A HUMBLE HOMAGE TO GURU TEGH BAHADUR JI ON HIS SHAHEEDI JAYANTI

                                                                                 

A HUMBLE HOMAGE TO GURU TEGH BAHADUR JI ON HIS SHAHEEDI JAYANTI

Generations of Indians shall remain indebted to him for the supreme sacrifice that he offered for the sake of Dharma and righteousness. Not many of us know that Guru Ji was an accomplished poet and scholar as well. His verses are frequently sung in gatherings. These verses (115 hymns) are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. “Sadho, Rachna Ram banaayi ‘ remains my favourite. I have translated it into simple English

साधो, रचना राम बनाई।

इकि बिनसै इक असथिरु मानै, अचरज लखिओ न जाई॥

काम क्रोध मोह बसि प्रानी हरि मूरति बिसराई।

झूठा तन साचा करि मानिओ जिउ सुपना रैनाई॥

जो दीसै सो सगल बिनासै, जिउ बादल की छाई।

जन नानक जग जानिओ मिथिआ, रहिओ राम सरनाई॥….( Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji )

My translation is as under:-

O Sage! This world was shaped by the Lord himself.

When one individual passes away, the other thinks he is to stay here forever.

Those living fail to understand this wonder of the world.

The amorous desires, anger and attachment hold sway over all mortal beings,

And they forget the formless Lord, the timeless entity.

Think not it to be real, this body is false, like a dream that one witnesses during sleep at night.

Whatever one sees in this moment will also vanish like the shadow of the moving cloud in the sky.

O servant of Nanak, treat this world as false, surrender to the holy refuge of the Lord.

( Avtar Mota )

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