jagatu bhikhārī phiratu hai sabh ko dātā rāmu.
kahu nānak man simaru tih pūran hovahi kām.40.
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428
kahu nānak man simaru tih pūran hovahi kām.40.
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428
jagatu bhikhārī phiratu hai sabh ko dātā rāmu. |
kahu nānak man simaru tih pūran hovahi kām.40. |
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428 |
In the fortieth stanza, Guru Teghbahadar says, the entire world wanders like a beggar, the beautiful charming One is the only universal giver. O mind! Remember That One, so that your affairs may be resolved.
The whole world is begging someone for something. The whole world is wandering in their begging. We are seeking to have our desires fulfilled by other people. But if we want our affairs to really be resolved and our desires to really be fulfilled, we ought not to beg other people for those things.
Even the people we think can give us what we want are themselves, beggars, even if they do not appear to be. We would not go up to a person begging on the street and ask them for something. So why beg others who are also begging? If we beg a wealthy or powerful person for something, we are still begging from someone who cannot give us what we need, who cannot satisfy us. If we want all things to be fulfilled, we ought to think only of the beautiful, charming One, the Giver. Are we ready to beg only from the One? And if so, do we know what we really want to beg for?
The whole world is begging someone for something. The whole world is wandering in their begging. We are seeking to have our desires fulfilled by other people. But if we want our affairs to really be resolved and our desires to really be fulfilled, we ought not to beg other people for those things.
Even the people we think can give us what we want are themselves, beggars, even if they do not appear to be. We would not go up to a person begging on the street and ask them for something. So why beg others who are also begging? If we beg a wealthy or powerful person for something, we are still begging from someone who cannot give us what we need, who cannot satisfy us. If we want all things to be fulfilled, we ought to think only of the beautiful, charming One, the Giver. Are we ready to beg only from the One? And if so, do we know what we really want to beg for?
All the beings in the world wander like beggars; all-pervasive IkOankar is the only universal giver.
Guru Teghbahadar states: O mind! Remember IkOankar, the giver, so that your affairs are resolved.40.
Guru Teghbahadar states: O mind! Remember IkOankar, the giver, so that your affairs are resolved.40.
The world roams (like) a beggar, Ram is the giver of all.
Nanak’s statement: O mind! Remember That (One), (so that your) affairs may be completed.40.
Nanak’s statement: O mind! Remember That (One), (so that your) affairs may be completed.40.
This salok employs natural linguistic expression. Through single-layered vocabulary, it has been stated that the entire world is roaming like beggars, and IkOankar is the only giver of all. It goes on to state: O mind! Remember that all-pervasive IkOankar, so that all your affairs can be resolved. The word ‘jagatu’ (world) is used symbolically here, which implies all beings of the world. In the first line of this salok, ‘jagatu bhikhārī phiratu hai’ (world wanders like a beggar), ‘jagatu’ (world) is the subject of comparison (upmey), and ‘bhikhārī’ (beggar) is the object of comparison (upman). Because of the statement ‘the world is like a beggar,’ a metaphor has appeared here.
The meter of this salok is 13+11 and 13+11. It is placed under the verse form known as ‘dohra chand’ (13+11) in Indic poetics.
The meter of this salok is 13+11 and 13+11. It is placed under the verse form known as ‘dohra chand’ (13+11) in Indic poetics.