Holy Avtar Vani - Shabad No. 203
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Vekho duniyan wale lokin poojan marhi masana nun; Uttam joon manukh di pa ke poojan paye haiwana nun. Asal alam di pothi thap ke poojan ved kurana nun; Rab da gyaan hamesha hoya insana ton insana nun. Chhadna nahi grihasth nun apne na janglan vich jana ey; Kahe avtar gur poore ton hi rame ram nun pana ey. |
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Look, the people of the world worship the graves and the funeral places; Though born as human beings, the best creatures, they worship the animals. Closing the tiny book of actual divine knowledge, they worship voluminous scriptures - the Vades and Puranas; The knowledge of God has always been attained by human beings from human beings. One need not renounce the family life and go to the forests; Avtar says, one can realize the omnipresent God with the grace of the perfect True Master. |
Meaning
In this verse, Shehenshah Baba Avtar Singh Ji explains how people are on the wrong path to devotion (bhakti) and shows us the correct path to devotion. He explains that worshiping graves and funeral places of saints and fakirs or worshiping religious books without understanding what is written in them and following them is the wrong path to devotion. Even after being born as human beings, the greatest of God’s creation, people do not worship the real God (Nirankar) and waste their precious lives. Baba Ji says we must not leave our family and responsibilities nor run away from them as this is wrong. Baba Ji says one can know Nirankar only through the True Master (Satguru).