SGGS pp 271-272, Gaurri Sukhmani Asttpadee 7.   Note: This seventh Asttpadee is on the subject of ਸਾਧ (saadh) meaning a seeker, devotee or a holy person who has controlled his/her mind and conforms to Divine commands/laws of nature.   ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਧਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜੋ ਜੋ ਕਹੈ ਸੁ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਸੁਨਿ ਮੀਤਾ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਬਿਨਵੰਤਾ ॥ ਸਾਧ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਅਚਰਜ ਕਥਾ ॥੧॥ Salok. Agam agāḏẖ pārbarahm so▫e. Jo jo kahai so mukṯā ho▫e. Sun […]

SGGS pp 269-271, Gurri Sukhmani, Asttpadee 6 Note: This sixth Asttpadee of Sukhmani Sahib exhorts us to count our blessings and acknowledge the Creator who gives those. This would lead to more profound blessings. ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਅਰੁ ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਜਾਇ ਅਹੰਮੇਵ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਕਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦੁ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ॥੧॥ Salok Kām kroḏẖ ar lobẖ moh binas jā▫e ahaʼnmev Nānak parabẖ sarṇāgaṯī kar parsāḏ gurḏev ||1|| (Slok) prologue. Nanak prays: (Prabh) Almighty, (gurdev) the guru […]

SGGS pp 268-269, Gaurri Sukhmani Asttpadee 5 Note: Naam for the human being is guide for life, like the user’s manual for a machine. The Creator has provided everything for the mortals. But they do not acknowledge what they have, crave for more and complain if they do not get that. The guru says ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ਦੇਨਹਾਰੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਛੋਡਿ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਹਿ ਆਨ ਸੁਆਇ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹੂ ਨ ਸੀਝਈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਪਤਿ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ Salok Ḏenhār […]

SGGS pp 266-268, Gaurri Sukhmani Asttpadee 4. Note. This fourth Asttpadee states how the mortals get engrossed in transitory pleasures that make them forget both the Creator who gives everything, and even the inevitable death. Every stanza of this Asttpadee first points out some human shortcomings and then guides how to overcome them in the […]