Diwaali Di Raat Divey Baaliyan

[Deg_Teg_Fateh]

This Shabad is by Bhai Gurdaas Ji in Vaars Bhai Gurdaas on Pannaa 19

dIvwlI dI rwq dIvy bwlIAin]

dheevaalee dhee raath dheevae baaleeani||

Lamps are lighted in the night of divali festival;

qwry jwq snwq AMbr BwlIAin]

thaarae jaath sanaath a(n)bar bhaaleeani||

Stars of different variety appear in the sky;

PulW dI bwgwq cux cux cwlIAin]

fulaa(n) dhee baagaath chun chun chaaleeani||

In the gardens the flowers are there which are selectively plucked;

qIriQ jwqI jwq nYx inhwlIAin]

theerathh jaathee jaath nain nihaaleeani||

The pilgrims going to pilgrimage centres are also seen.

hir cMdurI Jwq vswie aucwlIAin]

har cha(n)dhuree jhaath vasaae ouchaaleeani||

The imaginary habitats have been seen coming into being and vanishing.

gurmuK suKPl dwq Sbd smHwlIAin ]ö]

guramukh sukhafal dhaath shabadh samhaaleean ||a||

All these are momentary, but the gurmukhs with the help of the Word nourish the gift of the pleasure fruit.

[bravekhalsa]

The Tuk " dheevaalee dhee raath dheevae baaleeani||" has nothing to do with Diwali itself.

Its just an example given by Bhai Gurdaas Jee... So is not appropriate to post this Vaar for Diwali purpose.

[Gurpreet Singh]

i heard this shabd at the gurughar last nite....kirtan was awesomeeeeee.........

[DhadiMania]

also heard the shabad on alpha punjabi, sung by the one and only Bhai Raghbir Singh (hazuri raagi, darbar sahib wale).

:wub: raghbir singh :D

mind you, just now i was thinking about the shabad just now ji.

[gyani]

The Tuk " dheevaalee dhee raath dheevae baaleeani||" has nothing to do with Diwali itself.

Its just an example given by Bhai Gurdaas Jee... So is not appropriate to post this Vaar for Diwali purpose.

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

Diwali Ki Raat Deeweh Ballian.... Diwali And Sikhism ??

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WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH.

ON DIWALI DAY Programmes at the Gurdwara I have often heard Raagis singing this shabad from Bhai gurdass Ji di Vaar -

Diwali kee raat deeweh ballian.. Tareh jaat snaat amber bhalian...Phullan dee bagatt cun chun chalian.. Teerath jati Jaat naein nihalian... Har chaundharee jhaat vasai uchaleon..GURMUKH sukh faldaat SHABAD samalian..

The Raagis just TAKE the FIRST LINE as a sort of Rahao....and sing it repeatedly as if this is an INJUNCTION TO CELEBRATE DIWALI by lighting Lamps... This is a MAJOR MISREPRESENTATION of the TRUE MEANINGS..

Bhai Gurdass Ji is saying: JUST like on Diwali Night people light lamps,..BUT the LIGHT of these Lamps has NO LONG LIFE ( short period),..the light is a short term DIKHAWA only,...The NIGHT SKY is full

of Big and small stars....BUT ONLY till DAWN of Day... FLOWERS Bloom....but only until they are plucked by the gardners...they never keep joined to the plant for long...Pilgrims are seen going to the TEERATHS...BUT they DONT stay there...only short visits... The CASTLES formed by Clouds in the SKY are Visisble...but they dont have any substance or solid form... THROUGH the SHABAD of the GURBANI the GURMUKHS realise the "shortlived" time of this WORLD..and thus learns the value of this HUMAN BIRTH and its resultant union with Timeless WAHEGURU.

When we take the SHABAD in its ENTIREITY... we can see that the meaning of the First Line about Diwali is NOT AT ALL about lighting Diwas and Lamps to "celebrate diwali"...IT is just an ALANGKAAR - metaphor to show us how SHORTLIVED such lamps and their lighting is.

DIWALI is a Religious Festival of the Working Classes (Vaish). That is WHY the Lachmee devi - devi of WEALTH is worshipped on this day. The Mannu Laws that DIVIDED the people of India into CASTES..also gave the four castes their own special Festivals.. THe BRAHMIN has VASAKHI ( the best food laden festival as expected for himself)... The Khatree was given DUSHERRAH..the VAISH ( Working class) has diwali, and the SHUDARS were given the Dusty colour throwing free for all Holi.

Sikhs have pulled and shoved diwali into a "SIKH FESTIVAL" by claiming it is in honour of Bandi chhor Diwas of Guru Hargobind. I find it hard to beleive Sikhs would FORGET the torture and horrible martyrdom of GURU ARJUN just a short while ago and start clebrating with deepmala and fireworks the return from exile of Guru Hargobind ji. There is no record of any deepmala and fireworks in a continuous period after Guru

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!! Hargobind Ji... the other FOUR GURUS NEVER even Visited Amrtisar.

Bhai mani Singh was martyred by cut

ting limb from limb for failing to call a meeting of sikhs on Diwali... hardly a reason for Sikhs to "celebrate" with fireworks and deepmala

It is a historical fact and true that vasakhi and Diwali time were the time TWO Major Congregations of SIKHS were held yearly...BUT these two congregations were certinly NOT HELD to have FIREWORKS and DEEPMALA. These two WASTEFUL economically destructive ( how much Guru Di Golak is wasted on fireworks and deeps etc cause so many fires etc) customs have absolutley NOTHING to do with Gurmatt/Sikhi/our Principles or Maryada...BUT are a COPYCAT of the Hindu population's fireworks/lamps/agni devta pooja/lachmi pooja etc

Sikhs beleive in Gamm/Khushi come from Waheguru and are His Bhaana... so if we are not sad over the shahedee of Guru arjun Ji, Guur Teg bahadur Ji, Bhai mani Singh Ji.... then we are also not happy over the release of Guur hargobind Ji. GURBANI teaches us to treat both Happiness and sadness equally.

IF we SIKHS take Diwali/Vasakhi to be great time to CONGREGATE and spread GURMATT/do Gurbani Vichaar....its FINE....BUT when this is a time to burn money on lamps/fireworks/give and take mathiayee/giftsd/drink alcohol/gambling etc THEN this is anti gurmatt. I am afraid we have lapsed into the latter.

jarnail singh :e:

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[Deg_Teg_Fateh]

sorry if i posted this Vaar for the wrong occasion :| .in the Gurudwara, they sing it every year on Divali...andI didnt know the real meaning. Thanks for letting me know.

Please take it as a shabad.

Pul chuk maaf