev adev mahidhar Narad,
Sarad satt sadaiv pachhana.
Deen dayal kripanidh ko kachh(u)
bheyd
Difficult Words : Agadh(i)-infinitely deep; Achhed-which cannot be pierced; Abheyd-that cannot be broken; Alekh-that cannot be written, whose pictures cannot be stretched; Ajey-that cannot be won; Bhavan-present period; Thoran-places; Mo-in; Subh-hun-all; Man jana-accepted in their heart; Mahidhar-Sheshnag; Sarad-Sharda, Saraswati; Satt sadaiv-eternal; Bheyd-reality;
Meanings : God is the beginning of all, is unfathomable. He cannot be pierced nor can be cut into pieces. All his traits cannot be written down. He is invincible and stays uniformly all the times. His existence remains in the past present and future. All wise people are of firm belief that God resides everywhere all the time. Sheshnag, gods Narad, Sarswati and other celestial bodies believe God to be an eternal entity.
His extent could not be fathomed by Quoran and Purans and other religious scriptures. God is bestower of clemency on poors and needy.
Lord is infinite and full of countless virtues.
(8)
Satt sadaiv sarup sattbrat
beyd kateb tuhin upjayo.
Dev adevan de Mahidhar,
bhool bhavan nahi thahraio.
Ad(i) jugad(i) anil anahad,
lok alok bilok n paiyo.
Re man murh agurh iso Prabh,
tohey kaho kih an sunayo.
Difficult Words : Sattbrat-of infallible laws; Dev Adevan-gods and demons; Bhoot-past; Vahi-same God; Jugad(i)-present since the beginning of era; Alok-not visible by the eyes; Bilok n paiyo-could not see; Kih-who?; An-someone other than the Lord; Sunayo-told, informed.
Meanings : By disclosing many of his traits,
Hey Lord! You are the master of eternal laws. You are for ever. Vedas and Katebas those are there to describe You have been created under Your infallible rules and regulations. Demons, Seshnags and gods who existed in the past were also established by you. You are the creator of the Universe. You were there when the eras began. You are colourless, beautiful and singular personality that stays continuously and uniformly. The Lord is an invisible entity and the world cannot see Him with their eyes.
O foolish mind! the Lord of above qualities exist definitely and is conspicuous. Who has told you to accept someone else leaving such a Lord? It is foolishness to hold faith in any incarnation who is born and dies too.
God is a singular authority and no one can be equal to Him.
(9)
Dev adev mahidhar nagan,
sidh prasidh bado tap kino.
Beyd Puran Quoran sabai,
gun gaey thakey, pai jaey n chino.
Bhum akas patar disa bidisa jih,
so sab kai chit chino.
Pur rahi meh mo mehma man main,
tih an(i) mujhai keh dino.
Difficult Words : Kino-did; Thakey-defeated; Pai-but; Chino-came to know; Patar-neither regions; Disa bidisa-directions and sub directions; Jih-all those; Sab kai chit chino-reckons all mind; Meh mo-in the entire world; An(i)-brought; Mehma-praise; Mujhai keh dino-let me hear, I may be told.
Meanings : The gods, demons, Sheshnag, inhabitants of nather region and famous Sidhs undergo strenuous penances to reach God. Vedas, Puranas and Quorans have faced defeat singing His praises, yet the infinite Lord could not be recognized in His complete form.
All living beings who reside on the Earth, in the sky, in the ten directions, God knows everything of their heart. His praise is spread in the whole world. O my true companions! narrate me the virtues of that Lord.
All living beings express the presence of the Lord. His praise is spread in the whole world.
(10)
Beyd kateb n bheyd lahio tih
sidh smadh(i) sabhai kar harey.
Simrit sastr beyd sabai bauh
bhant puran bichar bicharai.
Ad(i) anad(i) agad(i) katha
Dhru se Prehlad Ajamal tarai.
soi nam adhar bichar hamarey.
Difficult Words : Soi-that very; Bheyd-reality; Lahio-obtained; Smadh(i)-in meditation.
Meanings : No one has yet been able to fathom the infiniteness of the Lord. To be in love with Him is the fundamental principle of our faith.
Vedas and Katebas (religious books of semitic religions) have not been able to reach the reality of His vasteness. Mendicants have also failed despite sitting in meditation for years and ages. Vedas, Purans and Simritis tried their utmost in many ways yet they made no progress than the fact that He is the creator of everything. Yet He is no one’s creation. He is beyond reach, estimation and very vast. He emancipated such devotees like Dhruv, Ajamal and Prehlad. From this worldly ocean. Falling in love with Him and perpetually remembering Him, Ganika the vice and sin filled woman achieved liberation and sailed across the worldly ocean. To love Him and always remaining united in His memory is the fundamental principle of our faith.
Lord is infinite. To love Him and to remember Him should be the aim of our life.
(11)
Ad(i) anad(i) agadh sada Prabh(u)
Sidh sarup sabho pehchanio.
Gandharb jachh mahidhar nagan
bhum akas chahoon chak janio.
Lok alok disa badisa
ar dev adev du hoon Prabh(u) manio.
Chit again sujan suiambhav
kaun ka kan(i) nidan bhulanio.
Difficult Words : Sidh-free from death; Sarup-beautiful; Gandharb-ministrels of gods; Jachh-a kind of gods whose upper half is man while lower half is of horse. They are believed to be irrigating the garden;s of Kuber; Chit gian-ignorant/foolish mind; Sujan-wise Lord; Kan(i)-dependence, fear; Lok alok-This and other words.
Meanings : Praising the greatness of Lord, a man has been advised to join himself in His memory.
All intelligent and knowledgeable people know that God is the beginning of everything. He Himself has no beginning and is eternal power. He is beyond time/death and is most beautiful/handsome. He is known amongst the gods, jachhs, Sheshnag, living bodies of nather region and creatures of sky. All living beings, gods and semigods of this world and other world’s consider Him as Lord, the Master.
O foolish and ignorant mind why are you forgetting the Supreme Lord and taking refuge or accepting dependence of other lesser mortals?
God is the source of great power. Man is foolishly turning his face away from Him.
(12)
Kahun lai thok badhey
Kahun kahio Her(i) mandir main,
Her(i) kahun maseet ke beech pramanio.
Kahun ne Ram kahio, Krishna kahun,
kahun, mania avtarn manio.
Fokat dharm bisar sabhai,
Kartar hai kao karta ji janio.
Difficult Words : Ur-on the chest, around the neck; Thakar-stone idol; Mahes-Shiv; Eys-god; Bakhanio-described; Pramanio-proved; Manai-in the mind; Avtarn-to the incarnation; Fokat dharm-worthless religious acts; Bisar-forget.
Meanings : Rejecting and condemning the worthless religious actions of other religion’s,
Strange are the ways of other religions. Someone is wearing a stone idol around the neck with the belief that he would come closer to the Lord while some believe Shiv to be the creator and sustainer of the Universe. According to one belief, God is tied up in temples, while others believe Him to be residing in mosques. Some call Ram as God while others consider Krishan to be Almighty. There are many who believe that those born as incarnations are God.
The truth is that they have not understood what God really is. They have tried to establish it as God whatever came into their fancy. The tenth Master advises the whole world that all these religions that lead a man astray should be forgotten. The creator and sustainer of the entire. Universe should be accepted and worshipped as God.
It is clear that:
(a) Worthless rites and rituals do not beget one God.
(b) Ram, Krishan or Shiv are not God.
(c) It is wrong to attach God with temples or mosques.
(13)
Jao kahao Ram ajon(i) ajai,
at(i) kahai kao kausal kukh jayo ju.
Kalhun kahn kahai jih ko,
kih karan kal te din bhayo ju.
Sant sarup bibair kahaey.
su kio(n) path kao rath hank dhayo ju.
Tahi ko man Prabhu karkai,
jihko kou bheyd n ley n layo ju.
Difficult Words : Ajon(i)-who does not fall into births; Ajai-unborn; Kaushal-Kaushaliya (mother of Sri Ram); Kukh-womb; Jayo-born; Kalhun-overbearing on time; Jih ko-the god who; Kih karan-what reason?; Kal te-the effect of time; Din-helpless; Bibair-without enmity; Path-Arjun (one of the Pandavas); Hank dhayo-pushed, made to move; N ley-would not get; N laio-could not get.
Meanings : In this sawayya,
On one hand, you believe God to be beyond birth and never born. Then why don’t you accept that He cannot be born of the womb of mother Kaushalya, the queen of king Dasrath? God, the Timeless one is totally overbearing on time. If you call Krishan the time-less Lord, then why could he not defy the time? and came into a situation of helplessness. Lord is saintly of form, free of animosity and envy. But Krishan was not so. He surely helped Pandavas against Kauravas in the battle of Mahabharat. He even acted as charioteer of Arjun. He was definitely a victim of factionalism. (If Kaurvas were unrighteous and not moral, Pandavas were no less. It does not behove good people, nor it is righteous to gamble and even put their wife at stake in the game).
Ram Chander and Krishan were not God. Therefore, they should not be worshipped as such. O people of the world! accept His oneness as true. No one in the world can reach Him or even know His extent. He had always been beyond time and overbearing or everything that He has created.
It is very clear that :
1. Anything caught in the cycle of birth and death cannot be God according to Gurmat.
2. Ram Chander or Krishan may be anything else but God.
3. They were equally affected by time like ordinary mortals.
4. Despite clear teachings Kalgidhar Patishah, if one still believes these personalities to be incarnation of God, it is gross disrespect of Gurmat.
(14)
Kion kaho krishan kripanidh(i) hai,
kih kaj te badhik ban lagaio.
Aur kulin udhart jo,
kihtey apno kul nas karaio.
Ad(i) ajon(i) kahaey kaho,
Tat n mat kahai jih ko,
tih kion Basudeveinh bap kahaio.
Difficult Words : Kripanidh(i)-treasure house of kindness; Kih kaj te-on what account; Badhik-hunter; Aur kulin-other families; Devak(i) ke-of mother Devaki; Jathrantar-in the womb; Tat-father; Jih ko-God’s; Basudeveinh-To Vasudeva.
Meanings : By the help of many arguments
How can Krishan be accepted as the treasure house of kindness. If he was all potent, how did he fall in the trap of a hunter. If he had the capability to emancipate other’s families, why did he not protect his own family. Then how can he be considered as free from birth and the beginner of the Universe? It is unanimously accepted in respect of Master-the God that He had no father, no mother. Then how did he accept to be known as Vasudev’s son? Vasudev was Krishan’s father and not father of God.
It is therefore amply clear that :
1. Krishan was not God.
2. It is not proper to accept Krishan as God.
3. Accepting Krishan as God in any form is an act against Gurmat.
4. If a Sikh preacher propagates Krishan as God, suitable action should be taken against him.
(15)
Kahey ko eys Maheseh bhakhat,
kahey dijes ko eys bakhanio.
Hai n
tai(n) jinko Biswnath pachhanio.
Ek ko chhad anek bhajai,
Fokat dharm sajai sabh hi,
Hum ek hi ko bidh nek pramanio.
Difficult Words : Eys-God; Maheseh-to Shiv; Bhakhat-you say; Dijes-Brahman; Bakhanio-you describe; Raghuaish-Ram Chander; Jadaish-Krishan; Ramapat(i)-Vishnu; Tai(n)-You; Biswnath-master of the world, God; Sukhdev-a sage of repute; Prasar-a sage who was son of Bias; Bias-a sage who was the creator of Mahabharat; Jhuthanio-falsify; Fokat dharm-in the worthless faiths; Sajai-adore; Bidh nek-in many ways; Pramanio-has authenticated.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
O people of the world! why are you calling Shiv as God? On what basis do you call Brahman as God? Ram, Krishan the kings and even Vishnu are not God either, whom you all are believing to be the master of the world. leaving aside one and only one God, why are you indulging in the worship of those who are born and die too. You are even falsifying sages like Sukhdev, Prasher and Bias who had impressed upon everyone to worship one God.
Worthless people of the world long to adore themselves in useless faiths of the world. kalgidhar Patishah tells us that we are depicting one God in many ways.
It is clear that :
1. Shiv, Brahma, Vishnu, Ram Chander or Krishan are not God.
2. Many faith are shackled in worthless principles, and are indulging in other worships than One Lord.
(16)
Kou dijeys ko manta hai pasu,
kou mahes kai eys batai hai.
kou kahai Bisno bisnaik,
Jahey bhajai agh ogh katai hai.
Bar hajar biohar arey jarh,
ant samey sabh hi taj jai hai.
Tahi ko dhian prman hiey, jou tha,
ab hai ar(u) agey uhai hai.
Difficult Words : Dijes-Brahma; Mahes-Shiv; Bisno-Vishnu; Bisnaik-master of the world; Jahay-to whom; Agh-grave, sins; Ogh-much; Taj-leave; Tahi-of that God; Prman-accept determinedly; Uhai-will be.
Meanings :
Someone is believing Brahma as God and someone is describing Shiv to be God. Some says Vishnu is the master of the Universe, meditation on whom will destroy our heaps of sins. This is all indication of animal (low) level of intelligence.
It is clear that :
1. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv are not God. They can’t be the real help to a man.
2. God remains in existence uniformly in past, present and future.
(17)
kai kot upinder banaey khapaio.
Danav dev fanind dharadhar
pachh pasu neh jat ganaio.
Aj lagey tap(u)
Shivhu Brahma kachhu par n paio.
Beyd kateb n bheyd lakhio
jinh sou Guru gur(u) mohey bataio.
Difficult Words : Kotik-millions; Jih ke-whose; Karey-created; Upinder-younger brother of Inder; Khapaio-finished, ended; Fanind-snake; Dharadhar-Sheshnag; Pachh-birds; Aj lagey-so far, uptil now; Lakhio-understood; Jinh sou Guru-that great Lord; Mohey- to me; Bataio-told me.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
God has created millions of god Indras, lesser Indras (younger to Indra) and destroyed him. He has created so many demons, gods, snake, Sheshnag, birds and animals those cannot be counted. Shiv and Brahma undertook long and strenuous penances, putting their bodies in immense discomforts yet could not find the extent of Lord. My Guru has told me about that God whose extent could not be fathomed and estimated by Vedas and even Katebas and advised me to settle it firmly in my mind.
Accepting gods and goddesses equal to God and remaining in fear of them is just foolishness and nothing else.
(18)
Dhian lagaey thagio sabh logan,
sis jatan nakh hath badhaey.
Laey bibhut phirio much upar,
dev adev sabhai dehkaey.
Lobh ke lagey phirio ghar hi ghar,
jog ke niyas sabho bisraey.
Laj gai kahh(u) kaj sario neh,
prem bina Prabh pan n aey.
Difficult Words : Thagio-cheated; Nakh-nails; Badhaey-increased; enlarged; Bibhut-ashes; Dev adev-gods and demons; Dehkaey-to go astray; Lobh ke lagey-indulged in greed; Niyas-means, modes of actions; Pan-hands; Laj-respect.
Meanings :
O Yogi! undoubtedly you swindle and cheat people by showing them the prudery of your philosophy. You support matted hair on your head, have long nails and impress people by these worthless symbols, expecting them to adore your deeds. You rub ash on your face and body and roam in the world. You have even put the gods and goddesses in doubts and off the track of spirituality. Seeing you in this state, even they have started believing that you are some thing special.
Seized with greed and avarice, you roam about from house to house. So much so that you have been forgotten those rules of Yogmat that are recorded in your sacred books. Because of such deeds, you have lost your respect. You even failed to achieve your aim of life. O Yogi! be sure in your mind, God cannot be reached without true love. The real path to Him in treading on the road of love.
It is clear that :
(1) No mendicant who adopts above described means and prudery can earn respect among the Sikhs.
(2) Those who indulge in strenuous penances should be considered hypocrites.
(3) According to Sikhism the only successful way of reaching God is to shed all hypocricy and prudery and develop true love with Him.
(19)
Kahey ko dimbh karai man murakh,
dimbh karai apni pat khai hai.
Kahey ke log thagey thag logan,
lok gayo parlok gavai hai.
Din dayal ki thaor jahan tih
thaor bikhai tuhey thaor na ai hai.
Chet re chet, achet mahan jarh
bhekh ke kiney alekh n pai hai.
Difficult Words : Dimbh-hypocricy; Pat-respect; Khai hai-you lose; Thaor-place; Ai hai-will get; Jarh-foolish, Pai hai-will obtain, Alekh-that is indescribable.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya, Satguru ji has condemned prudery and external symbols as mark of being religious.
O foolish people! Why are you projecting yourselves as holy souls through prudery. You are losing your respect as a result. Have you vowed to swindle and cheat the world? Be sure that cheating the world will not render you any higher spiritual status or respect now and even later. The kind hearted Lord will not assign you a place of respect in His court – His realm of beauty, tranquility and peace.
O foolish faker! come to your senses. You will not be able to reach the indescribable Lord through these fake robes and false personation.
It is clear that :
(1) There is no place of guises and disguises in Sikhism.
(2) Sikhism is an action oriented religion.
(3) The Panth must take a serious view of an army of fake Sadhs supporting round turban, long chola (loose long shirt), flowing beard, wooden slippers and using bairagam (a ‘T’ shaped wooden support) to impress the people how holy they are. This matter needs immediate and concerted resolution.
(4) At least we must feel convinced and accept the fact that Sant-dum has no relationship with Sikhism. These fakers are causing immense damage to the
(20)
Kahey ko pujat pahan kao,
Kachh pahan main Parmesar nahin.
Tahi ko puj Prabhu kar kai
jih pujat hi agh ogh mitahi.
Adh(i) biadh(i) ke bandhan jetak;
nam ke leyt sabhai chhut jahi.
Tahi ko dhian prman sada yeh
fokat dharm karey phal nahi.
Difficult Words : Pahan-stone, idol; Tahi ko-to that Lord; Agh-sins; Ogh-heaps of; Mitahi-obliterates; Adh(i)-mentla ailments; Biadh(i)-body ailments; Jetak-all those there are; Prman-be confirmed; Fokat-useless.
Meanings : Condemning the idol worship, Guru Sahib tells us that adopting such faiths that advises its followers meaningless rituals and idol worship is surely a waste of effort that will never bring out useful results.
O foolish! Follower of worthless faith, O follower of idol worship, why are you worshipping these idols which are only stones? These stones cannot be God. Contemplate and worship that God who destroys all distresses and sins. Beliefs in the existence of God and remembering Him perpetually are two unique traits. These can liberate a person of all his mental and physical ailments.
O man! believe in such an omnipotent Lord and focus Him in your mind. worshipping stones and believing in such worthless faiths that recommend stone worship can yield no spiritual benefit to you.
It is clear that :
(1) Gurmat is highly against idol worship.
(2) Sikhism condemns idol worship.
(3) On the same line, those specious reasoners, self declared fake Sants/Giani who worship or recommend worshipping imaginary photographs of Guru Sahibs, or ask their followers to focus their minds on these photographs while meditating should not be considered followers of Sikhism. They and heir henchmen should be considered follows of some worthless faith.
(4) Those who recommend worship of photographs or are responsible for commencing such movement must be sorted out by our religious reformers and resolving organizations. Young Sikhs of high character and followers of Sikh tenets can be assembled/organized to take drastic action and stop this monkey dance by fake Sants in Sikh institutions.
(5) All apostasy and fake code of conduct being preached and propagated in the name of Sikhism from Sikh stages must be halted immediately.
(6) Many of our famous and much respected Sants are willful victims of idol/photo worship. They should be sorted out well and proper.
(21)
Fokat dharm bhaio phalheen
Sidh kahan sil ke parsey,
bal bridh ghati nav nidh n pa-ee.
Aj hi aj samey
neh kaj sario kachh(u) laj n a-ee.
aisey hi aisey su bais gava-ee.
Difficult Words : Sila-stone; Kot-millions; Jug kot-million years; Sidh-success; Parsey-by touching; Bal bridh-enhancement of power; Nav Nidh-nine boons one’s fixed aim; Aj hi aj-now and immediately; Samey jo bitio-the age is spent; Sario-became successful; Aisey hi aisey-in vain; Bais-age.
Meanings : In this swaiyya also,
O foolish man! it is futile to follow worthless and meaningless principles of absurd religions or faiths. These provide one with no spiritual gains. If millions of years are spent in idol worship, yet no spiritual benefit will result. How can one achieve spiritual success by worshipping stones? It will surely waste away our energy and development of our strength will be arrested. These meaningless and useless actions will never provider one with success in his aim nor any boon of righteous deeds. Your entire life is being spent now and immediately and is about to end. You have not achieved any success of spiritual path, yet you are not ashamed.
O foolish and unabsorbant person! you have not sung eulogy of most beautiful and omnipotent God. You are wasting your life following worthless faiths and their propagated rituals.
It is clear that :
(1) Gurmat does not believe in absurd principles and oppose them vehementally.
(2) Wrong principles are always wrong even if they come in beautiful garb of any religion.
(22)
Jo jug tain kar hain tapsa,
kachh(u) tohey prasan n pahan kai hai.
Hath uthaey bhali bidh so jarh,
tohey kachhu bardan n dai hai.
Kaon bharos bhaio ih ko
kauh bhir pari neh an bachai hai.
ih fokat dharm sub harm gavai hai.
Difficult Words : Tain-You, thou; Kar hain-do; Tapsa-penance; Paham kai-of the stone; Kachhu bardan-any boon; Bhali bidh-in a decent way; Bharos-Confidence, faith; Kaon bharos-on what faith; Bhir-distress; Jan re jan-understand it; Ajan-foolish, ignorant; Hathi-stuborn, persistent; Su bharm gavai hai-makes one wander in these worthless doubts.
Meanings : In this swaiyya Gurudev condemns the futile and meaningless principles of other religion. He addresses a worthless, ritualistic followers of meaningless faiths as foolish and stuborn. He then explains the simple path of Gurmat.
O stuborn, ignorant and foolish person, if you adopt the futile principles of penance for a whole era, or perpetrate the body with unnatural and meaningless sufferings for a whole era, you worship stone idols the whole life, even then these exercises will not be able to give spiritual happiness to you. O foolish idol worshipper! the stone can never bless you with any boon-spiritual or material. Why have you put all your hopes on this inanimate and consciousless stone to fulfil your desires. Why don’t you say and accept that whenever some trouble falls upon you, these stone images will never come to your help.
O ignorant and persistent person, be wise and be aware, that idol worship, penances and such like worthless deeds make you wander aimlessly all over.
It is clear that :
(1) Sikhism is highly against idol worship.
(2) Tap and such like means are also anti-sikhism.
(3) Those holymen who recommend worship of idols, indulgence in penances, make people go through unnatural strenuous exercises do so to keep their authority and fake reputation of greatness. They also do actions against Gurmat.
(4) It is wrong to believe that a hermit sitting in penance has divine powers.
(5) The episodes of Bhagat
(23)
Jal badhey sabh hi mrit ke
kou Ram Rasool n bachan paey.
Danav dev phnind dharadhar
bhut bhavikh upaey mitaey.
Ant marey pachhtaey prithi par,
Je jag main avtar kahaey.
Re man lail ikail hi kal ke
lagat kahey n paen paey.
Difficult Words : Mrit ke-of death; Rasool-Hazrat Mohammad Sahib; N bachan paey-could not escape; Danav-demon; Bhut-past time; Upaey-created; Lail-foolish; Ikail hi kal ke-God alone who is master of death; Lagat kahey n paen-why don’t you bow at his feet?; Dhaey-quickly.
Meanings : The whole world is caught is the net of death. So much so that Ram Chander the so called incarnations and Hazrat Mohammad Sahib the prophet could not even escape the death. Demon, gods, snakes and Sheshnags of past period all perished. Many such entities will be born or created in the future too, They all will perish at the hands of death. Many persons became known as incarnations during their life times, but since they were caught in the trap of death, they all died repentingly.
O foolish mind! Why don’t you take refuge in the feet of One Omnipotent God leaving those who are subject to death? He who beside being creator and sustainer of everyone is also the destroyer and who Himself is beyond the influence of death.
It is clear that :
(1) Prophets, gods, goddesses and incarnation have just been given adequate status, Gurmat does not consider them anything more beyond what they were.
(2) Incarnations and prophets too ultimately died in a helpless state. How foolish it is to regard them as God.
(3) Gurmat lays emphasis on worship of One Lord and not persons who are known to be masters of some action.
(24)
Kal hi paey bhaio Brahma,
geh dand kamandal bhum bhrmanio.
Kal hi paiy sada Sivju sabh
des bedes bhaia hum janio.
Kal hi paey, bhaio mit gayo jag,
jahi te tahey sabhai pehchanio.
Beyd kateb ke bheyd sabhey taj;
kewal kal kripanidh manio.
Difficult Words : Kal-time; Geh-in hold; Dand kamandal-the staff and a pot for water carried by mendicants; Bhum bhramanio-wandered on the Earth; Des bedes bhaia-in the countries; Bhaio-created; Tahey-to that master God; Kal Kripanidh-kind mater of the time/death.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
Brahma was born with the passage of time who kept roaming the Earth with his staff and a water pot. He too could not rise above the level of death. Shiv too became a victim of death who otherwise roamed many countries. We all know that all personalities of the world were born in the cycle of time and they all perished with its influence. And that is why the people of the world has reckoned only one power that is without birth and death.
Gurudev says that we have left aside the specious reasoners and teachers like Vedas and Katebas and opted to trust in one force who is beyond death.
It is clear that :
1. He who is born and dies cannot be God.
2. It is too much and not fair on us to accept any power as God who according to history or mythology is caught in the cycle of birth and death.
3. If fire breaks out in our home-then it is called a calamity. In case it breaks out in others house, to call it a visit by the god of fire is not in accordance with Gurmat.
4. No believer of Gurmat should accept god or goddess in any form and hold any faith in them.
(25)
Kal gayo din Kaman sio jarh
kal kripal hiey n chitario.
Laj ko chhad nilaj arey,
taj kaj akaj ko kaj savario.
Baj baney gajraj badhey,
khar ko charhibo chit bich bichario.
laj hi laj ta kaj bigario.
Difficult Words : Kal Gayo-life passed; Din Kaman sio-in the mundane duties of the world; Jarh-foolish; Kal kripal-the master of time-God; Hiey-in the mind; Chitario-remembered; Nilaj-shameless; Akaj ko kaj-useless deeds; Baj-horses; Baney-adorned; Gajraj-majestic elephants; Khar ko charhibai-to ride a donkey; Chit bich-in the mind; Bichario-contemplate; Sri bhagwant-the adorable and beautiful God; Laj hi laj-full of shame.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya, Gurudev warn us that a person never contemplates in his mind that he is sure to perish in a few years time nor he understand what is righteous so that he can resort to doing what he should be doing in accordance with the faith that he follows. The fake fear of ‘What will the people say’ often becomes causes of his humiliation.
O foolish person! you are wasting your life in the mundane deeds of the world. you have never contemplated on the kind Lord who is riding the death/time. Man has become shameless because he is spending his life in myriad vices and evils in search of momentary pleasures and comforts. When it comes to abiding by the religious teachings, he often takes shelter of ‘What people will say’, other rites and rituals prevailing in the society and so on. O shameless person! give up the fear and fake concern of the brotherhood or community. You are indulging in those deeds that you should be abstaining from. Thus you are supporting the unrighteousness. You own adorable horses and magnificent elephants. But leaving them aside you go riding such menial mounts like donkey. Why have you decided upon it? Leaving the righteousness, you are fully engrossed in dross filled deeds of the world.
O foolish and unabsorbent man! you do not love the most beautiful Lord. you are ruining the supreme aim of a human life of realizing God because of the silly notion of ‘what will people say’ if you take to the path of salvation.
It is clear that :
1. Do not bother about what society, community or brotherhood would say when you decide to spend life according to Gurmat.
2. Awaken your senses and wisdom of discrimination through Gurmat before adopting a faith. It will help you distinguish between cheese and chalk in the market of religions.
(26)
Beyd kateb parhey bauhtey
in bheyd kachhu tin ko neh paio.
Pujat thaor anek phirio par
ek kabai hia main n basaio.
Pahan ko asthalia ko,
sir niyat phirio kachhu hath n aio.
Re man murh agoorh Prabhu taj(i)
apan hurh kahan urjhaio.
Difficult Words : Thaor-places; Ek-one Lord; Hia-mind; Pahan ko-to the idols; Asthalia ko-in the cremation grounds; Sir niyat phirio-kept bowing his head; Agoorh-that is conspicuous; Huh-foolish obstinacy; Urjhaio-is involved.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya, Gurudev has drawn the sketch of the followers of two famous religions of this place. These followers were deeply involved in their foolish fixations and obstinacies too often and were making no effort to understand the conspicuous and clearly realizable Lord.
It is clear that :
1. Just reciting/reading the religious books are not enough for reaching God.
2. Fixing some places as sacred and holy, repeated pilgrimage of such places is also not in consonance with Gurmat.
3. Worshipping of stone idols or paintings made by an artist out of his imagination are also against the tenets of Gurmat, even if these are believed or declared pictures of Guru Sahib.
4. Gurmat openly opposes worship of crematories. It could be anyone’s memorial site.
5. Useless and meaningless rites commenced in the name of religion can receive no support from the tenets of Gurus.
(27)
Gorakh ko tih jap japavai.
Jaey saniyasin ke tih ko keh,
dutt hi satt hai mantr drirhavai.
Jo kou jaey turkan mein,
mehdin ke din tisai geh liavai.
Apeh bich ganai karta
kartar ko bheyd n kou batavai.
Difficult Words : Jugian ko-of the Yogis; Gorakh ko jap-remembering Gorakh repeatedly; Saniyasin ke-in the seminary of the hermits; Dutt-Dattatrey-the founder of sanyasi cult whom they consider as the incarnate. He was born in
Meanings : In this sawaiyya
If a person goes to the seminary of Yogis, he is advised to meditate on Gorakhnath. If he goes to the seminary of Saniyasis, they propagate and preach that Dattatrey the founder of their cult is right and true. And in search of truth, if one falls in the trap of muslim preachers or followers, they make utmost effort to bring him in the fold of their faith propagated by Hazrat Mohammad Sahib.
None is prepared to understand the real form of the creator Lord. They all propagate and preach the founder of their faith as the true creator of the Universe.
It is clear that :
1. Fanatics of all faith are in the rat race of increasing the strength or population of their faith. They are entangling or engrossing the seekers in wrong perceptions and are not helping them with the proper way of living and with the knowledge of real characteristics of Lord.
2. Propagation of wrong notions in Sikhism on the lines of other religions, instead of the teachings of spending truthful life would be highly anti-Sikh and against Gurmat.
(28)
jogan ko greh mal uthai dai.
Jo parai paj saniyasan kai,
kahain Datta ke nam pai dham lutai dai.
Jo kar kou masandan saun
kahai sarb darb lai mohey abai dai.
Leo hi leo kahai sabh ko nar,
kou n Brahm bataey hamai dai.
Difficult Words : Jugian-Yogis; Jogan ko greh-in the seminary of the Yogis; Sabh mal uthai dai-send everything there; Jo parai bhaj-if he reacts sharply; Saniyasan kai-in the feet of Saniyasis; Datt-Dattatrey; Dham lootai dai-let house be plundered or give away liberally; Masandan saun-to the Masands (collectors); Sarb darb-all the wealth; Mohey-to me; Abai-immediately, now; Leo hi leo-take it, take it; Sabh ko nar-every person; Kou-anyone.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
Gurudev make us understand that when a seeker goes to the Yogis of Yogmat, they, instead of telling him the way to realization of God ask him to move all his belongings to their seminary. If a seeker reaches the camp of Saniyasis, he receives a message that he should give away his house on the name of Dattatrey. And if he goes to Masands in search of God, they tell him to handover all his belongings to them.
The preachers and followers of all faiths keep laying claim to come to them and reach God through their help. ‘Come! and take Him from us’. But in reality, no one tell this unfortunate person the true way to God. So his search for God continues unsatiated.
It is clear that :
1. All claims of fake faiths and religion are false and baseless.
2. The self appointed guardian or traders of religion are more keen to serve their cause than help a true seeker on to the path of God realization.
(29)
an prasad(i) sabhai mohey dijai.
Jo kichh(u) mal tavaliye mein so
abhi uth(i) bheyt hamari hi kijai.
Mero hi dhian dharo nisbasar
bhul kai aur ko nam n lijai.
Diney ko nam suney bhaj rateihn,
liney bina neh naik prasijai.
Difficult Words : An Prasad(i)-bringing all kind of goods; Tavaliye-in your house; Nisbasar-day and night; Diney ko nam-the news of obtaining the name; Bhaj(i) rateihn-runs away at night; Liney bina-without taking alms; Naik-even slightly; Prasijai-to be happy.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
If we approach this masand section in order to serve them, they will make many suggestions and prescriptions for our welfare. They would expect that all wealth be given to them. These masands hold such a deep desire and they express it without reservation that whatever the seeker can give them, he should part with it immediately.
It is clear that :
1. Fake Sants, Sadh, Dharamsalias and specious visitors to Gurudawaras have no concern with the true religion. They are all seasoned masands. Their aim is to fill their coffer by befooling others.
2. No Sikh should become masand or behave like a masand. He should never use assets of Gurudwara for his own purpose.
3. Adequate arrangement should be made in dealing with those who misappropriate money meant for religious preachings or use in Gurudawara.
(30)
Ankhan bheetar teyl ko dar,
su
tahey pros Prasad(i) jimavai.
Jo dhanhin lakhai tih deyt n,
mangan jat mukho n dikhavai.
Lootat hai pasu logan ko,
Kabhhun n Parmesar ke gun gavai.
Difficult Words : Dar-to wear, to put; Tahey-to him; Pros prasad(i)-serving eatables; Jimavai-make him eat; Tih deyt n-does not give him.
Meanings :
It is clear that the ever growing number of fake Sants and living Gurus are infact cheats, cunning, selfish, opportunist and bereft of all morals. They have no association with dharam. Khalsa should sort them out adequately.
(31)
Ankhan mich rahai buk ki jim,
logan ek prapanch dikhaio.
Niyat phirio sir badhik jio,
as(i) dhian bilok birhal lajaio.
Lag(i) phirio dhan as jitey tit
lok gayo parlok gavaio.
Sri Bhagwant bhajio n arey jarh,
dham ke kam kahan urjhaio.
Difficult Words : Mich rahai-closing (the eyes); Buk ki jim-like a heron; Niyat phirio-kept bowing; Badhik-hunter; As(i) Dhian-such concentration; Bilok-seeing; Birhal-a wild cat; Lajaio-felt ashamed; Lag(i) phirio-keep roaming in the hope of money; Dhan as-in the hope of money; Jitey-where; Tit-there; Dham-house; Dham ke kam-in the worldly duties.
Meanings : In this sawaiyya,
Such people are displaying a strange spectacle. Faking prayers, they close their eyes like a heron, who is ever focused on his prey like small fish or tadpole. Similarly, closing their eyes, such person show to the world that they are now in the feet of the Lord. Infact they are spreading a net to catch the hapless and simple people into their guiles. They do not falter. Their humility is aimed at entangling people in their guile. A hunter bends down while releasing an arrow from his bow. In this way these people plunder others by wearing a disguise of humility and piety. Even a wild cat (lynx) will feel ashamed seeing their cunningness. In other words, their cleverness also fades away before them.
Whenever such people are wandering hoping to gather some wealth, be assured that they are ruining their stay in this world and the world hereafter.
It is clear that exhibitioning oneself as holy man or Bhagat externally and remaining sullied with vices of greed and attachment internally is highly against the basic principles of Sikhism.
(32)
Focat karm drirhat kaha
in logan ko koi kam n ai hai.
Bhajat ka dhan heyt aro jam
Kinkar te neh bhajan pai hai.
Putr kaltr n mitr sabhai uhan
sikh sakha kou sakh(i) n dai hai.
Chet re chet achet mahan pasu
ant ki bar akeleyee jai hain.
Difficult Words : Focat karm – meaningless actions; Drirhat-teaching them firmly; Kaha-why; Bhajat-runs about; Jam kinkar-servants of the angles of death; Neh bhajan pai hai-will not be able to run; Kalatr-wife, lady; Uhan-there; Sikh-servant; Sakha-companion; Sakh(i)-witness, evidence.
Meanings :
O foolish Purohits! why are you entangling the simple people into meaningless rituals like Amavas, Pooranmashi, Sangrands, Panchami, fasting, charity, Sharadhs etc. None of these are going to resolve the problems of simple and poor devotees. These have no spiritual values. O Purohit, why are you running around for accumulating wealth. You will not be able to save yourselves from the clutches of angles of death when your time comes. And all that you have collected by dint of foul means will stay put here.
O parasite Purohit! living live of luxury on other’s money, your wife, sons, followers and friends will not support you or be witness to you for the wealth accumulated by you through unfair means when your fate is decided in the court of the Lord. they will never be able to help you in anyway. So beware! You will leave this world alone and you alone will have to bear the fruits of all your good or bad deeds.
It is clear that :
1. The clergy (Purohit section of the society) has always involved simple people into observance of rites and rituals.
2. Gurmat can never support the well planned network of maya woven by the Purohits at any cost.
3. Purohit-ism and Sikhism are two entities diagonally opposite to each other.
4. Those who have entered Sikhism in the form of Purohit are harming the preaching of Sikhism.
5. Preachers are needed to spread Sikhism but not Purohits.
6. We must make adequate arrangements of sorting out those who have entered Sikhism as Purohit or their Purohit like actions.
(33)
Tao tan tiagat hi sun re jarh,
pret bakhan tria bhaj jai hai.
Putr kalatr sumitr sakha
ih beyg nikaro ayas(u) dai hai.
Bhaon bhandar dhra garh jetak,
chhadat pran bigan kahai hai.
Chet re chet achet maha pasu
ant ki bar akelo-ee jai hai.
Difficult Words : Tao-yours; Sumitr-good friends; Ih beyg-now, immeidaltey; Nikaro-discard; Ayas(u)-counsel, advice; Bhaon-mansion; Bhandar-treasure; Dhra garh-has stored buried; Jetak-whatever was; Bigan-others; Chet-be conscious.
Meanings : Man is not prepared to remember God. when he comes to this world. He is not even prepared to lead a righteous and moral life. He gets badly shackled in the love of worldly goods. These can do no good to him because they are perishable and does not accompany him in the world hereafter.
O animal like intoxicated person! beware, you will have to bear the fruits of all your good or bad deeds yourself after your death. These valueables, relations and other expensive assets will never stand by you.
It is clear that :
(1) The world is perishable.
(2) It is highly improper to be engrossed in a life of material gains, love of wealth and relatives leaving a life of truth and worship. Such a life cannot be called ideal which is full of above shortcomings. God is the only help for us in the wave of present life style.
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