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soriT
mhlw 5 pMcpdw ](616)
ibnsY
mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1]sMqhu iehw bqwvhu
kwrI]ijqu haumY grbu invwrI]1]rhwau]srb BUq pwrbRhm kir
mwinAw hovw sgl rynwrI]2]pyiKa pRB jIau Apuny sMgy cUkY BIiq
BRmwrI]3]AauKDu nwmu inrml jlu AMimRq pweIAY gurU
duAwrI]4]khu nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu guir imil rog
ibdwrI]5]
In this Shabad, Satguru
Ji is talking about one of the biggest evils that we have
inside of us. That evil is ego. All of us have ego inside of
us and Guru Ji says that ego keeps us away from finding the
Almighty God.
ibnsY
mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1]
Translation:
Destroy my attachment
to ego, which makes me think that this is mine and this is
yours and end my love with this world.
In the first line of this
shabad (hymn), Satguru Ji explains that we need to destroy
the ego that is inside of us because it is an obstacle
between us and God:
Dn ipr kw
iek hI sMig vwsw ivic haumY BIiq krwrI]
Translation:
The bride (soul) and
the husband (God) are separated by the wall of ego.
hau
hau BIiq BieE hY bIco sunq dyis inktwieE ]
Translation:
The
wall of egotism and pride separates us, but I can hear Him
nearby.
Satguru Ji has said that
this pain of Ego is within all humans:
haumY rogu mwnuK ko dInw]
Translation:
Humans are given the
disease of ego.
There are many more lines
in Gurbani which tell us that this ego is a very big disease:
haumY rogu
vfw sMswr]
haumY rogu kiTn qin pIrw]
When we get ego inside of
us, then we forget God. We think that we are doing everything
and forget that Almighty God who is in control of everything:
hau
bMDau hau swDau bYr]hmrI BUim kaux GwlY pYru]hau pMifqu hau
cqur isAwxw]krxYhwru nw buJY ibgwnw]
Translation:
Filled
with ego we say “I shall tie up my
enemy, and I shall cut him down. Who dares to set foot upon
my land?” They say “I am learned, I am clever and
wise." The ignorant ones do not recognize their creator.
So
it is very necessary that we break from this wall of ego
inside of ourselves.
Satguru
Ji then says:
sMqhu
iehw bqwvhu kwrI ] ijqu haumY grbu invwrI ]1] rhwau ]
Translation:
O Saints, show me such a way, by
which my egotism and pride might be eliminated. ||1||Pause||
We
must break from this ego because:
haumY
nwvY nwil ivroDu hY duie n vsih iek Twie ]
Translation:
Ego is opposed to the
Name of the Lord; the two cannot
dwell in the same place.
Satguru
Ji explains that Seva and Simran cannot be done if we have
ego inside of ourselves. That is not true seva and simran:
haumY
ivic syvw n hoveI qw mnu ibrQw jwie ]1]
Translation:
In
egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the
soul goes unfulfilled.
If we wish to meet our
husband, God, then we must destroy our ego:
haumY
jweI qw kMq smweI ]
Translation:
But if she gets rid of her ego,
then she merges in her Husband Lord.
srb
BUq pwrbRhmu kir mwinAw hovW sgl rynwrI ]2]
Translation:
Show me the method with which I
can
see the Supreme Lord God in all beings, and I become the dust of all.
pyiKE
pRB jIau ApunY sMgy cUkY BIiq BRmwrI ]3]
Translation:
That method with which I can see
God always with me, and the wall of doubt can be shattered.
AauKDu
nwmu inrml jlu AMimRqu pweIAY gurU duAwrI ]4]
Translation:
The medicine of the Naam, and
the Immaculate Water of Ambrosial Nectar, are obtained
through the Guru's Gate.
Guru
Ji explains that the Name of God is the medicine which can
break us from ego and which makes us become humble. This Name
of God can only be obtained through the true Guru.
khu
nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu gur imil rog ibdwrI ]5]17]28]
Translation:
Says Nanak, one who has such pre-ordained destiny
written upon his forehead, meets with the Guru, and his
diseases are cured.
Article
from Gurmat Studies Newsletter
October
2003
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