garabu karatu hai deh ko binsai chin mai mīt.
jihi prānī hari jasu kahio nānak tihi jagu jīti.42.
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428
jihi prānī hari jasu kahio nānak tihi jagu jīti.42.
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428
garabu karatu hai deh ko binsai chin mai mīt. |
jihi prānī hari jasu kahio nānak tihi jagu jīti.42. |
-Guru Granth Sahib 1428 |
In the forty-second stanza, Guru Teghbahadar says, O friend! The being takes pride in the body, which perishes in an instant. But one who has sung praises of the 1-Light, it is as if that being has conquered the world.
We feel proud of our bodies, but they will be gone in an instant. We work so hard to maintain a particular look and maintain a particular level of fitness, which maintains the way others see us and maintains the way we feel about ourselves. When we do not do this, we fall into a lack of confidence. Even when we do it, even when we are proud, even when we feel that the body is beautiful, we still find ourselves constantly critical and constantly unhappy with these bodies. The body does not conquer the world. It will rot away just like all things must. And even now, it rots with pride.
Relationships that we create and maintain due to the body, rooted in the temporary and rooted in attachment, create pride. Relationships that we create and maintain due to the 1-Light — that are rooted in the eternal, in singing praises of the One — don’t. The body does not conquer the world. It is those who have the praise of the 1-Light within them who win the world. It is that praise of the Eternal which is eternal. It is that praise of the Eternal that is a constant even as our bodies grow and change, gain beauty, lose beauty, gain strength, and lose it. It is singing praises of the 1-Light that nurtures these bodies past the physical, that nurtures the virtues of the 1-Light within. These bodies will go. The 1-Light will remain.
We feel proud of our bodies, but they will be gone in an instant. We work so hard to maintain a particular look and maintain a particular level of fitness, which maintains the way others see us and maintains the way we feel about ourselves. When we do not do this, we fall into a lack of confidence. Even when we do it, even when we are proud, even when we feel that the body is beautiful, we still find ourselves constantly critical and constantly unhappy with these bodies. The body does not conquer the world. It will rot away just like all things must. And even now, it rots with pride.
Relationships that we create and maintain due to the body, rooted in the temporary and rooted in attachment, create pride. Relationships that we create and maintain due to the 1-Light — that are rooted in the eternal, in singing praises of the One — don’t. The body does not conquer the world. It is those who have the praise of the 1-Light within them who win the world. It is that praise of the Eternal which is eternal. It is that praise of the Eternal that is a constant even as our bodies grow and change, gain beauty, lose beauty, gain strength, and lose it. It is singing praises of the 1-Light that nurtures these bodies past the physical, that nurtures the virtues of the 1-Light within. These bodies will go. The 1-Light will remain.
O friend! The being takes pride in this perishable body, which will be destroyed in an instant.
By using the signature ‘Nanak,’ Guru Teghbahadar states: One who has forsaken arrogance and sung praises of IkOankar, consider that being to have conquered the whole world.42.
By using the signature ‘Nanak,’ Guru Teghbahadar states: One who has forsaken arrogance and sung praises of IkOankar, consider that being to have conquered the whole world.42.
(The being) takes pride in the body, (which) perishes in an instant, O friend!
Nanak (signature): The being who has uttered praise of Hari, (as if) that (being) has won the world.42.
Nanak (signature): The being who has uttered praise of Hari, (as if) that (being) has won the world.42.
This salok employs natural linguistic expression. Through single-layered vocabulary, it has been stated that the being takes pride in their body, which perishes in an instant. The one who has sung the praises of IkOankar, consider that being to have conquered the world. In this salok, ‘tihi jagu jīti’ (that has won the world) is used symbolically, which implies that one who sings the praise of IkOankar can not be influenced by material allurement.
The meter of this salok is 13+11 and 14+11. It can be placed under the verse form known as ‘dohra chand’ (13+11) in Indic poetics.
The meter of this salok is 13+11 and 14+11. It can be placed under the verse form known as ‘dohra chand’ (13+11) in Indic poetics.