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Dear Giani Ji and Spnadmin Ji

Thank you. You are right 'isteri' is not 'woman' alone per se... its metaphor and prostitute is not a Joon.. per see. again its a metaphor for corrupt being otherwise it can be interpreted that adultery is allowed for woman and not man. In addition literal interpretation of  isteri as 'woman' would contradict universality of gurbani. As gurbani says, 'nanak sachai ki sachi kaar .. any Joon created by God is true, all others joons are our creation. Thus prostitution is our creation which can be transformed once surrender to guru di mat but 'joons' other than human being cannot be transformed.

S. Prakash Bagga Ji with regard to your  query on 'ant'. The context in rahao pankti of this sabd, 'ਭਜਹੁ ਗਬਿੰਦ ਭੂਲਿ ਮਤ ਜਾਹੁ ॥ ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮ ਕਾ ਏਹੀ ਲਾਹੁ ॥੧ - in order to be blessed as human follow divine wisdom, otherwise as per gurbani we all are beast wrapped in human skin. Thus while reflecting on rahao, meaning of

'ant' again in this sabd, as per my understanding is spiritual death.

best regards

sahni