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Before Guru Nanak the general belief was centered around looking after physical body. In contrary to this gurbani promulgated that creator's whole show is the play of Manh. When guru sahib says, 'ਭੁਖਿਆ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਉਤਰੀ ਜੇ ਬੰਨਾ ਪੁਰੀਆ ਭਾਰ॥ - in fact it is not linked with filling/appeasing of physical body or collection of material items but belly of manh. Similarly when gurbani, says, 'ਫਿਟੁ ਇਵੇਹਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਤੁ ਖਾਇ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਪੇਟੁ॥ again it is not linked with fattening of physical body and gurbani is not cursing those whose way of living fattens the belly - in fact there is no particular way which fattens or slims the physical body.


I try to interpret gurbani with gurbani and I am not imposing but explaining how literal interpretation sucks the real message.


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