ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਜਾਨਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥
O dear friend, know this in your mind.
ਅਪਨੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਿਉ ਹੀ ਜਗੁ ਫਾਂਧਿਓ ਕੋ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੋ ਨਾਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The world is entangled in its own pleasures; no one is for anyone else. ||1||Pause||
ਸੁਖ ਮੈ ਆਨਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਬੈਠਤ ਰਹਤ ਚਹੂ ਦਿਸਿ ਘੇਰੈ ॥
In good times, many come and sit together, surrounding you on all four sides.
ਬਿਪਤਿ ਪਰੀ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਸੰਗੁ ਛਾਡਿਤ ਕੋਊ ਨ ਆਵਤ ਨੇਰੈ ॥੧॥
But when hard times come, they all leave, and no one comes near you. ||1||
ਘਰ ਕੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਹਿਤੁ ਜਾ ਸਿਉ ਸਦਾ ਰਹਤ ਸੰਗ ਲਾਗੀ ॥
Your wife, whom you love so much, and who has remained ever attached to you,
ਜਬ ਹੀ ਹੰਸ ਤਜੀ ਇਹ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਕਰਿ ਭਾਗੀ ॥੨॥
runs away crying, "Ghost! Ghost!", as soon as the swan-soul leaves this body. ||2||
Normally this pankti is linked with wife and has been interpreted accordingly by almost all the scholars. It is my belief that Gurbani is Universal Truth and each and every sabd opens up a new concept to make our life sachiar and applies to whole humanity irrespective of caste, creed, religions, age, gender, THAT IS WHY GURBANI IS CALLED SATGURU (Divine wisdom). When we link above pankti with wife, then does it mean this pankti does not apply to husband, bachelor or those ladies who are not married and all of them are singled out.
Further, logical question arises, when husband dies what else should we expect from the wife other than feeling sorry and take his body for final cremation rituals or she should sit around the dead body and perform lamp-lit worship with incense (aarti) i.e. lady has been understood for running away shouting pret pret. When wife dies, husband also feels sorry accordingly and move on with his life, then why do we discriminate and are biased towards woman. At least Panj Pyares of our Highest institution should be able to comprehend and understand the message of Guru sahib. At least they should know 'aath pehr prabh kou means installation of anti virus divine software and not parroting. But from their body language, their fatwa, their walk and talk to me I feel ashamed that Highest institution has been controlled by these ignorant and as such the brave quam is reduced to laughing stock.
Over here when gurbani says ‘pritam jaan’ it does not mean gurbani is addressing to friends or the beloved (who is residing in every heart sabhai ghat ram bolai)as the one who understand Him does not discriminate others especially by gender but is addressing to my tainted manh.
Then comes 'ghar ki naar' in above pankti. Let us contemplate on rahao pankti which is the central idea of this sabd, 'pritam jaan lehu mann mahi' guru sahib is pointing towards himself as a first person - so here 'ghar ki naar' is my tainted 'maligned intellect' and not housewife, who has opened his own devil workshop and is emotionally attached with it.
Therefore meaning of, 'Jab Hee Hans Thajee Eih Kaaneiaa Praeth Praeth Kar Bhaagee' when I forsake 'hans birti' divine intellect, my body become 'prat jivan di bhagi or grave yard where only ghost resides or ghost birti becomes part of my thought process, as Kabir ji has rightly said, 'ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਘਰ ਸਾਧ ਨ ਸੇਵੀਅਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ਤੇ ਘਰ ਮਰਹਟ ਸਾਰਖੇ ਭੂਤ ਬਸਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧੯੨॥ - those houses in which neither the divine wisdom nor God are served those houses are like cremation grounds, demons dwells within that body. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. 1374.16. Thus it has got nothing to do with soul or death. Here 'bhaagi' is not run away but accountable to ghost birti.
I am only a student and would love share and look forward further improvement in my understand from learned members.
best regards
sahni
O dear friend, know this in your mind.
ਅਪਨੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਿਉ ਹੀ ਜਗੁ ਫਾਂਧਿਓ ਕੋ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੋ ਨਾਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The world is entangled in its own pleasures; no one is for anyone else. ||1||Pause||
ਸੁਖ ਮੈ ਆਨਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਬੈਠਤ ਰਹਤ ਚਹੂ ਦਿਸਿ ਘੇਰੈ ॥
In good times, many come and sit together, surrounding you on all four sides.
ਬਿਪਤਿ ਪਰੀ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਸੰਗੁ ਛਾਡਿਤ ਕੋਊ ਨ ਆਵਤ ਨੇਰੈ ॥੧॥
But when hard times come, they all leave, and no one comes near you. ||1||
ਘਰ ਕੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਹਿਤੁ ਜਾ ਸਿਉ ਸਦਾ ਰਹਤ ਸੰਗ ਲਾਗੀ ॥
Your wife, whom you love so much, and who has remained ever attached to you,
ਜਬ ਹੀ ਹੰਸ ਤਜੀ ਇਹ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਕਰਿ ਭਾਗੀ ॥੨॥
runs away crying, "Ghost! Ghost!", as soon as the swan-soul leaves this body. ||2||
Normally this pankti is linked with wife and has been interpreted accordingly by almost all the scholars. It is my belief that Gurbani is Universal Truth and each and every sabd opens up a new concept to make our life sachiar and applies to whole humanity irrespective of caste, creed, religions, age, gender, THAT IS WHY GURBANI IS CALLED SATGURU (Divine wisdom). When we link above pankti with wife, then does it mean this pankti does not apply to husband, bachelor or those ladies who are not married and all of them are singled out.
Further, logical question arises, when husband dies what else should we expect from the wife other than feeling sorry and take his body for final cremation rituals or she should sit around the dead body and perform lamp-lit worship with incense (aarti) i.e. lady has been understood for running away shouting pret pret. When wife dies, husband also feels sorry accordingly and move on with his life, then why do we discriminate and are biased towards woman. At least Panj Pyares of our Highest institution should be able to comprehend and understand the message of Guru sahib. At least they should know 'aath pehr prabh kou means installation of anti virus divine software and not parroting. But from their body language, their fatwa, their walk and talk to me I feel ashamed that Highest institution has been controlled by these ignorant and as such the brave quam is reduced to laughing stock.
Over here when gurbani says ‘pritam jaan’ it does not mean gurbani is addressing to friends or the beloved (who is residing in every heart sabhai ghat ram bolai)as the one who understand Him does not discriminate others especially by gender but is addressing to my tainted manh.
Then comes 'ghar ki naar' in above pankti. Let us contemplate on rahao pankti which is the central idea of this sabd, 'pritam jaan lehu mann mahi' guru sahib is pointing towards himself as a first person - so here 'ghar ki naar' is my tainted 'maligned intellect' and not housewife, who has opened his own devil workshop and is emotionally attached with it.
Therefore meaning of, 'Jab Hee Hans Thajee Eih Kaaneiaa Praeth Praeth Kar Bhaagee' when I forsake 'hans birti' divine intellect, my body become 'prat jivan di bhagi or grave yard where only ghost resides or ghost birti becomes part of my thought process, as Kabir ji has rightly said, 'ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਘਰ ਸਾਧ ਨ ਸੇਵੀਅਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ਤੇ ਘਰ ਮਰਹਟ ਸਾਰਖੇ ਭੂਤ ਬਸਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧੯੨॥ - those houses in which neither the divine wisdom nor God are served those houses are like cremation grounds, demons dwells within that body. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. 1374.16. Thus it has got nothing to do with soul or death. Here 'bhaagi' is not run away but accountable to ghost birti.
I am only a student and would love share and look forward further improvement in my understand from learned members.
best regards
sahni
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