How is Guru Nanak Dev ji Different from Previous Avtars?

Posted on October 13, 2012 | 6 Comments One day while Sri Guru Gobind Singh i were holding a congregation one o! the Si"hs as"ed What type of incarnation was the first Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Dev i an! were they in!epen!ent an! comp"ete?# #ccording to $indu belie! there are many ty%es o! incarnations but !or God there are si&' (hese are the !ollowing) * * #nsa #+tar * #+esha #+tar * ,it #+tar * ,amita" #+tar * Pooran #+tar * Pooran (am #+tar (o this -uestion Guru Gobind Singh i answered the !ollowing) * 1. #nsa #+tar is an incarnation o! the /ord in the !orm o! a righteous "ing who rules the %eo%le o! his "ingdom in accordance to the will o! God' (he %eo%le o! the "ingdom re+ere their ruler as God 2. #+esha #+tar is an incarnation or a di+ine !orm o! God, which a%%ears in order to %lease its de+otee such as that o! a statue drin"ing mil" !rom 0hagat ,amde+ i' 1t is also the !orm o! Parasram who was born without di+ine %owers but ac-uired them later on in his li!e through de+otion to God' 3. ,it #+tar is the !orm o! God as a saint on earth' (hese are Sants, 2aha%ur"h, 0rahmgiani, etc' 3. ,amita" #+tar is the !orm o! God that was assumed by ,arsingh and 0awan' ,arsingh came to the earth in order to %rotect his de+otee Prahlad while 0awan came in order to decei+e 4ing 0ali' #!ter both had done their res%ected tas"s they went bac" to hea+en and ne+er actually too" birth on the earth' 5. Pooran #+tar is the incarnation that has 16 di+ine attributes and characteristics' Only 4rishna has been born o! this !orm' 6. Pooran (am #+tar is regarded as that o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i as they came to the earth with the same %owers as they had in hea+en as the su%reme /ord' (hey also came into the world already with

"nowledge and did not need to !ind any teachers, as they were already the one true master' 7 #ccording to 0hindra Sam%arda o! 6amdami (a"sal the si& a+tars di!!er' (hey are written and e&%lained below' (hese are the !ollowing) * * #nsa #+tar * #+esha #+tar * 4alaa #+tar * ,it #+tar * ,amit #+tar * Pooran #+tar (o this -uestion Guru Gobind Singh i answered the !ollowing) * 1. Ansa Avtar is an incarnation o! the /ord in the !orm o! a righteous "ing who rules the %eo%le o! his "ingdom in accordance to the will o! God' (hey treat all o! the %eo%le o! their "ingdom as i! they were their own children and care !or them as a !ather would do !or his o!!s%ring' #n e&am%le o! this ty%e o! incarnation is that o! 4ing 2anu or 4ing Prithu' 2. Avesha Avtar is an incarnation or a di+ine !orm o! God' (his is a !orm o! God, which is initially born or created without any %owers howe+er through the lo+e de+otion and meditation o! the /ords name that indi+idual gains %owers' #n e&am%le o! this incarnation is one o! 8ishnu9s incarnation by the name Parasram' :hen he was initially born he had no %owers but through the worshi% o! God he gained s%iritual %owers' 3. $a"aa Avtar is an incarnation in which !or the sa"e o! the world or !or a certain need ha+e some ty%es o! %owers' Such as 8ishnu9s !irst two #+tars o! 2ach and 4ach' 1n the !orm o! 2ach #+tar, which was an incarnation in the !orm o! a !ish, he had two %owers in order to destroy the demon "nown and San"hasar and sa+e the 8edas !rom the de%th o! the sea' 1n the !orm o! the 4ach #+tar , which was the incarnation in the !orm o! a tortoise, he had two %owers out o! the si&teen so that he could balance the Sumer 2ountain on his bac" so that the ocean could be churned' (hese incarnations are distinct to the rest o! the %eo%le o! the world and are "nown as 4alaa #+tars' 3. Nit Avtar is the !orm o! God as a saint on earth' (hese are Sants, 2aha%ur"h, 0rahmgiani, etc' (hey come to the earth in order to s%read the con+entional rules, traditions and %ractices o! the meditation o! God to the %eo%le

5. Namit Avtar is an incarnation, which comes to the earth in order to com%lete a certain tas", and !ollowing this disa%%ears' #n e&am%le o! this is when the de+otee o! God by the name o! Prahlad was in danger 8ishnu assumed the !orm o! ,arsingh and came to %rotect him' 8ishnu also assume the !orm o! 0a+an #+tar in order to tric" 4ing 0ali into gi+ing the control o! the $ea+ens and ;arth bac" to the demi gods' <ollowing both o! the incarnations com%leting their s%eci!ic tas"s they disa%%eared' 6. Pooran Avtar is the incarnation o! Sri 4rishna and Sri =am Chandar out o! the 23 incarnations o! 8ishnu' Sri =am Chandar had 13 o! the 16 %owers while Sri 4rishna %ossessed all 16 %owers' %he si&teen powers or 'ua"ities possesse! (y the incarnations are the fo""owin)* 4nowledge, #ttention, 8irtuous #cts, Persistence, 2oderation, <aith, Charity, S"ill, 2editation, /o+ing #cts, Control o+er Passion, S%iritualism, 2ercy, Solemn Promise, 1ntelligence and a Clear 2ind' (here are another si&teen %owers or -ualities %ossessed by the incarnations which are written about' (hese are the !ollowing) * ;arth, :ater, <ire, :ind, S"y, 8ital #ir !or 0reathing, Organs, ,ame o! God, #ctions, <aith, Place in Society, 6e+otion, 1ncantation, 6esire, Semen and Physi-ue #!ter e&%laining this the congregation as"ed, Are Guru Nanak Dev i the same as the Pooran Avtar or !o they not possess a"" of the 'ua"ities?# Guru Gobind Singh i re%lied, >Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did not lac" any o! the -ualities' (hey howe+er were greater !or !i+e reasons'? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@A Guru Go(in! Sin)h i went on to e&p"ain the five 'ua"ities+ ,- Shakti . %his means powers+ Sri =am Chandar showed his %owers to his mother 4ashuliya' :hen his mother went to %ray to the goddess at that %oint Sri =am Chandar re%laced the image o! the goddess with himsel! to show her his %owers'

Sri 4rishna also showed his %owers to his mother 6e+"i' $e %retended to eat some dirt so when she !orced him to o%en his mouth and see what he had eaten he showed that he had the whole o! creation in his mouth' She saw the com%lete uni+erse' 6uring the 2ahabharat war Sri 4rishna showed his disci%le #rBan a di+ine !orm o! himsel! called the 8airat Saroo% Ce&%lained !urther on.' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were born in the +illage o! (alwandi and at that moment they showed their mother 2ata (ri%ta i and aunt their miracle' #t the ambrosial hour all o! the demi gods came to worshi% Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i' (hey sat Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i on a throne and started to worshi% them and bow to them' (hey rubbed sandalwood into the s"in o! Guru ,ana" 6e+ i and %laced a garland o! !lowers around their nec"' (hey then made a su%%lication to Guru ,ana" 6e+ i and said, >O %rotector o! the mee" and true "ing' Dou are the transcendent !ormless being' Dou ha+e ta"en this !orm and come to the world in order to sa+e the world and all o! humanity' Dou are also the %rotector o! all o! the demi gods'? 1n this way the demi gods were ma"ing su%%lications to Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i' #t that %oint 2ata (ri%ta awo"e and wondered who was around her son and re+ering himE #t that %oint all o! the demi gods disa%%eared' She saw that her son had mar"s o! sa!!ron and sandalwood all o+er him and on his !orehead and the smell o! the sandalwood was o+erwhelming' #t that %oint 2ata (ri%ta i gained !ull !aith that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was indeed the incarnation o! the di+ine /ord' 0ut at that moment in order to conceal the %owers o! Guru ,ana" 6e+ i he co+ered his mothers mind in the +eil o! illusion, which is called 2aya' ust as a child cries in order to get mil" that is what Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did, by doing so 2ata (ri%ta i !orgot what had Bust occurred and became attached to her child' <or this reason they are no less then Sri =am Chandar and Sri 4rishna in the amount o! %ower they %ossess' (hey are greater howe+er due to other miracles' :hilst being aslee% a cobra %ro+ided Guru ,ana" 6e+ i with shade' #nother occasion the shade o! a tree co+ered them with shade e+en though the shade was in a di!!erent direction to all the others' (hey re%lenished a !ield with its entire cro% when cows had eaten all o! the har+est' 1n 2edina the gra+e o! the 1slamic %ro%het %aid their salutations to Guru ,ana" 6e+ i' 1n 2ecca the 4abba turned in the direction that Guru ,ana" 6e+ i !aced their !eet' 1t is still in the direction that Guru ,ana" 6e+ i had their !eet %ointing' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i made the soa% nuts on a tree they were sitting under taste sweet and are still to this day and can be eaten'

Guru ,ana" 6e+ i too" all o! the %owers away !rom the Sidhs and then later returned them' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i im%rinted their %alm %rint in a roc" that was being hurled at them' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i %arted ri+ers and mountains in order to gain access to the other side when tra+elling' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was able to wal" on water as i! it was land' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was able to show a %erson thousands o! hea+ens and underworlds in a second' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was able to ma"e a boiling cauldron turn cold in a second' (hese are but a !ew e&am%les o! how great Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were and how their %owers were su%erior' (he other incarnations used their %owers to increase their %o%ularity and greatness' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i used their %owers in order to ma"e other %eo%le learn the correct %ath and belie+e in one God' (hey did not do it in order to ma"e them more %o%ular' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i showed their %owers in order to sa+e others and to destroy their ego' 1n order to destroy 8ali 4andhari9s ego they too" his water !rom him' (hey %re+ented Gora"h ,ath !rom ha+ing the strength to %ic" u% a %iece o! wheat to destroy their ego' <or these reasons Guru ,ana" 6e+ i ha+e an endless amount o! %owers' (hey ha+e no %owers less then any other incarnations but ha+e more and are greater' (hey are the holders o! great %ower' Sri 4rishna was the %ossessor o! 16 %owers but Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i had an in!inite number o! %owers and was the incarnation o! the di+ine /ord' /- 0iaktee . %his is the name for the form of a (ein)+ (he !orm o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i is greater then that o! all o! the other incarnations' (hroughout the whole li!e o! Sri =am Chandar9s li!e and Sri 4rishna9s li!e they ne+er grew any !acial hair' 6uring the youth!ul years o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i9s li!e when they had no !acial hair we can say that there !orm was e-ual to the other incarnations' (hen a beauti!ul beard grew on the !orm o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i so that other saints would recognise them and their !orm became greater' 1n the treta age when Sri =am Chandar went to marry Sita they le!t #yodhiya to go to ana"%ur in order to meet her' #ll o! the o! the royal maidens were enchanted by the beauty o! Sri =am Chandar' 6ue to this Sri =am Chandar told them that he would satis!y their needs in the 6wa%er age'

1n the 6wa%er age the royal maidens assumed the !orm o! the Go%is and Sri 4rishna tended to their %hysical and se&ual needs' 6ue to the !orms o! both Sri =am Chandar and Sri 4rishna they caused lust with the o%%osite se& and could not eradicate this cardinal sin' :hen Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i went to the area o! Sangla 6ee%, which is now re!erred to as Sri /an"a all o! the beauti!ul women tried to enchant Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i through the %ower o! the word o! God destroyed the lust that was in the heart o! the beauti!ul women' 0y singing the gos%el o! the /ord and saying the name o! God they were able to bring %eace to the hearts o! the beauti!ul women' (hey no longer lusted and by seeing the Guru they were !ore+er in bliss and were at %eace' 6ue to being able to dis%el the lust in others the !orm o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was greater then that o! the other incarnations' 1- Pra)ya . %his is the name of a person2s know"e!)e of Go! an! the name of Go!+ Sri =am Chandar made =ishi 8ashisht their s%iritual master' (hey s%ent 6F days with them in which they learned the 8ashisht Puran in order to gain the di+ine "nowledge o! God' $e then s%ent F days with =ishi 8ishwamitar who he ado%ted as his master in martial arts !rom who they learned the "nowledge o! wea%ons' Sri 4rishna made =ishi 6arbasha their s%iritual master' (hey s%ent F days with then in which they learned the scri%tures in order to gain the di+ine "nowledge o! God' $e then s%ent 63 days with =ishi Sandee%an who he ado%ted as his master in martial arts !rom who they learned the "nowledge o! wea%ons' (he !ather o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i, 0aba 4aliyan Chand C4alu i. too" their son to the teacher Go%al Pandhay in order to study' (hey went on the !irst day in accordance to what his %arents wanted and learned the al%habet' (he second day they went they Bust remained silent' ;+en when Go%al Pandhay told him to read Guru ,ana" 6e+ i ignored him' Go%al Pandhay then as"ed, >#ll o! the other children are reading and learning' :hy are you not doing the sameE? Guru ,ana" 6e+ i said, >#ll these things that you are teaching can be erased' One should learn those things that stay with an indi+idual'? (he teacher thought to himsel! and said to Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i, >1 am unable to teach this to you, 1 only "now how to teach mathematics and basic

language' :ith your grace %lease tell us o! this "nowledge you want to be taught'? Guru ,ana" 6e+ i in answer to this sang the word o! God' #!ter hearing this di+ine hymn Go%al Pandhay was reassured about what Guru i wanted to hear and it was about the di+ine /ord' 0y gi+ing this short discourse Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i e&alted and delighted Go%al Pandhay' On the third day when 0aba 4aliyan Chand came to the school with Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i, they as"ed Go%al Pandhay to teach their son' Go%al Pandhay said, > Dour son is the creator o! all o! the "nowledge' 6o not worry about him learning' (hey are not here to learn but will teach others instead'? 6ue to this 0aba 4aliyan Chand too" Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i to 2ulla ,oor 6een in order to learn <arsi' #gain on their !irst day Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i said a hymn, which was a di+ine message !rom God' 0y doing this Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i taught the %eo%le they were su%%osed to learn !rom rather then gaining "nowledge !rom their teachings' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i ga+e the 2ulla di+ine "nowledge and e&alted them' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i ne+er made any %erson their s%iritual master' =ather the %eo%le they were sent to learn !rom became their disci%les and acce%ted Guru ,ana" 6e+ i as their s%iritual master' (he other incarnations !or a small number o! days ado%ted s%iritual masters in order to gain "nowledge' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was uni-ue in the way that they already had di+ine "nowledge and ne+er needed to learn !rom another' Gnli"e the other incarnations Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i ne+er had to learn the "nowledge o! wea%ons' (hey used the word o! God as a meta%hysical wea%on to destroy the +ices o! other %eo%le' 6ue to the greater "nowledge o! the word o! God and using it as a wea%on Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were greater then any other incarnation' 2any %hiloso%hers and Si"h writers do suggest that they did ha+e com%lete "nowledge o! wea%ons but ne+er used them' (hey %assed this "nowledge onto one o! their de+otees by the name o! 0aba 0uddha i to teach the Si"hs when they needed it' 0aba 0uddha i were later the teacher o! marital arts to the si&th Si"h Guru, Sri Guru $argobind i'

Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did not ha+e less intelligence then that o! the other incarnations but more' (he intelligence that they %ossessed was in!inite and greater then all others' ,o other incarnation e+en came close to the intelligence and "nowledge %ossessed by Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i'

3- $arta( . %his is one2s show of ski""+ 1n the age o! (reta the li!e o! Sri =am Chandar lasted !or 10,000 years' 6uring that time the only time they showed their s"ill when they were e&iled !or 13 years' 6uring that time =a+an "idna%%ed the wi!e o! Sri =am Chandar' 6ue to this =am and =a+an waged war against each other' =am "illed the demon =a+an and !reed his wi!e Sita and the other demi gods that had been ca%tured' #!ter "illing =a+an, =am a%%ointed 0habhi"han as the new ruler o! Sri /an"a' #!ter the 13 years o! e&ile he went bac" to rule the "ingdom o! #yodhiya' :hilst he was ruling he made a %romise that no child should die be!ore their mother and !ather' #!ter ma"ing this %romise a son o! a 0rahman who li+ed in #yodhiya died' (he 0rahman came to Sri =am Chandar and accused him o! being a liar' $e stated that Sri =am Chandar had no %ower as

the %romise that he made !ailed' $e said i! he did ha+e the %ower then he should ma"e his son come bac" to li!e' Sri =am Chandar as"ed the 0rahman why this child had died' $e was told it was due to a %erson o! a low caste had started to meditate in the Bungle, he stated this was the only reason why the child had died' #t that time a male o! the low caste by the name o! Sanbooc" was hung u%side down in a well meditating on the /ord' Sri =am Chandar went to that location and beheaded Sanbooc" and brought the son o! the 0rahman bac" to li!e' (his account is written about in both the 0almi" =amayan and the Sri 6asam Granth' 0y accident Sri =am Chandar !ought against his sons /o+e and 4ush' $is sons inBured or "illed his entire army including Sri =am Chandar' Only due to the goodness o! Sita he was brought bac" to li!e' Still Sri =am Chandar %assed the reign o! the "ingdom o+er to his two sons' (his was due to his attachment with his !amily' Sri 4rishna a!ter "illing 4ans he %laced his maternal grand!ather named Ggarsain on the throne to rule the "ingdom' (his showed his attachment to his !amily' $owe+er Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i !or the !irst 2F years stayed in the city o! Sultan%ur and wor"ed in the granary' #!ter doing this they went into the 0eas =i+er and went to hea+en there' $ere they ado%ted God as their only s%iritual master' (hey were gi+en the root incantation here and !ollowing which sa+ed all o! humanity with the "nowledge o! the /ord' (hey tra+elled !ar and wide doing this' (hey did not s%ea" o! any other demi god or %ro%het other then God' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did not show any attachment to their sons but showed may !eats o! s"ill' 1nstead o! installing one o! their sons in their %osition they a%%ointed one o! their disci%les' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i met many e+il "ings such as 6e+loot, /aB+arad and 0abur' =ather then "illing them they ga+e them "nowledge in order to ma"e them understand the message o! God and to hel% humanity' (he demon 4auda, the thie+es 0humai and SaBBan were made to re%ent what they were doing and became saints' (hey made all the e+il %eo%le good with the teachings they im%arted' (hey saw no di!!erence between social class, gender, age, etc and im%arted the same message to all the %eo%le o! the world'

Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i in order to a+oid many troubles showed much s"ill' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did not show any less s"ill then any other incarnation' (hey actually showed greater s"ill then all others' 4- Aayoo . these are acts performe! for others )oo!+ Sri =am Chandar li+ed !or 10,000 years' 6ue to listening to the 0rahmans they "illed a %erson o! a low caste' (hey also handed the reign o! the land to his two sons' Sri 4rishna li+ed !or 1,000 years' $e belie+ed ad+a to be an egotistical %erson due to this he got =ishi 6arbasha to curse him so that he would die' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i was a "ing and a saint at the same time' 1n order to bring any other being bac" to li!e they ne+er "illed another' 0y bringing that %erson bac" to li!e they would gi+e them the name o! God so that they could sa+e and bring bac" to li!e many other %eo%le' (his is the same with the 3rd, 5th, Hth and 10th Si"h Guru9s' (he third Guru, Sri Guru #mar 6as i whilst the s%iritual master o! the Si"hs !or 22 years no one died in the +illage o! Gobindwal' ,o matter i! old or young no one died during the 22 years that Sri Guru #mar 6as i was in the city o! Gobindwal' ,o one was ill as well' (his showed that the Guru9s o! the Si"hs were greater then that o! the incarnations' Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i li+ed !or I0 years and during that time tra+elled more then Sri =am Chandar and Sri 4rishna did' Sri =am Chandar and Sri 4rishna ne+er tra+elled !urther then 1ndian and Sri /an"a' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i went to 4ashmir, ,e%al, 0hutan, China, (ibet, Si"am, 0urma, #!rica, #rabia, ;gy%t, 1ra-, 1ran, #!ghanistan, (ur"menistan and =ussia' (hey tra+elled to these countries and more all by !oot' 1n the ballads written by 0hai Gurdas i it states the Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i actually tra+elled the whole world and met all the %eo%le o! all nations' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i sa+ed that many souls that they cannot all be accounted !or' 1n such a small li!e Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i hel%ed an in!inite number o! %eo%le' (hey got the root incantation !rom hea+en and s%read it through the se+en lands o! 1ndia and all o! the continents throughout the world' (hey taught all the %eo%le to meditate on the name o! the one

true /ord' (hey started the !aith o! Si"hism' (hey created the true congregation' (hey made other %eo%le meditate on the /ord' #s o! all o! the good things that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did during such a short s%an o! li!e none o! the other incarnation did' (he e&am%les show that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i did not lac" any Sha"ti, 8ia"tee, Pragya, 4artab and #ayoo considering they had a shorter li!e then any o! the other incarnations' 1! they are an incarnation they cannot be seen as any less o! an incarnation then a Pooran #+tar' 1! they are a Pooran #+tar they are not li"e 8ishnu9s incarnations o! Sri =am Chandar or Sri 4rishna' Sri =am Chandar %ossessed 13 di+ine -ualities while Sri 4rishna %ossessed 16 di+ine -ualities' $owe+er in the age o! 4alBug ha+ing 16 di+ine -ualities was not su!!icient' <or this reason Guru ,ana" 6e+ i %ossessed an in!inite number o! di+ine -ualities' (his made Guru ,ana" 6e+ i greater then the two greatest incarnations o! 8ishnu' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were themsel+es God incarnated on the earth and not a demi god' (he congregation heard this and as"ed Guru Gobind Singh i, We (e"ieve that Sri Guru Nanak Dev i are a !ivine incarnation an! a comp"ete one+ 5ut te"" us what authenticity you have to say that they are comp"ete?# Guru Gobind Singh i said, >(here are three ty%es o! authenticity that 1 can gi+e you' (hey are the 8edic authenticity, /o"i" authenticity and S+ai authenticity'? Guru Gobind Singh i went on to e&%lain all three' ,- 0e!ic authenticity+ %his is where the proof of the incarnation is written a(out in the scriptures+ ;&am%les o! this are written about in the Go%al (a%nee G%anishad, Surtee Parmaan J the 0hag+at 6a Parmaan' #nother e&am%le to show that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i are commonly regarded as God is written about in the 0ha+ishat Puran' Guru ,ana" 6e+ i9s arri+al on earth was %redicted by =ishi 8ed 8yas who wrote in the 0ha+ishat Puran 12 salo"s in the 23th #dhayi CstanKa.' 1n this te&t it is written that in the 6ar" #ge Guru ,ana" 6e+ i will be the sa+iour o! the world' (hese can be !ound !rom salo" 33 to 33'

/- 6okik authenticity+ %his is where peop"e from the perio! of time of the Guru2s wrote their own facts a(out the messen)ers of Go!+ #n e&am%le o! this is the writings o! 0hai Gurdas i who state that Guru ,ana" 6e+ i are themsel+es God incarnate' (hey state this in LL 1 stanKa 23, LL 2F stanKa 1 and LL 3F stanKa 20' (he bhatts Cbards. also wrote in the Guru Granth Sahib i also state that Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were God themsel+es incarnate' :ithout Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i along with their other !orms as Guru9s including with Sri Guru Granth Sahib i, there would ne+er ha+e been another incarnation or %ro%het who was e-ual to God' 1n the 0ihangam 2arg boo" and the anam Sa"hi it states that when Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were in hea+en God said to them, >Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i 1 am the transcendent God and you are the non transcendent God' 0etween us and yoursel! there is no di!!erence'? (his story again shows that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i is the com%lete incarnation o! God and no other' 1- Svai authenticity+ %his is the authenticity written (y the fo""owin) Gurus after Sri Guru Nanak Dev i+ ;&am%les o! this are in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib i where the other Guru9s ha+e stated Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i are God' (he three authenticities show that Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i were in !act God and not an incarnation o! any demi god' (hey were a com%lete incarnation' Sri =am Chandar were an incarnation o! %ower and the ideal way o! li!e' (hey were an incarnation attributed to truth' Sri 4rishna were an incarnation where they were attributed to %assion and royalty' (hey %layed the role o! the "ing and were !illed with %assion' Sri 4rishna married 16,10F Go%is' Parasram was an incarnation where they were attributed to the dar"ness and e+il' (his is due to him destroying the social class o! the 4ashatris 21 times during his li!e' #ll three o! these are incarnations o! the demi god 8ishnu and %ossessed all the three main +irtues'

Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i %ossessed all o! the +irtues but were the !orm o! God' 1n the !irst age the incarnations came to loo" a!ter all o! humanity and creation' (hey destroyed their enemies' 1n the 0hag+at Gita and the Sri 6asam Granth it is written that at the end o! the 6ar" #ge the incarnation o! 4al"i will a%%ear to destroy the wic"ed %eo%le' :hen the time is right that incarnation will a%%ear' $owe+er Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i in the 6th and 10th !orm in order to %rotect righteousness they had to destroy an endless number o! wic"ed %eo%le' 6ue to their deeds you can still see $indus in 1ndia today, as without the Si"h Guru9s no $indus would ha+e sur+i+ed' (here is no doubt to the incarnation o! the Si"h Gurus' (he amount o! teachings that the Gurus ga+e about religion and !aith was !ar more then any other %ersons ha+e done' ,o matter how many "nowledgeable %eo%le there are, de+otees o! the lord and teachers they will ne+er be e-ual to the /ord himsel!' 2any "nowledgeable %eo%le ha+e come to the world and shared their "nowledge but ha+e only done so with a certain social grou%' (he message that was also gi+en is only suitable !or that grou%' (he message o! Sri Guru ,ana" 6e+ i is !or all o! man"ind' (hose %eo%le who doubt the di+ine incarnation o! God shall be destroyed'

Sri Guru Nanak Dev i were the incarnation of Go!+ %hey were the spiritua" master of the wor"!+ 7rom the (e)innin) they were the true spiritua" master+ *translation by 4amal%reet Singh Pardesi !rom Sant Gurbachan Singh Bi 0hindren+ale9s a%Bi Sahib tee"a