Respected aad ji
With due regards and without any disrespect I have to state that you have put in lot of labor and want to convey something seemingly very important and significant. I have spent some time on this. I am not with you exactly in the manner that you want me to read the analysis.
I think there are following problems.
1.Kindly do not consider transliterations in assigning the meaning. [‘Than’ is a physical body and in phonetics it is ‘tun’ like ‘mun’ for mind.]
2.Pl. do not change the serial number of the lines of shabads.
3. In any case I am highlighting the portion in Blue from where the things are not clear to me ,may be, on account of numbering of lines and I could not establish as to why should the ‘Tun’/Than not be a physical body ,may be you have to convey. But the message is lost.
4. I have nothing to believe that your analysis is incorrect or correct or it does fit in the context as I am not able to proceed on account of the problems stated above. In any case i am not a judge.I shall appreciate if you could simplify the things so that we can go to the essence of the matter that you have to state /convey.
On the other hand I believe that you have very important thing to be conveyed but due to my lack of appreciation of things I cannot comment upon this. This seems to be an excellent analysis though.It should be so simply on account of the fact that it has been analysed by you. I think I have put the things in perspective that language is the problem. I also want to add but on account of problems of/with Vocabulary won't endeavor to do so.
Regards
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Posted below is the sabad and you may like to repost by adjusting the line no. accordingly. I really want to appreciate that you want me to do.
isrIrwgu mhl 1 ] (19-13)
Siree Raag, First Mehl:
qnu jil bil mwtI BieAw mnu mwieAw moih mnUru ] (19-14, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
1.The body is burnt to ashes; by its love of Maya, the mind is rusted through.
Aaugx iPir lwgU Bey kUir vjwvY qUru ] (19-14, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
2.Demerits become one's enemies, and falsehood blows the bugle of attack.
ibnu sbdY BrmweIAY duibDw foby pUru ]1] (19-15, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
3.Without the Word of the Shabad, people wander lost in reincarnation. Through the love of duality, multitudes have been drowned. ||1||
mn ry sbid qrhu icqu lwie ] (19-15, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
4.O mind, swim across, by focusing your consciousness on the Shabad.
ijin gurmuiK nwmu n bUiJAw mir jnmY AwvY jwie ]1] rhwau ] (19-15, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
5.Those who do not become Gurmukh do not understand the Naam; they die, and continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||
qnu sUcw so AwKIAY ijsu mih swcw nwau ] (19-16, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
6.That body is said to be pure, in which the True Name abides.
BY sic rwqI dyhurI ijhvw scu suAwau ] (19-17, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
7.One whose body is imbued with the Fear of the True One, and whose tongue savors Truthfulness,
scI ndir inhwlIAY bhuiV n pwvY qwau ]2] (19-17, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
8.is brought to ecstasy by the True Lord's Glance of Grace. That person does not have to go through the fire of the womb again. ||2||
swcy qy pvnw BieAw pvnY qy jlu hoie ] (19-18, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
9.From the True Lord came the air, and from the air came water.
jl qy iqRBvxu swijAw Git Git joiq smoie ] (19-18, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
10.From water, He created the three worlds; in each and every heart He has infused His Light.
inrmlu mYlw nw QIAY sbid rqy piq hoie ]3] (19-19, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
11.The Immaculate Lord does not become polluted. Attuned to the Shabad, honor is obtained. ||3||
iehu mnu swic sMqoiKAw ndir kry iqsu mwih ] (19-19, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
12. One whose mind is contented with Truthfulness, is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace.
pMc BUq sic BY rqy joiq scI mn mwih ] (20-1, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
13.The body of the five elements is dyed in the Fear of the True One; the mind is filled with the True Light.
nwnk Aaugx vIsry guir rwKy piq qwih ]4]15] (20-1, isrIrwgu, mÚ 1)
14.O Nanak, your demerits shall be forgotten; the Guru shall preserve your honor. ||4||15||
[Sikh80 ji,
Well I will try to add my understanding. You make good points above, especially in saying that things are occurring in the mind not the body. I am including the transliteration as well as the Gurbani font. I am also using the Sahib Singh translation. My approach is to walk through the shabad line by line and look at how the Guru's message has been structured. The progress from one line to the next is important. Idea builds on idea.
I have included the reference to Sriraag to begin with, not for the formality, but because Sriraag throughout has a a special quality of contemplation on the progress of the soul. I think this is important.
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲ ੧ ॥
sireeraag mehal 1 ||
Siree Raag, First Mehl:
Guru ji starts the sabad with this line. This is the premise on which the shabad is built. The starting point in the progression of ideas. Guruji is saying -- Here is where you are -- than your earthy body is burning, is turning to ashes, your death is inevitable, you are decaying, and even your mind is decaying, rusting through, because of your love of Maya. It is as if the illusion of Maya is like a drug that destroys the body and the mind. So Guruji is saying be aware of this because this is really happening to you.
ਤਨੁ ਜਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਮਾਟੀ ਭਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਮਨੂਰੁ ॥
than jal bal maattee bhaeiaa man maaeiaa mohi manoor ||
The body is burnt to ashes; by its love of Maya, the mind is rusted through.
Then Guruji,in the next line, line 13, describes what the consequences of this love of Maya have brought us. Only misery. Our own demerits, failings, faults, sins have become our enemies, and this lie that we live, the falsehood, is like a bugle, sounding a warning, these enemies will destroy us.
13 ਅਉਗਣ ਫਿਰਿ ਲਾਗੂ ਭਏ ਕੂਰਿ ਵਜਾਵੈ ਤੂਰੁ ॥
aougan fir laagoo bheae koor vajaavai thoor ||
Demerits become one's enemies, and falsehood blows the bugle of attack.
Guruji in the next line, line 14, continues describing what has happened to us, and will happen to us. We will wanter around in reincarnation, when we are without the word of the Shabad bin sabadhai. Our love of duality -- this has been the defeat of multitudes.
14 ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਭਰਮਾਈਐ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਡੋਬੇ ਪੂਰੁ ॥੧॥
bin sabadhai bharamaaeeai dhubidhhaa ddobae poor ||1||
Without the Word of the Shabad, people wander lost in reincarnation. Through the love of duality, multitudes have been drowned. ||1||
So in these two lines Guruji explains that the body will die, the mind will rust, our sins will be our enemies, the lies and illusions, and actually the falsehoods, that we cling to in duality and Maya turn against us. And all this happens because we are without the Word of the Shabad. These are the consequences.
Next Guruji tells us what the mind must do about this swim across, The line is giving spiritual direction. Focus your consciousness on the Shabad.
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਸਬਦਿ ਤਰਹੁ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
man rae sabadh tharahu chith laae ||
O mind, swim across, by focusing your consciousness on the Shabad.
And the consequence, it follows below. Those who do not become Gurmukh, who do not turn their faces to the Lord, do not understand the Naam -- What happens to them? They die mar janamai and are subject to coming and going, aavai jaae. Guruji here is speaking of a physical death -- they die, and they are caught in reincarnation.
ਜਿਨਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਿਆ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jin guramukh naam n boojhiaa mar janamai aavai jaae ||1|| rehaao ||
Those who do not become Gurmukh do not understand the Naam; they die, and continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||
This is the rehaao line -- we pause and think because the next part of the Shabad is going to change in content. At this point we understand this. Focus your consciousness on the Shabad, and become a Gurmukh, understand the Naam, because if you do not you will continue in reincarnation -- all those terrible things above. The misery of all of that falsehood and illusion will come back.
In the next section lines 15 through 17m Guruji explains what our reward will be when
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਸਬਦਿ ਤਰਹੁ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
man rae sabadh tharahu chith laae || O mind, swim across, by focusing your consciousness on the Shabad.
Each of these lines tells us what the treasure is for the Gurmukh.
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In line 15, the material body or physical body is stated, than, That body is pure in which the Saachaa naao resides. Line 16 will also talk about the body, but it is not the physical body, than, but the body of something that is more abstract and not physical at all. And it is not earthly but something much greater than earthly consciousness.
You will also notice that this use of than is repeated in later lines for body. And then Guruji states body again, but it is not than.
First than
15 ਤਨੁ ਸੂਚਾ ਸੋ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
than soochaa so aakheeai jis mehi saachaa naao ||
That body is said to be pure, in which the True Name abides.
Next line, line 16, than is not stated, this is a different body -- the body of consciousness -- when consciousness is imbued with the Fear of Got, and when the tongue savor the Truthfulness ( the opposite of the falsehood of Maya)
Then immediately a different body that is not than.
16 ਭੈ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥
bhai sach raathee dhaehuree jihavaa sach suaao ||
One whose body is imbued with the Fear of the True One, and whose tongue savors Truthfulness -- what happens? what is it like for that Gurmukh? Line 17 explains.
This body is greater than the mind and material consciousness. It is brought to ecstasy.
17 Sਸਚੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੀਐ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਤਾਉ ॥੨॥
sachee nadhar nihaaleeai bahurr n paavai thaao ||2||
is brought to ecstasy by the True Lord's Glance of Grace. That person does not have to go through the fire of the womb again. ||2||
That person experiences ecstasy -- this is given by God's grace. That person is not reborn. Ecstasy is the reward
Now here is why I think there are two lines that are talking about a body that is all of our consciousness, something that greater than our physical or our mental faculties. Lines 16 and 19.
Line 16 ਭੈ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥
bhai sach raathee dhaehuree jihavaa sach suaao ||
One whose body is imbued with the Fear of the True One, and whose tongue savors Truthfulness -- what happens? what is it like for that Gurmukh?
and Line 19
ਪੰਚ ਭੂਤ ਸਚਿ ਭੈ ਰਤੇ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਚੀ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
panch bhooth sach bhai rathae joth sachee man maahi ||The body of the five elements is dyed in the Fear of the True One; the mind is filled with the True Light.
Compare line 16 and line 19. In line 16 the body is imbued rathae with fear of the True One. In line 19 the body is dyed, colored rathae with the fear of the True One. Guruji is repeated this idea -- a body that is imbued with fear. That body can only be that self that is not physical. It has to be something that can be transformed. When we dye or color something we transform it. So this body is something that is transformed by Fear of bhai sach, something that can savor the Truth and can be filled with the true light joth sachee
So why is this not than? But consciousness? Well the explanation starts here, and Guruji will finish the idea later in the Shabad. Guruji says, This is the reality, this is the truth. This what we need to know and be conscious of.
ਸਾਚੇ ਤੇ ਪਵਨਾ ਭਇਆ ਪਵਨੈ ਤੇ ਜਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
saachae thae pavanaa bhaeiaa pavanai thae jal hoe ||
From the True Lord came the air, and from the air came water.
18 ਜਲ ਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮੋਇ ॥
jal thae thribhavan saajiaa ghatt ghatt joth samoe ||
From water, He created the three worlds; in each and every heart He has infused His Light.
18 ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮੈਲਾ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੇ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥
niramal mailaa naa thheeai sabadh rathae path hoe ||3||
The Immaculate Lord does not become polluted. Attuned to the Shabad, honor is obtained. ||3||
He who has created everything, and is the source of the air and of water, and who created everything from air and water, is immaculate. He is pure. He is not polluted. His mind does not turn to rust. He has no demerits. No bugle need warn him. He has infused his light into every heart. Honor is obtained from the Shabad of this One. The mind that is contented with His Truth, that mind is a mind that has been blessed by His Grace.
19 ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਸੰਤੋਖਿਆ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
eihu man saach santhokhiaa nadhar karae this maahi ||
One whose mind is contented with Truthfulness, is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace.
So now we come to the conclusion. First we are told that we are being burnt, our minds rusted, our own self-deceit is our enemy. That without the truth we will continue in the cycle of life and death. Our mind must swim across and it must be transformed by the Fear of the True Lord, Next we are told about the Truth. Who is the Truth. How the Truth is obtained. Then we come to the conclusion. (continued on Ang 20)
Guruji finishes up with the point of the shabad. What should we learn? How should we understand things now that we have listened to Guruji?
ਪੰਚ ਭੂਤ ਸਚਿ ਭੈ ਰਤੇ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਚੀ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
panch bhooth sach bhai rathae joth sachee man maahi ||
The body of the five elements is dyed in the Fear of the True One; the mind is filled with the True Light.
What is Guruji talking about here -- the panch booth sach bhai rathhae - the five elements are air, water, fire, earth, and ether. This is what all of creation is made of. This is what a changed and transformed consciousness of creation is aware of. This consciousness that is dyed in the fear of the True One sach bhai ratthae is dyed a different color, that means -- it is changed, transformed; it is fille with joth sachee
Now earlier I thought this referred to consciousness of self, but that is the part I want to change. Now I think it consciousness of creation, a consciousness that is transformed. A consciousness that grasps much m ore.
Guruji finishes up.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅਉਗਣ ਵੀਸਰੇ ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਪਤਿ ਤਾਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੫॥
naanak aougan veesarae gur raakhae path thaahi ||4||15||
O Nanak, your demerits shall be forgotten; the Guru shall preserve your honor. ||4||15||
And your worries, sins are forgotten. Your honor is preserved.
In this consciousness, your deficiencies are forgotten, forgiven by God, and Guru preserves you honor.
The puzzling lines make more sense now to me. Hope I wasn't too far off.
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