Horses, Guns, Chickens, Swans

[Akaali]

ਮ: ੫ ॥

Mehlā 5.

Fifth Mehl:

ਚੜਿ ਕੈ ਘੋੜੜੈ ਕੁੰਦੇ ਪਕੜਹਿ ਖੂੰਡੀ ਦੀ ਖੇਡਾਰੀ ॥

Cẖaṛ kai gẖoṛ­ṛai kunḏė pakṛeh kẖūndī ḏī kẖėdārī.

Can they mount horses and handle guns, if all they know is the game of polo?

ਹੰਸਾ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਉਲਾਸਹਿ ਕੁਕੜ ਦੀ ਓਡਾਰੀ ॥੨॥Hansā sėṯī cẖiṯ ulāseh kukaṛ ḏī odārī. ||2||

Can they be swans, and fulfill their conscious desires, if they can only fly like chickens? ||2||

[OhTwadi]

care to explain?

[Akaali]

I was hoping you or someone could.

[OhTwadi]

when in doubt, conslult a teeka :nihungsmile:

[Akaali]

Vaheguruuuuuuuuuu, me finding that shabd its like guru saaheb is talking to me, :'(

[ISingh]

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsaa! Vaheguroo Jee Ki Fatheh!

Wow!

Kathaa

From what Bhai Sahib talks about in his Kathaa, these tukks refer to the comparison between a Gurmukh and those pakhandee fake people who have no pyaar for Sikhi or faith in Guroo Sahib, but at the same time, try and equal themselves to those Gurmukhs who have given their heads to Guroo Jee. These comparisons however, show that no matter how hard these pakhandees try, they can never match the calibre of a true Gurmukh.

In the first tukk, the Gurmukh (one who mounts horses and handles guns) is compared to those (fakes) who play the game of polo. If these people are asked to mount horses and handle guns (just like in a battle to play the True game of love and ride the True Path) will they be able to do so?

In the second tukk, Guru Sahib uses the example of a swan and a chicken. The flight of a swan (Gurmukh) is much higher and greater in distance compared to the flight of a chicken (fakes/pakhandees), which can only fly a short distance for a short amount of time. Even if a chicken made its greatest effort to fly like a swan, it wouldn't be able to do so. Similarly, as much as these fakes try to match the calibre of a Gurmukh, they will fail miserably, just like a chicken trying to match a swan. A swan would just totally leave behind the bechara chicken and not even bother to look back. :lol:

Prof Sahib Singh, in his teeka refers to such people as a laughing stock (ਹਾਸੋ-ਹੀਣੇ).

Bhul chukh maafi.

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsaa! Vaheguroo Jee Ki Fatheh!

[Shaheed_Fauja]

OMG this sound so familiar!!!