Holy Avtar Vani - Shabad No. 87
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Anhan bola murakh bemukh mannda nahin nadani noon; Dudh samajh ke ridki jandai vekho baitha pani noon. Behadde nirankar noon ja ja sangam utte bhal rihai; Kabran madhi masana utte ja ja deeve baal rehai. Rame ram noon dhoondan de lai fol rihai veerane noon; Granthan noon kar sajde thakka pooj rihai butkhane noon. Bhal bhal ke umran gali par eh nazrin aaya na; Kahe avtar guru de bajhon ram kise vi paya na. |
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The blind , deaf, unwise and perverse does not admit his ignorance; Mistaking it for milk, he goes on churning the water. He is searching for the Formless Infinite God at the conjunction of rivers; He lights the lamps at the graveyards, tombs and the funeral places. He looks for the all pervading God in barren lands; He is tired of bowing before scriptures and worshipping at the shrines. He has wasted all his life in search of God and failed to perceive Him; Avtar says, nobody has ever realized God without the True Master. |
Meaning
A person who is blind, deaf, unwise and perverse does not accept his ignorance. He goes on churning water mistaking it for milk. He is searching for The Limitless almighty One at the Sangam (the confluence of the so-called holy rivers, which is a famous place of pilgrimage also). He lights lamps at graveyards, tombs and at burial grounds. He is searching for The Formless One in quiet and secluded places. Man has been tired of bowing before scriptures and worshipping idols in the temples. He has been wasting his life searching for the Formless One, and still fails to perceive the Formless One. Avtar Says, nobody has ever realized the Formless One without the True Master.