SGGS pp 282-283, Gaurri Sukhmani Asttpadee 15   ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ਸਰਬ ਕਲਾ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਾਨਨਹਾਰ ॥ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਉਧਰੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਬਲਿਹਾਰ ॥੧॥ Salok Sarab kalā bẖarpūr parabẖ birthā jānanhār Jā kai simran uḏẖrī▫ai Nānak ṯis balihār ||1||   (Slok) prologue (Prabh) the Almighty (bharpoor = full of) has (sarab) all the (kalaa) skills; IT (jaananhaar) knows (birth a) the state of all creatures of thought, speech and action. One is (udhreeai) saved from […]

SGGS pp 281-282, Gaurri Sukhmani, Asttpadee 14.   Note: This fourteenth Asttpadi of Sukhmani Sahib highlights that there is only one Omnipotent Master, whom alone we should remember and look to IT.   ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ਤਜਹੁ ਸਿਆਨਪ ਸੁਰਿ ਜਨਹੁ ਸਿਮਰਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ॥ ਏਕ ਆਸ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਰਖਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੂਖੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ Salok. Ŧajahu si▫ānap sur janhu simrahu har har rā▫e. Ėk ās har man rakẖahu Nānak ḏūkẖ bẖaram bẖa▫o jā▫e. ||1||   (Slok) […]

SGGS pp 279-281, Gaurri Sukhmani, Asttpadee 13   Note 1: This thirteenth Asttpadee is about people who are not at ease with those leading spiritual lives; they find faults with and slander them. The Slok/prologue and Asttpadee composition of eight stanzas state that they pollute their own minds and suffer. Note 2: In this Asttpadee, […]

SGGS pp 278-279, Gaurri Sukhmani Asttpadee 12   Note: The twelfth Asttpadee of Sukhmani Sahib deals with various causes for Haumai or ego and pride. These cause one to ignore Divine commands/rules and act by self-will committing vices.   ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ਸੁਖੀ ਬਸੈ ਮਸਕੀਨੀਆ ਆਪੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਤਲੇ ॥ ਬਡੇ ਬਡੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਰਬਿ ਗਲੇ ॥੧॥ Salok Sukẖī basai maskīnī▫ā āp nivār ṯale Bade bade ahaʼnkārī▫ā Nānak garab gale ||1||   (Slok) prologue (Maskeeneea) […]