Meaning Of The Sabad

[besoft]

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਕਾਮ ਗਹੇਲੀਏ ਕਿਆ ਚਲਹਿ ਬਾਹ ਲੁਡਾਇ ॥

Listen, listen, O soul-bride: you are overtaken by sexual desire-why do you walk like that, swinging your arms in joy?

ਆਪਣਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਹੀ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

You do not recognize your own Husband Lord! When you go to Him, what face will you show Him?

ਜਿਨੀ ਸਖੀ ਕੰਤੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਇ ॥

I touch the feet of my sister soul-brides who have known their Husband Lord.

ਤਿਨ ਹੀ ਜੈਸੀ ਥੀ ਰਹਾ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੧॥

If only I could be like them! Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, I am united in His Union. ||1||

ਮੁੰਧੇ ਕੂੜਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰਿ ॥

O woman, the false ones are being cheated by falsehood.

ਪਿਰੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

God is your Husband; He is Handsome and True. He is obtained by reflecting upon the Guru. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਈ ਤਿਨ ਕਿਉ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥

The self-willed manmukhs do not recognize their Husband Lord; how will they spend their life-night?

ਗਰਬਿ ਅਟੀਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਜਲਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

Filled with arrogance, they burn with desire; they suffer in the pain of the love of duality.

ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੀਆ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਤਿਨ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

The happy soul-brides are attuned to the Shabad; their egotism is eliminated from within.

ਸਦਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਵਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਿਨਾ ਸੁਖੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥੨॥

They enjoy their Husband Lord forever, and their life-night passes in the most blissful peace. ||2||

ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣੀ ਪਿਰ ਮੁਤੀਆ ਪਿਰਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

She is utterly lacking in spiritual wisdom; she is abandoned by her Husband Lord. She cannot obtain His Love.

ਅਗਿਆਨ ਮਤੀ ਅੰਧੇਰੁ ਹੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਦੇਖੇ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

In the darkness of intellectual ignorance, she cannot see her Husband, and her hunger does not depart.

ਆਵਹੁ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਸਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਮੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਦੇਹੁ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥

Come and meet with me, my sister soul-brides, and unite me with my Husband.

ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੩॥

She who meets the True Guru, by perfect good fortune, finds her Husband; she is absorbed in the True One. ||3||

ਸੇ ਸਹੀਆ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

Those upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace become His happy soul-brides.

ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਆਗੈ ਦੇਇ ॥

One who recognizes her Lord and Master places her body and mind in offering before Him.

ਘਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

Within her own home, she finds her Husband Lord; her egotism is dispelled.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀਆ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੪॥੨੮॥੬੧॥

O Nanak, the happy soul-brides are embellished and exalted; night and day they are absorbed in devotional worship. ||4||28||61||

Attention is invited to the first line of the sabad. Is sex the feed of the soul or the body. Kindly clarify.

[besoft]

I had requested for an answer yesterday or day before. I shall request you to kindly post your comments . I presume that it is a case of Translator's mess.

[AvnitK]

this shabad is explaining about the lust we should not have

[mann_kaum_layee_qurbaan]

kaam = lust...

sexuality is necessary for procreation. but lust, is more than sexuality...its the pervertion of human sensuality.

example: love and lust. love leads one to be faithful to a spouse, lust leads to cheating on one's spouse to fulfill desires which easily wear off and are temporary....

peace.

[besoft]

kaam = lust...

sexuality is necessary for procreation. but lust, is more than sexuality...its the pervertion of human sensuality.

example: love and lust. love leads one to be faithful to a spouse, lust leads to cheating on one's spouse to fulfill desires which easily wear off and are temporary....

peace.

Yes, the sabad describes the lust/kaam etc., in the first line;however, my question is slightly on a different plane.Sex is the part of body and is assigned to it. Why the translator has referred the sex to the Soul Bride?????

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

We are meant to be the soul brides, on our way to meeting with our Husband (Guru Saheb). In this shabad Guru Amar Das Ji is encouraging us (the soul brides) to avoid getting entangled in sexual desire. In this way our spiritual journey will be much more straightforward. The majority of us frequently battle with kaam, so Guru Saheb is directly addressing us - asking, 'Why are you full of desire? Remember your true Husband (Akaal Purakh) and think about what you will say when He asks you how much time you devoted to His worship.'

Hope this helps.

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[besoft]

We are meant to be the soul brides, on our way to meeting with our Husband (Guru Saheb).

Hope this helps.

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

Thanks it is helpful.

I think that this body and soul are two different things. Soul is an integral part of the divinity. How can one then address this body as a soul?.

Is it a metaphoric use for the body or the sum total of the body and soul is stated to be soul bride.?

Sorry,if I am bit confusing to anyone.

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

I think that this body and soul are two different things.

They are different. The body will turn to dust once we die whereas our soul will go with us into the next world.

How can one then address this body as a soul?. Is it a metaphoric use for the body or the sum total of the body and soul is stated to be soul bride.?

It is easiest to think of it as a metaphor. We are described as being soul-brides whose goal is to reach Akaal Purakh. This doesn't mean reach him physically. It means spiritually. It just so happens that we are currently in human form, and because humans relate closely to the idea of a husband/bride Guru Saheb has used this metaphor to explain his Teachings to us.

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[besoft]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

I think that this body and soul are two different things.

They are different. The body will turn to dust once we die whereas our soul will go with us into the next world.

How can one then address this body as a soul?. Is it a metaphoric use for the body or the sum total of the body and soul is stated to be soul bride.?

It is easiest to think of it as a metaphor. We are described as being soul-brides whose goal is to reach Akaal Purakh. This doesn't mean reach him physically. It means spiritually. It just so happens that we are currently in human form, and because humans relate closely to the idea of a husband/bride Guru Saheb has used this metaphor to explain his Teachings to us.

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

Thanks for a patient explanation. I stand fully answered.