Guru Nanak Never Questioned the Creator
Most of the scholars that I am aware of, interpreted Guru Nanak’s shabad which starts with “khurasaan khasmana kia.” quite contrary to Guru ji’s love for the Creator. It was never acceptable to me that Guru ji would use such language for the Creator. We must reread and understand the whole shabad along with other Guru- Vaakas which support Guru ji’s unconditional love for the Creator. First lets have a look on those Guru Vaakas which prove that in Guru ji’s mind, The Creator is beyond error, before we decipher what Guru ji is actually stating in that shabad (khurasaan Khasmana Kia (SGGS 360).
ਪੰਨਾ[FONT="] 61, ਸਤਰ[FONT="] 7[/FONT][/FONT]
ਭੁਲਣਅੰਦਰਿਸਭੁਕੋਅਭੁਲਗੁਰੂਕਰਤਾਰੁ॥
भुलणअंदरिसभुकोअभुलुगुरूकरतारु॥
Bẖulaṇ anḏar sabẖ ko abẖul gurū karṯār.
Everyone makes mistakes; only the Guru and the Creator are infallible.
ਮਃ 1 Sri Rag Mehla 1 SGGS 61)
Whatever happens, it is right though it can look bad to others. Question is raised or addressed to those who make mistakes. He doesn’t make mistake at all then why to question HIM
Again
ਕਰਤਾਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈਨਭੁਲੈਕਿਸੈਦਾਭੁਲਾਇਆ॥
करताआपिअभुलुहैनभुलैकिसैदाभुलाइआ॥
Karṯā āp abẖul hai na bẖulai kisai ḏā bẖulā*i*ā.
The Creator Himself is infallible and above be fooling.
Also Mehla 4
] qU krih su scy hoiesI qw kwiequ kVIAY ]3] {pMnw 301}
When, what Thou doest, O True Lord, that alone happens, then why should we grieve?
Why God loving will question HIM?
pauVI ] qU krqw Awip ABulu hY Bulx ivic nwhI ] qU krih su scy Blw hY gur sbid buJwhI ]301
The creator is infallible, He is beyond it. Guru Shabad makes us realize that whatever He does is right.(He just doesn’t do any thing wrong, period, this is the way His Bhagatas look at Him because they have experienced Him and understood His Will.
ਤੂਕਰਤਾਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈਭੁਲਣਵਿਚਿਨਾਹੀ॥
तूकरताआपिअभुलुहैभुलणविचिनाही॥
Ŧū karṯā āp abẖul hai bẖulaṇ vicẖ nāhī.
O Creator Lord, You yourself are infallible; you never make mistakes.
M 4 553
As He is beyond error, why Guru ji will question Him?
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आपिअभुलुनभुलैकबहीसभुसचुतपावसुसचुथिआ॥
Āp abẖul na bẖulai kab hī sabẖ sacẖṯapāvas sacẖ thi*ā.
He never errs; the justice of the True Lord is totally True(553)
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आपिअभुलुनभुलईपिआराअवरुनदूजाजापै॥२॥
Āp abẖul na bẖul*ī pi*ārā avar na ḏūjā jāpai. ||2||
The Beloved Himself is infallible; He makes no mistakes. There is no other like Him to be seen. ||2|| 605)
There is more on His infinity and His being infallible
ਕੀਮਤਿਸੋਪਾਵੈਆਪਿਜਾਣਾਵੈਆਪਿਅਭੁਲਨਭੁਲਏ॥( 767)
कीमतिसोपावैआपिजाणावैआपिअभुलुनभुलए॥
Kīmaṯ so pāvai āp jāṇāvai āp abẖul na bẖul*ė.
He alone can estimate the Lord's value, whom the Lord Himself causes to know. He is not mistaken; He does not make mistakes1022
Strongly it is said again
ਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਨਕਬਹੂਭੁਲਾ॥
आपिअभुलुनकबहूभुला॥
Āp abẖul na kabhū bẖulā.
He Himself is infallible; He never makes mistakes.M-3
Now in Rag Basant SGGS 1174 His infallibility is crystal clear
] Awip ABulu scw scu soie ] hoir siB BUlih dUjY piq Koie ]
Beyond error is the Eternal Lord, all others are to error and due to lose respect.
All these above quoted Vaakas have stated about His being infallible, then why to question Him? In the same token, why would Guru ji question the infallible? If powerful lion attacks crowd of sheep, even then, why infallible be questioned, it is just matter of understanding His Hukm, who understands, he/she never questions Him. What I see, scholars just fail to honor that status Guru ji repeatedly gives to Him. just merely looking at the vaak” Tain ki dard na aayeea( Didn’t you feel pity?), one can not conclude Guru ji has questioned Him because Guru ji hasn’t ever questioned HIM at all.
So then why does Guru ji write it? Let’s find the answer in the Shabad itself.
Here is the Shabad and, I shall try to explain what vaak is addressed to whom and what message Guru ji is trying to covey.
Awsw mhlw 1 ] Kurwswn Ksmwnw kIAw ihMdusqwnu frwieAw ] AwpY dosu n dyeI krqw jmu kir muglu cVwieAw ] eyqI mwr peI krlwxy qYN kI drdu n AwieAw ]1] krqw qUM sBnw kw soeI ] jy skqw skqy kau mwry qw min rosu n hoeI ]1] rhwau ] skqw sIhu mwry pY vgY KsmY sw pursweI ] rqn ivgwiV ivgoey kuqéØI muieAw swr n kweI ] ............................]3]5]39] {pMnw 360}
( In essence: After leaving Khurasan to someone’s care, Baabar terrified Hindustan. The Creator Himself takes no blame as He has sent the Mugal, the messenger of death. . People were asking God’, after that so much slaughtering and cries, haven’t you felt pity? || 1 || If some powerful one strikes out against another powerful equal, then no one feels any grief because both are equals. || 1 || Pause || But if a powerful tiger attacks a flock of sheep and kills them, its the master who is questioned then . Jewel like humans are murdered by killer-dogs, no body cares about the dead”
[FONT="]Above, from the beginning of the Shabad, to "moeeaa saar na kaee( no body cares about the dead) [/FONT][FONT="]Guru ji describes the views of the people who witnessed the attack and Guru ji heard them talking about it[/FONT][FONT="].[/FONT][FONT="] They say,” God doesn’t take blame, He sends some one to do heinous crimes. It is acceptable if both are equals and fight and die but when so strong one [/FONT] attacks so week, He should be questioned because He is the Master, so we are asking doesn’t he feel pity or compassion, precious lives are taken”.
After describing opinions of people around him,Guru ji responds, he doesn’t question his Lord but praise Him and His Ordinance, here Guru ji inserts his views on it “ Awpy joiV ivCoVy Awpy vyKu qyrI vifAweI ]2] jy ko nwau Drwey vfw swd kry min Bwxy ] KsmY ndrI kIVw AwvY jyqy cugY dwxy ] mir mir jIvY qw ikCu pwey nwnk nwmu vKwx”y ]3]5]39] {pMnw 360}
.” You yourself unite, and You Yourself separate; I gaze upon Your Glorious Greatness. || 2 || One may have a great name, and revel in the pleasures of the mind, but in the Eyes of the Lord the Master, he/she is just a worm eating all corn it can eat.( What happens to them some time who indulge deeply in luxuries and forgot Him and responsibility, is clear in the attack, so why to blame Him?) Nanak says only that one lives without any vice (free from ego, lust, greed etc)) by meditating on His Naam and singing His praises, obtains His blessings (others don’t) || 3 || 5 || 39 ||”
Message is clear; people blame GOD but rarely take responsibility. Guru ji stresses that People blame HIM for their own short comings which make such things inevitable. Why the rulers got lost in luxuries and vices? They should have been ready to do protection too. Whatever Babar had, they had it, did they use it? No. Why? Answer is because they were asleep in luxurious life styles. Why to blame The Creator then?. He unites and He separates, it is all His glory. Before Him, regardless how one gets big with name or wealth (whatever), is merely like worm in His eyes( in public's eyes they may be called jewels). Only those go with respect from here who stay tuned to Him.
Obviously Guru ji is looking all this by understanding HIS Ordinance, others don’t. Scholars just missed what Guru ji intended to say in this Shabad; “The creator is infallible always, when luxurious life is preferred over Dharma, tragedies are inevitable.
G Singh
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Most of the scholars that I am aware of, interpreted Guru Nanak’s shabad which starts with “khurasaan khasmana kia.” quite contrary to Guru ji’s love for the Creator. It was never acceptable to me that Guru ji would use such language for the Creator. We must reread and understand the whole shabad along with other Guru- Vaakas which support Guru ji’s unconditional love for the Creator. First lets have a look on those Guru Vaakas which prove that in Guru ji’s mind, The Creator is beyond error, before we decipher what Guru ji is actually stating in that shabad (khurasaan Khasmana Kia (SGGS 360).
ਪੰਨਾ[FONT="] 61, ਸਤਰ[FONT="] 7[/FONT][/FONT]
ਭੁਲਣਅੰਦਰਿਸਭੁਕੋਅਭੁਲਗੁਰੂਕਰਤਾਰੁ॥
भुलणअंदरिसभुकोअभुलुगुरूकरतारु॥
Bẖulaṇ anḏar sabẖ ko abẖul gurū karṯār.
Everyone makes mistakes; only the Guru and the Creator are infallible.
ਮਃ 1 Sri Rag Mehla 1 SGGS 61)
Whatever happens, it is right though it can look bad to others. Question is raised or addressed to those who make mistakes. He doesn’t make mistake at all then why to question HIM
Again
ਕਰਤਾਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈਨਭੁਲੈਕਿਸੈਦਾਭੁਲਾਇਆ॥
करताआपिअभुलुहैनभुलैकिसैदाभुलाइआ॥
Karṯā āp abẖul hai na bẖulai kisai ḏā bẖulā*i*ā.
The Creator Himself is infallible and above be fooling.
Also Mehla 4
] qU krih su scy hoiesI qw kwiequ kVIAY ]3] {pMnw 301}
When, what Thou doest, O True Lord, that alone happens, then why should we grieve?
Why God loving will question HIM?
pauVI ] qU krqw Awip ABulu hY Bulx ivic nwhI ] qU krih su scy Blw hY gur sbid buJwhI ]301
The creator is infallible, He is beyond it. Guru Shabad makes us realize that whatever He does is right.(He just doesn’t do any thing wrong, period, this is the way His Bhagatas look at Him because they have experienced Him and understood His Will.
ਤੂਕਰਤਾਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈਭੁਲਣਵਿਚਿਨਾਹੀ॥
तूकरताआपिअभुलुहैभुलणविचिनाही॥
Ŧū karṯā āp abẖul hai bẖulaṇ vicẖ nāhī.
O Creator Lord, You yourself are infallible; you never make mistakes.
M 4 553
As He is beyond error, why Guru ji will question Him?
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ਆਪਿਅਭੁਲਨਭੁਲੈਕਬਹੀਸਭੁਸਚੁਤਪਾਵਸੁਸਚੁਥਿਆ॥
आपिअभुलुनभुलैकबहीसभुसचुतपावसुसचुथिआ॥
Āp abẖul na bẖulai kab hī sabẖ sacẖṯapāvas sacẖ thi*ā.
He never errs; the justice of the True Lord is totally True(553)
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ਆਪਿਅਭੁਲਨਭੁਲਈਪਿਆਰਾਅਵਰੁਨਦੂਜਾਜਾਪੈ॥੨॥
आपिअभुलुनभुलईपिआराअवरुनदूजाजापै॥२॥
Āp abẖul na bẖul*ī pi*ārā avar na ḏūjā jāpai. ||2||
The Beloved Himself is infallible; He makes no mistakes. There is no other like Him to be seen. ||2|| 605)
There is more on His infinity and His being infallible
ਕੀਮਤਿਸੋਪਾਵੈਆਪਿਜਾਣਾਵੈਆਪਿਅਭੁਲਨਭੁਲਏ॥( 767)
कीमतिसोपावैआपिजाणावैआपिअभुलुनभुलए॥
Kīmaṯ so pāvai āp jāṇāvai āp abẖul na bẖul*ė.
He alone can estimate the Lord's value, whom the Lord Himself causes to know. He is not mistaken; He does not make mistakes1022
Strongly it is said again
ਆਪਿਅਭੁਲੁ ਨਕਬਹੂਭੁਲਾ॥
आपिअभुलुनकबहूभुला॥
Āp abẖul na kabhū bẖulā.
He Himself is infallible; He never makes mistakes.M-3
Now in Rag Basant SGGS 1174 His infallibility is crystal clear
] Awip ABulu scw scu soie ] hoir siB BUlih dUjY piq Koie ]
Beyond error is the Eternal Lord, all others are to error and due to lose respect.
All these above quoted Vaakas have stated about His being infallible, then why to question Him? In the same token, why would Guru ji question the infallible? If powerful lion attacks crowd of sheep, even then, why infallible be questioned, it is just matter of understanding His Hukm, who understands, he/she never questions Him. What I see, scholars just fail to honor that status Guru ji repeatedly gives to Him. just merely looking at the vaak” Tain ki dard na aayeea( Didn’t you feel pity?), one can not conclude Guru ji has questioned Him because Guru ji hasn’t ever questioned HIM at all.
So then why does Guru ji write it? Let’s find the answer in the Shabad itself.
Here is the Shabad and, I shall try to explain what vaak is addressed to whom and what message Guru ji is trying to covey.
Awsw mhlw 1 ] Kurwswn Ksmwnw kIAw ihMdusqwnu frwieAw ] AwpY dosu n dyeI krqw jmu kir muglu cVwieAw ] eyqI mwr peI krlwxy qYN kI drdu n AwieAw ]1] krqw qUM sBnw kw soeI ] jy skqw skqy kau mwry qw min rosu n hoeI ]1] rhwau ] skqw sIhu mwry pY vgY KsmY sw pursweI ] rqn ivgwiV ivgoey kuqéØI muieAw swr n kweI ] ............................]3]5]39] {pMnw 360}
( In essence: After leaving Khurasan to someone’s care, Baabar terrified Hindustan. The Creator Himself takes no blame as He has sent the Mugal, the messenger of death. . People were asking God’, after that so much slaughtering and cries, haven’t you felt pity? || 1 || If some powerful one strikes out against another powerful equal, then no one feels any grief because both are equals. || 1 || Pause || But if a powerful tiger attacks a flock of sheep and kills them, its the master who is questioned then . Jewel like humans are murdered by killer-dogs, no body cares about the dead”
[FONT="]Above, from the beginning of the Shabad, to "moeeaa saar na kaee( no body cares about the dead) [/FONT][FONT="]Guru ji describes the views of the people who witnessed the attack and Guru ji heard them talking about it[/FONT][FONT="].[/FONT][FONT="] They say,” God doesn’t take blame, He sends some one to do heinous crimes. It is acceptable if both are equals and fight and die but when so strong one [/FONT] attacks so week, He should be questioned because He is the Master, so we are asking doesn’t he feel pity or compassion, precious lives are taken”.
After describing opinions of people around him,Guru ji responds, he doesn’t question his Lord but praise Him and His Ordinance, here Guru ji inserts his views on it “ Awpy joiV ivCoVy Awpy vyKu qyrI vifAweI ]2] jy ko nwau Drwey vfw swd kry min Bwxy ] KsmY ndrI kIVw AwvY jyqy cugY dwxy ] mir mir jIvY qw ikCu pwey nwnk nwmu vKwx”y ]3]5]39] {pMnw 360}
.” You yourself unite, and You Yourself separate; I gaze upon Your Glorious Greatness. || 2 || One may have a great name, and revel in the pleasures of the mind, but in the Eyes of the Lord the Master, he/she is just a worm eating all corn it can eat.( What happens to them some time who indulge deeply in luxuries and forgot Him and responsibility, is clear in the attack, so why to blame Him?) Nanak says only that one lives without any vice (free from ego, lust, greed etc)) by meditating on His Naam and singing His praises, obtains His blessings (others don’t) || 3 || 5 || 39 ||”
Message is clear; people blame GOD but rarely take responsibility. Guru ji stresses that People blame HIM for their own short comings which make such things inevitable. Why the rulers got lost in luxuries and vices? They should have been ready to do protection too. Whatever Babar had, they had it, did they use it? No. Why? Answer is because they were asleep in luxurious life styles. Why to blame The Creator then?. He unites and He separates, it is all His glory. Before Him, regardless how one gets big with name or wealth (whatever), is merely like worm in His eyes( in public's eyes they may be called jewels). Only those go with respect from here who stay tuned to Him.
Obviously Guru ji is looking all this by understanding HIS Ordinance, others don’t. Scholars just missed what Guru ji intended to say in this Shabad; “The creator is infallible always, when luxurious life is preferred over Dharma, tragedies are inevitable.
G Singh
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