jat paa-haa-raa, Dhee-raj sun-yaar.
Make self-restraint one’s
senses & organs (i.e. moral discipline) the furnace, and patience the
goldsmith.
This line and the following
lines in this verse describe seven qualities needed for enlightenment and to
reach Sach Khand, the realm of Truth. The process of manufacturing a
coin by a goldsmith has been used as an example to highlight these seven
qualities that a person requires for Sach Khand, the realm of Truth.
ah-raN mat, vey’d hathee-yaar.
Make intellect the
anvil (the strong block on which the object is placed and struck), and
spiritual knowledge the tool for striking.
The Guru stresses the
need to re-programme ourselves with the holy wisdom. Just like a mark is left
when a hammer strikes a surface, when the mind is hit with God’s holy wisdom
through listening, reading and contemplating the Guru’s Wisdom, it leaves a positive
mark.
bhau khal-aa(n), ag-gan tap
taa-o.
Make the holy-fear of Vaheguru
the bellows (the device that produces air when squeezed together with two
handles) to fan the flames of practising devotion.
Just as iron becomes
malleable or bendable with heat and can then be easily shaped when the mind
becomes easy to mould and transform with holy fear (respect and awe) of God and
continuous devotion.
bhaa(n)-daa bhaa-o, amm-rit tit Dhaal.
Make love the vessel in which the life-giving (Amrit)
Name of the Lord is melted.
Love for God is like a
vessel that holds or keeps together the spiritual treasures one earns and
collects on the pathway to God. When our heart melts with the love of God and Their
creation, then God’s Name (i.e. constant remembrance) becomes imprinted in the
heart.
ghaRee-yai sh-bad, sach-ee tak-saal.
The ideal spiritual lifeò is formed this way in the mintâ of Truth.
jin kau nadar
karam, tin kaar.
Whoever gets Their Glance of Grace, obtains the
(true) work (of shaping their spiritual life).
naa-nak, nad-ree, nadar ni-haal. ||38||
(Guru) Nanak (Ji) says- such people become happy with the Graceful Lord’s look of kindness. ||38||
Friday, September 22, 2023
A beginner's guide to Japji Sahib: Pauri 38
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