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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arshi" data-source="post: 117061" data-attributes="member: 9479">Twinkle Ji I really like your user name. It cheers me up. Although I am really pushed for time, I have been so fascinated by this shabad that I have been compelled to make time. The first translation, from which you have quoted, was done way back in 1992 and a more detailed one is now in process and, with Guru’s Grace, will appear under Gurbani Vichaar on my website. This question arises in and from the shabad Gauree Chaytee, Mohalla 1 (SGGS 156) - ਗਉੜੀ ਚੇਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ੧॥ {ਪੰਨਾ156} ਕਤ ਕੀ ਮਾਈ ਬਾਪੁ ਕਤ ਕੇਰਾ ਕਿਦੂ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਹਮ ਆਏ॥kat kee maa-ee baap kat keyraa kidoo thaavhu ham aa-ey. (If we were to ask ourselves the two questions): Who is our Father? Who is our Mother? From where have we come? ਅਗਨਿ ਬਿੰਬ ਜਲ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਨਿਪਜੇ ਕਾਹੇ ਕੰਮਿ ਉਪਾਏ॥੧॥agan bimb jal bheetar nipjay kaahay kamm upaa-ay. (1) (We may reply that): From within the fire (of the mother’s womb) and the bubble of water (father’s beeraj – sperm) were we sprung.  (But more importantly another question crops up:For what purpose were we born?(1) Commentary: This is perhaps amore interesting question to ask but many do not bother to address it. (The answer to this Question lies in the last tuk (pankti, line) of this shabad.) ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ॥Pray Nanak that man may come to terms with the Lord's Order so that he may forever live blissfully.  Or: Pray Nanak that I am able to understand the Lord’s Hukam (Command) and thus attain peace day and night. This shabad is then followed up by Guru Ji, on the same page of the Holy Granth, with the naseehat (moral lesson/warning) which you have quoted in your post. ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੧॥ ਰੈਣਿ ਗਵਾਈ ਸੋਇਕੈ ਦਿਵਸੁ ਗਵਾਇਆਖਾਇ॥ ਹੀਰੇ ਜੈਸਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਹੈ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੇ ਜਾਇ॥੧॥(O imbecile) you have wasted the night by sleeping and spent the day eating and drinking. You let go the invaluable gem of this life for pennies. It is also interesting to note that often Guru Ji asks rhetoric questions to drive home his point. Please note that taking tuks at random do not always help as much as taking one shabad, at a time, and studying, analysing and understanding it, in its entirety, as much as our spiritual awareness, ability or status permits.  God Bless and chardi Kala. Rajinder Singh ‘Arshi’</blockquote>

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