16 dec

raag Dhanaasree banee bhagat kabeer jee kee

Raag Dhanaasaree, The Word Of Devotee Kabeer Jee:

ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

jo jan bhaao bhagath kashh jaanai thaa ko acharaj kaaho ||

That humble being, who knows even a little about loving devotional worship –
what surprises are there for him?

jio jal jal mehi pais n nikasai thio dtur miliou julaaho ||1||

Like water, dripping into water, which cannot be separated out again, so is the
weaver Kabeer, with softened heart, merged into the Lord. ||1||

har kae logaa mai tho math kaa bhoraa ||

O people of the Lord, I am just a simple-minded fool.

jo than kaasee thajehi kabeeraa rameeai kehaa nihoraa ||1|| rehaao ||

If Kabeer were to leave his body at Benares, and so liberate himself, what
obligation would he have to the Lord? ||1||Pause||

kehath kabeer sunahu rae loee bharam n bhoolahu koee ||

Says Kabeer, listen, O people – do not be deluded by doubt.

kiaa kaasee kiaa ookhar magehar raam ridhai jo hoee ||2||3||

What is the difference between Benares and the barren land of Maghar, if the
Lord is within one’s heart? ||2||3||
Raag Dhanaasree, banee Bhagat Kabeer jee kee
The hukamnama Sahib today is in the dhanaasree ragini and it is connected with
an event in Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee’s life. Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee used to live in
the city of Kansi and one day Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee picked up all their things
and moved to the very barren city of Maghar. The history behind this is, it is said
that those people who die in Kanshi, Shivjee – one of the Hindu demi-Gods has
given blessing that anyone who dies in Kanshi he will liberate them upon their
death. It is said that when Shivjee made this city of Kanshi, according to the
mythology it is dedicated to Shivjee, that Viaasmuni came and started teaching
in the nearby Maghar. When Shivjee saw that people were moving from Kanshi to
Maghar, Shivjee was upset and he sent his son Ganesh and said, go and change
this around for me somehow. I want all the people to come back from Maghar to
Kanshi. Now all the people used to go and meet Viaas – he was very very
respected, a scholar of very high repute , therefore, all the people loved to listen
to him. So Ganesh went and became a student of Viaas as well. One day when he
was sitting with his teacher Viaas, O teacher, O Viaas jee whoever dies here what
will they become? Viaas jee, first time said liberated. And he asked again, O
Viaasjee whoever dies here what will they become? Viaasjee said, O they will be
liberated. Ganesh again asked Viaas jee whoever dies here what will they
become and Viaas jee got angry and said didn’t you hear they will become a
donkey! As soon as Viaas jee said that Ganesh jee said tathaas tu - which means
whatever you’ve said may that become true. From that day the people of that
area have believed that whoever dies there becomes a donkey. Bhagat Kabeer
Sahibjee, because bhagathaa kee chaal niraalee – Maharaj tells us in ‘Anand
Sahib’ that those who are devoted to the Lord they have a different path to the
world. Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee wanted to show the greatness of naam simranand
the greatness of Bhagti which cuts through all of these ideas, to the world. So
Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee got up from Kanshi and went to Maghar and when he
went there the sangtan - the people who came to see them and their
wife Mata Loe – they all got together and asked them, why have you gone to live
in Maghar? This area is cursed by Viaas and Kanshi is blessed by Shiva. Bhagat
Kabeer Sahibjee proceeded to tell all those people the greatness of God’s name
and Bhagatjee says,
Ik-Onkaar sathgur Parsaad
Jo jan bhaao bhagath kash jaanai thaa ko acharaj kaaho |
That jan - that humble servant, that humble being who even knows little, kash
jaanai mean to know even a little bit, bhaao means True Love and bhagath -
devotional worship. Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is saying that even if someone only
knows a little bit (of understandin)thaa ko acharaj kaaho - why should that
person be surprised at what I am doing? There are no surprises in this. There is
no reason to be upset, there is no reason to be alarmed, Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee
says. Even if you understand a little bit of the True Love for the Lord you’ll
understand what I am about to say to you. Thaa ko acharaj kaaho - do not be
alarmed, do not be surprised, do not be frightened.
Jio jal jal mehi pais n nikasai thio tur miliou julaaho |1|
Like an earthen pot, containing water, breaks and the water falls back into the
ocean jal jal mehi pais n nikasai - the pais again cannot be nikasai - cannot be
taken out, cannot be separated again, like water cannot be separated from
water. Once the water of the earthen pot is merged into the ocean again, can it
be separated? No, never! Thio tur miliou julaaho – in the same way I’ve melted
into, Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee uses the word julaaho here which means weaver
which was the craft which Kabeerjee used to follow. This weaver has melted into,
has merged into that Waheguru. jio jal jal mehi pais n nikasai - now I cannot
be nikasai - it cannot be separated. Once you gain union with the Lord that is
eternal mukhti. Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is telling us it doesn’t matter where
that jivan mukhat - (liberated whilst being alive), goes he is eternally liberated
and eternally united and no one can break that union with the Lord. Thio tur
miliou julaaho – in this way I have merged into, melted into julaaho;ju means that
thing and laaho meaning which gives me profit – into the name of the Lord. Guru
Teg Bahadur jee explains this in the bani: naanak leen bhaeiou gobindh sio jio
paanee sang paanee – like water merges into water so the souls of the God
conscious being merge into the Lord.
Har kae logaa mai tho math kaa bhoraa |
O people of Hari, of the Lord – O God’s people, Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is talking
to the Sangtan and they are talking to us, mai tho math kaa bhoraa – Bhagat
Kabeer Sahibjee says, in the understanding of the world I am bhoraa – I am
simple minded, I am foolish to do this. If you look at it from the understanding of
the world, if you look at it from that angle but Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is saying if
we look into this tuk: har kae logaa – O people of the world mai tho math kaa
bhoraa – in my math – in my understanding, bhoraa means to be enlightened.
Inside me there is a Light, there is jot of Waheguru, I am enlightened with God’s
Grace. Mai tho math kaa bhoraa – I have this Light inside me because of this
Light burning through; the Light of jeevan-mukti – the Light of being liberated
whilst being alive,
Jo than kaasee thajehi kabeeraa rameeai kehaa nihoraa |1|
If Kabeera was to thajehi – was to give up my than – give up the physical body in
Kanshi then what will be the nihoraa – the task there? What would be the Grace
of Waheguru? What Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is saying is that I am here in Maghar
to show the greatness of God’s name, to show the world the greatness of the
name of Waheguru. Each step that Bhagat’s take – those God devoted
beings, bhagats who are devoted to the Lord – each step that they take is always
devoted to showing the glory of the naam – the glory of the name of the Lord.
Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is saying that I am not settling for a liberation of dying
and going to Shivpuri – to the city of Shiva – no I don’t want that. Whilst being
alive I’ve merged into Waheguru, into that God.
Rehaao
Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee says think about this.
Kehath kabeer sunahu rae loee bharam n bhoolahu koee |
Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is saying listen Loee – O my wife, Mata Loee jee and rae
loee – O people of the world kehath kabeer sunahu rae loee – listen O people of
the world, bharam n bhoolahu koee – let no one be deluded in doubt, not even
one person. Bhagat jee is saying get out of these bharams, get out of these
delusions, these doubts, and cast them off. All of these delusions, all of these
doubts take all of them out of your mind. This is why I am doing this – to take out
the bharam – to take out all of your doubts, to make you cast them aside.
Kiaa kaasee kiaa ookhar magehar raam ridhai jo hoee |2|3|
What is the difference between Kanshi and the barren land of Maghar? Raam
ridhai jo hoee – if you have raam, if you have Waheguru, if you have the Lord in
your heart, ridhai.
Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee is telling us that it doesn’t matter whether the Gurmukh
piaraa goes and lives in Kanshi or in Maghar – in the blessed or cursed lands
because he or she has the greatest blessing to have Waheguru in their heart.
Guru Teg Bahadur Sahibjee tells us in their Saloks: raam naam our mai gehiou
jaa kai sam nehee koe | – Raam naam – that person who has the name of Lord,
of raam, ourmeans in their heart, gaheo means grasped hold of, the one who has
grasped hold of the name of the Lord within their heart jaa kai sam nahee koe –
there is no other who is sam – who is equal to that. jih simarath sankatt mittai
dharas thuhaaro hoe – by meditating upon Waheguru all troubles are taken away
and they are blessed with the vision of, merge into the complete Eternal Being,
Guru Teg Bahadur jee says. In the same way Kabeer jee is saying, raam ridhai jo
hoee – if that person has Waheguru within their heart then there is no difference.
The gurmukh piaare wherever they go, wherever they step; another
interpretation of this shabad: whether they go into sadness, happiness, places
and times in their life where people see them as being in pain and happiness, it
doesn’t matter wherever they go they have Waheguru in their heart at all times.
Bhagat Kabeerjee says, it doesn’t matter where they go they will always be
liberated. That is why Bhagat Kabeer Sahibjee did thiskautak – played out this
play in their life to show the world that it doesn’t matter, that the name of the
Lord cuts through everything, that the name of the Lord will save us and liberate
us, no matter what.
Kehath kabeer sunahu rae loee bharam n bhoolahu koee |
Kiaa kaasee kiaa ookhar magehar raam ridhai jo hoee |2|3|
Waheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Jee Ki Fateh!