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Maaroo Kabeer jeeou. O madman, You have forgotten your Dharma; you have forgotten your Dharma.
Like animals, you fill your belly and sleep; you have wasted and lost this human life. ||1||Pause|| You never joined
the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. You are engrossed in false pursuits. Wandering like a dog, a pig, a
crow you will depart (from this world). ||1|| Those who in thought, word and deed consider themself to be great and others
lowly; I have seen such people going to hell (i.e., such egoistic people live their lives in hellish existence). ||2|| The lustful,
the angry, the clever, the deceitful and the lazy waste their lives in slander, and never remember their Lord in meditation. ||3||
Says Kabeer, the fools, the idiots and the brutes do not remember the Lord. They do not know the Lord’s Name; how can
they be carried across (from this dreadful ocean of the worldliness)? ||4||1|| (sggs 1105).
Without the Divine Name, the store of the mind is empty (sggs 153).
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A man under the control of the outward motion of his mind becomes an animal if he thinks the demands of his bodily senses are supreme. Four things are said to be common in animals and a sense-blind person: eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Due to the identification with the body-mind, the majority of us essentially conduct ourselves in these four animal propensities. Having the belly filled and empty mind is nothing but the animal nature. The effects of such material consciousness are so overwhelming that we remain in body-consciousness till the death of the physical body. As a result, we never get to take off from the levels of falsehood and selfishness into the heights of spontaneity and perfection in life.
ਖਾਤ ਪੀਤ ਖੇਲਤ ਹਸਤ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ॥ਕਵਨ ਅਰਥ ਮਿਰਤਕ ਸੀਗਾਰ ॥੨॥ ਜੋ ਨ ਸੁਨਹਿ ਜਸੁ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥ ਪਸੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਗਦ ਜੋਨਿ ਤੇ ਮੰਦਾ ॥: Khaat peet khelat hasat bisathaar. Kavan arath miratak seegaar. ||2|| Jo na sunahi jas paramaanandaa. Pasu pankhee trigad joni te mandaa: Eating, drinking, playing, laughing and showing off - it's as useless as decorations on a dead body ||2|| Those who do not listen to the Praises of the Divine of Supreme Bliss, are worse off than beasts, birds or creeping creatures (sggs 188).
ਮਾਣਸ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ॥ ਕਰਣੀ ਕੁਤਾ ਦਰਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਨੁ ॥: Maanas moorati Nanak naam. Karanee kuttaa dari phurmaan: O Nanak, man looks human beings in form and name only; but in his deeds or conduct he behaves like a dog - who sits at (his master's) door and follows his commands for food only (sggs 350).
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥: Manmukh andhule gurmati na bhaaee. Pasoo bhaye abhimaan na jaaee: The Manmukh (material being) is blind; he does not like the Divine Teachings (Gurmati). He has become a beast; he cannot get rid of his egoistic pride (sggs 1190).
ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥੬॥: Bin boojhe pasu bhaye betaale: Binu boojhai pasu bhaye betaale ||6||: Without understanding, people become beast (-nature) and demon ||6|| (sggs 224).
ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਪਸੂ ਕੀ ਮਾਨਸ ਜਾਤਿ ॥ ਲੋਕ ਪਚਾਰਾ ਕਰੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭੇਖ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਲੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥ ਛਪਸਿ ਨਾਹਿ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੈ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥: kartoot pasoo kee maanas jaat. Lok pachaaraa karai din raat. Bahri bhekh antar mal Maya. Shapasi naahi kashu karai shapaaiaa: They (ਮਾਇਆ-ਧਾਰੀ ਜੀਵ - those in love with Maya, etc.) belong to the human species, but they act like animals. Day and night, they make show (ਲੋਕ ਦਿਖਾਵੇ ਦੇ ਕੰਮ). Outwardly, they (those who act like animals) wear religious robes, but within is the filth of Maya. They cannot conceal (their inner filth with outwardly wearing religious robes) (sggs 267).
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਪਸੂ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥੩॥: Manmukh tatt na jaananee pasoo maahi samaanaa ||3||: The Manmukh (self-willed...) does not understand the Essence (of Reality); for he remains in animal-consciousness ||3||. (sggs 1009).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਪਸੂਆ ਸੇ ਢੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥: Mool na boojhahi aapanaa se pasooaa se dhor jeeo: Those who do not understand their own Roots (Source); they are beasts. They are just animals! (sggs 751).
A weak body has weak faculties. For a man to progress spiritually and otherwise, both the healthy body and mind are necessary. For one to meditate or perform other functions with an unhealthy body is a uphill struggle. To the contrary, if the body is healthy but the mind is weak, then both will be unable to function equally well. Hence a healthy body is not sufficient, healthy mind is also must. A healthy body without a strong mind is like a ship without a captain. A healthy mind is wise, thoughtful, purposeful, intuitively balanced, unselfish, desireless and focused. To prosper properly, a healthy body needs to be guided by such a wise mind. If the body is full but the mind is empty, then regardless how healthy the body may be, it is useless. Since the body is an instrument in the hands of the mind, it can serve its purpose well only if it is guided by a wise mind. If a body has a mind that is weak, sense-blind, selfish, corrupt, deceptive, unrighteous, untruthful, fearful, lacking understanding, poisoned by ill thoughts-stuff, etc., that body is a total wrack or a disaster waiting to happen.
ਵਲਵੰਚ ਕਰਿ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਹਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਗਾਵਾਰਾ ॥: Valvanch kar udar bharahi moorakh gaavaaraa: Practicing deceit, you fill your belly, you ignorant fool! (sggs 461).
ਕਰਿ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ਜਗਤ ਕਉ ਡਹਕੈ ਅਪਨੋ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰੈ ॥: Kar parpanch jagat kaou dahkai apno udar bharai: Practicing deception, you try to cheat the world, and so you fill your belly (sggs 536).
ਕਰਿ ਪਰਪੰਚ ਉਦਰ ਨਿਜ ਪੋਖਿਓ ਪਸੁ ਕੀ ਨਿਆਈ ਸੋਇਓ ॥: Kar parpanch udar nij pokhio pasu kee niaaee soio: Practicing hypocrisy, man fills his belly, and then sleep like an animal (sggs 633).
The scriptures say that the man is "Joti-Svaroopa", made in the true image of the Absolute Reality. What it means is that the Absolute Spirit has endowed the man with Divine qualities such as truth, even-mindedness, contentment, knowledge, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, humility, goodwill, love for all, and so on. However the wall of falsehood (false ego-sense or Haume) has veiled these fine mental qualities. The purpose of body-mind is to awaken these Divine qualities within so that we all may know and understand our godly status. If we do not strive to reach that highest level of moral excellence, than there is no difference between us and the animal.
ਗੁਣ ਵਿਹੂਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਲੁ ਧਾਰੀ ॥ : Gun bihoon Maya mall dhaaree: Those without Virtue (ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦੀ ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ, Truth, etc.) are stained by the filth of Maya (sggs 367).
ਫਿਟੁ ਇਵੇਹਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਤੁ ਖਾਇ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਪੇਟੁ ॥: Fit ivayhaa jeeviaa jit khaai vadhaaiaa pett: Cursed is that life, in which one only eats to fill his belly (sggs 790).
ਮਾਰੂ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ॥ ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ॥ ਪੇਟੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਪਸੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਸੋਇਓ ਮਨੁਖੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਹੈ ਹਾਰਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਬਹੂ ਨਹੀ ਕੀਨੀ ਰਚਿਓ ਧੰਧੈ ਝੂਠ ॥ ਸੁਆਨ ਸੂਕਰ ਬਾਇਸ ਜਿਵੈ ਭਟਕਤੁ ਚਾਲਿਓ ਊਠਿ ॥੧॥ ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਦੀਰਘੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੈ ਅਉਰਨ ਕਉ ਲਗ ਮਾਤ ॥ ਮਨਸਾ ਬਾਚਾ ਕਰਮਨਾ ਮੈ ਦੇਖੇ ਦੋਜਕ ਜਾਤ ॥੨॥ ਕਾਮੀ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੀ ਚਾਤੁਰੀ ਬਾਜੀਗਰ ਬੇਕਾਮ ॥ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਤੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨੋ ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਸਿਮਰਿਓ ਰਾਮੁ ॥੩॥ ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਹੀ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਗਵਾਰੁ ॥ ਰਾਮੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੪॥੧॥: Maaroo Kabeer jeeou || Deen bisaariyo re divaane deen bisaariyo re ...: Maaroo Kabeer jeeou. O madman, You have forgotten your Dharma; you have forgotten your Dharma. Like animals, you fill your belly and sleep; you have wasted and lost this human life. ||1||Pause|| You never joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. You are engrossed in false pursuits. Wandering like a dog, a pig, a crow you will depart (from this world). ||1|| Those who in thought, word and deed consider themself to be great and others lowly; I have seen such people going to hell (i.e., such egoistic people live their lives in hellish existence). ||2|| The lustful, the angry, the clever, the deceitful and the lazy waste their lives in slander, and never remember their Lord in meditation. ||3|| Says Kabeer, the fools, the idiots and the brutes do not remember the Lord. They do not know the Lord’s Name; how can they be carried across (from this dreadful ocean of the worldliness)? ||4||1|| (sggs 1105).
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੁਨਿ ਕਛੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਪਸੁ ਜਿਉ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਉ ॥: Gurmati suni kashu giaan n upjio pasu jiou udar bharaou: Despite listening to the Gurmati (Shabad-Giaan, Divine Teaching of the Gur-Shabad, etc.), (if) no spiritual wisdom (ਆਤਮਕ ਜੀਵਨ ਦੀ ਕੁਝ ਭੀ ਸੂਝ) wells up within (me); (then it would be) like a beast (routinely) filling its belly (sggs 685).
ਸੁਆਨ ਪੂਛ ਜਿਉ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਸੂਧੋ ਕਹਿਓ ਨ ਕਾਨ ਧਰੈ ॥ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਜੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਤ ਜਾ ਤੇ ਕਾਜੁ ਸਰੈ ॥੨॥੧॥: Suaan poosh jiyu hoi na soodho kahio na kaan dharai. Kahu Nanak bhaj Raam naam nit jaa te kaaj sarai ||2||1||: Like a dog’s tail, this (mind) cannot be straightened; it will not listen to what (anybody) says (any Advice, Instructions,Teaching, etc. - ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਭੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੋਈ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ). Says Nanak, forever meditate on the Lord's Name and your affairs (the ultimate purpose life, etc.) will get resolved (i.e., ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਬਰਕਤਿ ਨਾਲ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਨਮ-ਮਨੋਰਥ ਹੱਲ ਹੋ ਜਾਏ) ||2||1|| (sggs 536).
ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਬਿਮਲ ਮਝਾਰਿ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਰੇ ॥ ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਜਲ ਰਸ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਦੋਖ ਨਹੀ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਦਾਦਰ ਤੂ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਰੇ ॥ ਭਖਸਿ ਸਿਬਾਲੁ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਖਸਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਬਸੁ ਜਲ ਨਿਤ ਨ ਵਸਤ ਅਲੀਅਲ ਮੇਰ ਚਚਾ ਗੁਨ ਰੇ ॥ ਚੰਦ ਕੁਮੁਦਨੀ ਦੂਰਹੁ ਨਿਵਸਸਿ ਅਨਭਉ ਕਾਰਨਿ ਰੇ ॥੨॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਖੰਡੁ ਦੂਧਿ ਮਧੁ ਸੰਚਸਿ ਤੂ ਬਨ ਚਾਤੁਰ ਰੇ ॥ ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਪਿਸਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੩॥ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਸੰਗਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਜਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਆਗਮ ਸਾਸ ਸੁਨੇ ॥ ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਸੁਆਨ ਪੂਛਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੪॥ ਇਕਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਰਾਚਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਰੇ ॥ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਸਨਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਰੇ ॥੫॥੪॥: Maaroo mahalaa 1 || Bimal majhaar basas niramal jal padaman jaaval re. Padaman jaaval jal ras sangat sang dokh nehee re ||1|| Daadar too kabahi na jaanat re. Bhakhas sibaal basas niramal jal Amrithn lakhas rae ||1|| Rahaaou || Bas jal nit n vasat aleeal mer chachaa gun re. Chand kumudanee doorahu nivasas anabhaou kaaran re ||2|| Amrit khandd doodh madh sanchas too ban chaatur re. Apna aap too kabahu na shodas pisan preet jiou re. ||3|| Pandit sang vasahi jan moorakh aagam saas sune. Apnaa aap too kabahoo na shodas suaan poonsh jiyu re. ||4|| Ik paakhanddee naam n raachahi ik har har charanee re. poorab likhiaa paavas naanak rasanaa naam jap rae ||5||4||: Maaroo mahalaa 1. In a pond's (Sarovar, etc.) clean water, both the lotus and the slimy scum (pellicle like stuff that grows in the water) are found. (Although) the lotus flower lives with the slimy scum and the water, but, in their association, it remains untouched (i.e., ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਦਾਗ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੱਗਦਾ). ||1|| O frog, you can never understand. (O fog!) While you dwell in the clean water, but you do not appreciate it (ਸਾਫ-ਸੁਥਰੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਕਦਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ). (Instead) you eat (only) the slimy scum (in that clean water). ||1||Pause|| (O frog) you dwell continually in the water; (but) the bumble bee does not dwell there, (but stile) it is intoxicated with (the flower's) fragrance from afar (it sucks flower from the top and enjoysthe essence). ||2|| In the (udder's) milk, (sweetness like) sugar and honey Amrit is gathered, (but) like the love of the tick (attached to the udder) for blood, (o frog) you can never escape your own inner tendencies (you do not see how the lotus lives in the water, but you happily eat the slimy scum!). ||3|| The foolish people live with the Pandit, the religious scholar, and listen to the Vedas and the Shaastras (but still remains fool, and do not give up their nature of foolishness). [Similarly, O frog (here the hint is towards our ignorant and crooked mind)] You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the tail of the dog (that always remains crooked). Some are hypocrites ( ਪਾਖੰਡੀ) ; they do not absorbed with the Naam (Shabad-Vichaar...). Some (fortunate) are absorbed in the Feet of the Lord (i.e. Naam). Says Nanak! chant the Naam with your tongue, you have received this predestined (Daat or gift of the Naam). ||5||4|| (sggs 990).
The history reports many people have reached the level marked by God. The case in point is Baabaa Nanak, Kabeer, Ravi Daas, Naam Dev, Buddha, and many more throughout the world. They added to the glory of the mankind. They were unselfish people, above others in terms of Divine qualities. If they can reach the highest level of moral excellence, we can do it too. Nobody can stop us but ourselves. Any unselfish person is an asset to human society. Call such a person by whatever name you like, he pursues unselfishness and truthful life without worrying about the consequences. Today the world is full of danger, threat, conflicts and weapons of mass destruction. Because the mind of the world leaders (religious, political and otherwise) are full of selfishness, corruption, frauds, deception, hatred, animosity, greed, anger and fanaticism. Their bellies are full but the minds are vacant. If these leaders have the mind of Nanak, Buddha, Christ, etc., there would be love, generosity, goodwill, kindness and peace in the world.
ਖਿੰਚੋਤਾਣਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥: Khinchotaan karahi betaale: The demons stir up conflict and strife (sggs 1031).
ਅੰਧਾ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਪਇਆ ਝੇਰਿ ॥: Andhaa jhakh jhakh paiaa jheri: The blind fool is caught in conflict, bothered and bewildered (sggs 1287).
ਥਾਨਸਟ ਜਗ ਭਰਿਸਟ ਹੋਏ ਡੂਬਤਾ ਇਵ ਜਗੁ ॥: Thaansatt jag bhrishat hoye doobtaa iv jag: The holy places of worship in the world are polluted, and so the world is drowning (sggs 662).
ਮੈਲੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡਾਇ ਕੈ ਈਸ ॥: Mailae brahamandaae kai ees: The rulers of kingdoms are corrupt (sggs 1158).
ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਟੋਲਿ ਲਹੁ ਸੇ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥: Sach ratay say tol lahu say virlay sansaar: Seek and find those who are imbued with Truth; they are so rare in this world (sggs 994).
ਅਨਾਥ ਰਞਾਣਿ ਉਦਰੁ ਲੇ ਪੋਖਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਗਈਆ ਹਾਟਿ ॥: Anaath ranjan udar lay pokheh maya gayeeaa haat: Making the poor suffer, he fills his belly, but the wealth of Maya swill not go with him (sggs 1224.
ਦੇਵਨਹਾਰੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਜਿਉ ਸਫਰੀ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰੈ ਬਹਿ ਹਾਟੁਲੀ ॥: Devanhaar bisaario andhule jiou safree udar bharai bahi haatulee: You are blind - you have forgotten the Great Giver. You fill your belly like a traveller at an inn (sggs 1216).
Man has come a long way. Science has made tremendous progress to make people's life comfortable, at least physically or materially. Food production is on the rise. The countries that did not have enough food are self-sufficient now. Many are doing much better than before. As a result, less and less people are dying of starvation. The bellies are getting filled like never before. Now is the time to fill the mind.
ਅੰਦਰੁ ਖਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਢਹਿ ਢੇਰੀ ਤਨੁ ਛਾਰੁ ॥: Andar khaalee parem bin dhahi dheree tan chhaar: If the inner being is empty without love, the body is wasted (sggs 62).
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਨਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਹੀਨਾ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਜਿਉ ਮਰੈ ॥: Naam bihoonaa tan man heenaa jal bin machhulee jiou marai: Without the Divine Naam, the body-mind are empty; like fish out of water, they die (sggs 80).
Like animals, you fill your belly and sleep; you have wasted and lost this human life. ||1||Pause|| You never joined
the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. You are engrossed in false pursuits. Wandering like a dog, a pig, a
crow you will depart (from this world). ||1|| Those who in thought, word and deed consider themself to be great and others
lowly; I have seen such people going to hell (i.e., such egoistic people live their lives in hellish existence). ||2|| The lustful,
the angry, the clever, the deceitful and the lazy waste their lives in slander, and never remember their Lord in meditation. ||3||
Says Kabeer, the fools, the idiots and the brutes do not remember the Lord. They do not know the Lord’s Name; how can
they be carried across (from this dreadful ocean of the worldliness)? ||4||1|| (sggs 1105).
Without the Divine Name, the store of the mind is empty (sggs 153).
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A man under the control of the outward motion of his mind becomes an animal if he thinks the demands of his bodily senses are supreme. Four things are said to be common in animals and a sense-blind person: eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Due to the identification with the body-mind, the majority of us essentially conduct ourselves in these four animal propensities. Having the belly filled and empty mind is nothing but the animal nature. The effects of such material consciousness are so overwhelming that we remain in body-consciousness till the death of the physical body. As a result, we never get to take off from the levels of falsehood and selfishness into the heights of spontaneity and perfection in life.
ਖਾਤ ਪੀਤ ਖੇਲਤ ਹਸਤ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ॥ਕਵਨ ਅਰਥ ਮਿਰਤਕ ਸੀਗਾਰ ॥੨॥ ਜੋ ਨ ਸੁਨਹਿ ਜਸੁ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥ ਪਸੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਗਦ ਜੋਨਿ ਤੇ ਮੰਦਾ ॥: Khaat peet khelat hasat bisathaar. Kavan arath miratak seegaar. ||2|| Jo na sunahi jas paramaanandaa. Pasu pankhee trigad joni te mandaa: Eating, drinking, playing, laughing and showing off - it's as useless as decorations on a dead body ||2|| Those who do not listen to the Praises of the Divine of Supreme Bliss, are worse off than beasts, birds or creeping creatures (sggs 188).
ਮਾਣਸ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ॥ ਕਰਣੀ ਕੁਤਾ ਦਰਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਨੁ ॥: Maanas moorati Nanak naam. Karanee kuttaa dari phurmaan: O Nanak, man looks human beings in form and name only; but in his deeds or conduct he behaves like a dog - who sits at (his master's) door and follows his commands for food only (sggs 350).
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥: Manmukh andhule gurmati na bhaaee. Pasoo bhaye abhimaan na jaaee: The Manmukh (material being) is blind; he does not like the Divine Teachings (Gurmati). He has become a beast; he cannot get rid of his egoistic pride (sggs 1190).
ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥੬॥: Bin boojhe pasu bhaye betaale: Binu boojhai pasu bhaye betaale ||6||: Without understanding, people become beast (-nature) and demon ||6|| (sggs 224).
ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਪਸੂ ਕੀ ਮਾਨਸ ਜਾਤਿ ॥ ਲੋਕ ਪਚਾਰਾ ਕਰੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭੇਖ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਲੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥ ਛਪਸਿ ਨਾਹਿ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੈ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥: kartoot pasoo kee maanas jaat. Lok pachaaraa karai din raat. Bahri bhekh antar mal Maya. Shapasi naahi kashu karai shapaaiaa: They (ਮਾਇਆ-ਧਾਰੀ ਜੀਵ - those in love with Maya, etc.) belong to the human species, but they act like animals. Day and night, they make show (ਲੋਕ ਦਿਖਾਵੇ ਦੇ ਕੰਮ). Outwardly, they (those who act like animals) wear religious robes, but within is the filth of Maya. They cannot conceal (their inner filth with outwardly wearing religious robes) (sggs 267).
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਪਸੂ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥੩॥: Manmukh tatt na jaananee pasoo maahi samaanaa ||3||: The Manmukh (self-willed...) does not understand the Essence (of Reality); for he remains in animal-consciousness ||3||. (sggs 1009).
ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਪਸੂਆ ਸੇ ਢੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥: Mool na boojhahi aapanaa se pasooaa se dhor jeeo: Those who do not understand their own Roots (Source); they are beasts. They are just animals! (sggs 751).
A weak body has weak faculties. For a man to progress spiritually and otherwise, both the healthy body and mind are necessary. For one to meditate or perform other functions with an unhealthy body is a uphill struggle. To the contrary, if the body is healthy but the mind is weak, then both will be unable to function equally well. Hence a healthy body is not sufficient, healthy mind is also must. A healthy body without a strong mind is like a ship without a captain. A healthy mind is wise, thoughtful, purposeful, intuitively balanced, unselfish, desireless and focused. To prosper properly, a healthy body needs to be guided by such a wise mind. If the body is full but the mind is empty, then regardless how healthy the body may be, it is useless. Since the body is an instrument in the hands of the mind, it can serve its purpose well only if it is guided by a wise mind. If a body has a mind that is weak, sense-blind, selfish, corrupt, deceptive, unrighteous, untruthful, fearful, lacking understanding, poisoned by ill thoughts-stuff, etc., that body is a total wrack or a disaster waiting to happen.
ਵਲਵੰਚ ਕਰਿ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਹਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਗਾਵਾਰਾ ॥: Valvanch kar udar bharahi moorakh gaavaaraa: Practicing deceit, you fill your belly, you ignorant fool! (sggs 461).
ਕਰਿ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ਜਗਤ ਕਉ ਡਹਕੈ ਅਪਨੋ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰੈ ॥: Kar parpanch jagat kaou dahkai apno udar bharai: Practicing deception, you try to cheat the world, and so you fill your belly (sggs 536).
ਕਰਿ ਪਰਪੰਚ ਉਦਰ ਨਿਜ ਪੋਖਿਓ ਪਸੁ ਕੀ ਨਿਆਈ ਸੋਇਓ ॥: Kar parpanch udar nij pokhio pasu kee niaaee soio: Practicing hypocrisy, man fills his belly, and then sleep like an animal (sggs 633).
The scriptures say that the man is "Joti-Svaroopa", made in the true image of the Absolute Reality. What it means is that the Absolute Spirit has endowed the man with Divine qualities such as truth, even-mindedness, contentment, knowledge, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, humility, goodwill, love for all, and so on. However the wall of falsehood (false ego-sense or Haume) has veiled these fine mental qualities. The purpose of body-mind is to awaken these Divine qualities within so that we all may know and understand our godly status. If we do not strive to reach that highest level of moral excellence, than there is no difference between us and the animal.
ਗੁਣ ਵਿਹੂਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਲੁ ਧਾਰੀ ॥ : Gun bihoon Maya mall dhaaree: Those without Virtue (ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦੀ ਸਿਫ਼ਤਿ-ਸਾਲਾਹ, Truth, etc.) are stained by the filth of Maya (sggs 367).
ਫਿਟੁ ਇਵੇਹਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਤੁ ਖਾਇ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਪੇਟੁ ॥: Fit ivayhaa jeeviaa jit khaai vadhaaiaa pett: Cursed is that life, in which one only eats to fill his belly (sggs 790).
ਮਾਰੂ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ॥ ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਦੀਨੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ॥ ਪੇਟੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਪਸੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਸੋਇਓ ਮਨੁਖੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਹੈ ਹਾਰਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਬਹੂ ਨਹੀ ਕੀਨੀ ਰਚਿਓ ਧੰਧੈ ਝੂਠ ॥ ਸੁਆਨ ਸੂਕਰ ਬਾਇਸ ਜਿਵੈ ਭਟਕਤੁ ਚਾਲਿਓ ਊਠਿ ॥੧॥ ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਦੀਰਘੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੈ ਅਉਰਨ ਕਉ ਲਗ ਮਾਤ ॥ ਮਨਸਾ ਬਾਚਾ ਕਰਮਨਾ ਮੈ ਦੇਖੇ ਦੋਜਕ ਜਾਤ ॥੨॥ ਕਾਮੀ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੀ ਚਾਤੁਰੀ ਬਾਜੀਗਰ ਬੇਕਾਮ ॥ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਤੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨੋ ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਸਿਮਰਿਓ ਰਾਮੁ ॥੩॥ ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਹੀ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਗਵਾਰੁ ॥ ਰਾਮੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੪॥੧॥: Maaroo Kabeer jeeou || Deen bisaariyo re divaane deen bisaariyo re ...: Maaroo Kabeer jeeou. O madman, You have forgotten your Dharma; you have forgotten your Dharma. Like animals, you fill your belly and sleep; you have wasted and lost this human life. ||1||Pause|| You never joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. You are engrossed in false pursuits. Wandering like a dog, a pig, a crow you will depart (from this world). ||1|| Those who in thought, word and deed consider themself to be great and others lowly; I have seen such people going to hell (i.e., such egoistic people live their lives in hellish existence). ||2|| The lustful, the angry, the clever, the deceitful and the lazy waste their lives in slander, and never remember their Lord in meditation. ||3|| Says Kabeer, the fools, the idiots and the brutes do not remember the Lord. They do not know the Lord’s Name; how can they be carried across (from this dreadful ocean of the worldliness)? ||4||1|| (sggs 1105).
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੁਨਿ ਕਛੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਪਸੁ ਜਿਉ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਉ ॥: Gurmati suni kashu giaan n upjio pasu jiou udar bharaou: Despite listening to the Gurmati (Shabad-Giaan, Divine Teaching of the Gur-Shabad, etc.), (if) no spiritual wisdom (ਆਤਮਕ ਜੀਵਨ ਦੀ ਕੁਝ ਭੀ ਸੂਝ) wells up within (me); (then it would be) like a beast (routinely) filling its belly (sggs 685).
ਸੁਆਨ ਪੂਛ ਜਿਉ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਸੂਧੋ ਕਹਿਓ ਨ ਕਾਨ ਧਰੈ ॥ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਜੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਤ ਜਾ ਤੇ ਕਾਜੁ ਸਰੈ ॥੨॥੧॥: Suaan poosh jiyu hoi na soodho kahio na kaan dharai. Kahu Nanak bhaj Raam naam nit jaa te kaaj sarai ||2||1||: Like a dog’s tail, this (mind) cannot be straightened; it will not listen to what (anybody) says (any Advice, Instructions,Teaching, etc. - ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਭੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੋਈ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ). Says Nanak, forever meditate on the Lord's Name and your affairs (the ultimate purpose life, etc.) will get resolved (i.e., ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਬਰਕਤਿ ਨਾਲ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਨਮ-ਮਨੋਰਥ ਹੱਲ ਹੋ ਜਾਏ) ||2||1|| (sggs 536).
ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਬਿਮਲ ਮਝਾਰਿ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਰੇ ॥ ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਜਲ ਰਸ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਦੋਖ ਨਹੀ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਦਾਦਰ ਤੂ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਰੇ ॥ ਭਖਸਿ ਸਿਬਾਲੁ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਖਸਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਬਸੁ ਜਲ ਨਿਤ ਨ ਵਸਤ ਅਲੀਅਲ ਮੇਰ ਚਚਾ ਗੁਨ ਰੇ ॥ ਚੰਦ ਕੁਮੁਦਨੀ ਦੂਰਹੁ ਨਿਵਸਸਿ ਅਨਭਉ ਕਾਰਨਿ ਰੇ ॥੨॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਖੰਡੁ ਦੂਧਿ ਮਧੁ ਸੰਚਸਿ ਤੂ ਬਨ ਚਾਤੁਰ ਰੇ ॥ ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਪਿਸਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੩॥ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਸੰਗਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਜਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਆਗਮ ਸਾਸ ਸੁਨੇ ॥ ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਸੁਆਨ ਪੂਛਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੪॥ ਇਕਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਰਾਚਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਰੇ ॥ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਸਨਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਰੇ ॥੫॥੪॥: Maaroo mahalaa 1 || Bimal majhaar basas niramal jal padaman jaaval re. Padaman jaaval jal ras sangat sang dokh nehee re ||1|| Daadar too kabahi na jaanat re. Bhakhas sibaal basas niramal jal Amrithn lakhas rae ||1|| Rahaaou || Bas jal nit n vasat aleeal mer chachaa gun re. Chand kumudanee doorahu nivasas anabhaou kaaran re ||2|| Amrit khandd doodh madh sanchas too ban chaatur re. Apna aap too kabahu na shodas pisan preet jiou re. ||3|| Pandit sang vasahi jan moorakh aagam saas sune. Apnaa aap too kabahoo na shodas suaan poonsh jiyu re. ||4|| Ik paakhanddee naam n raachahi ik har har charanee re. poorab likhiaa paavas naanak rasanaa naam jap rae ||5||4||: Maaroo mahalaa 1. In a pond's (Sarovar, etc.) clean water, both the lotus and the slimy scum (pellicle like stuff that grows in the water) are found. (Although) the lotus flower lives with the slimy scum and the water, but, in their association, it remains untouched (i.e., ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਦਾਗ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੱਗਦਾ). ||1|| O frog, you can never understand. (O fog!) While you dwell in the clean water, but you do not appreciate it (ਸਾਫ-ਸੁਥਰੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਕਦਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ). (Instead) you eat (only) the slimy scum (in that clean water). ||1||Pause|| (O frog) you dwell continually in the water; (but) the bumble bee does not dwell there, (but stile) it is intoxicated with (the flower's) fragrance from afar (it sucks flower from the top and enjoysthe essence). ||2|| In the (udder's) milk, (sweetness like) sugar and honey Amrit is gathered, (but) like the love of the tick (attached to the udder) for blood, (o frog) you can never escape your own inner tendencies (you do not see how the lotus lives in the water, but you happily eat the slimy scum!). ||3|| The foolish people live with the Pandit, the religious scholar, and listen to the Vedas and the Shaastras (but still remains fool, and do not give up their nature of foolishness). [Similarly, O frog (here the hint is towards our ignorant and crooked mind)] You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the tail of the dog (that always remains crooked). Some are hypocrites ( ਪਾਖੰਡੀ) ; they do not absorbed with the Naam (Shabad-Vichaar...). Some (fortunate) are absorbed in the Feet of the Lord (i.e. Naam). Says Nanak! chant the Naam with your tongue, you have received this predestined (Daat or gift of the Naam). ||5||4|| (sggs 990).
The history reports many people have reached the level marked by God. The case in point is Baabaa Nanak, Kabeer, Ravi Daas, Naam Dev, Buddha, and many more throughout the world. They added to the glory of the mankind. They were unselfish people, above others in terms of Divine qualities. If they can reach the highest level of moral excellence, we can do it too. Nobody can stop us but ourselves. Any unselfish person is an asset to human society. Call such a person by whatever name you like, he pursues unselfishness and truthful life without worrying about the consequences. Today the world is full of danger, threat, conflicts and weapons of mass destruction. Because the mind of the world leaders (religious, political and otherwise) are full of selfishness, corruption, frauds, deception, hatred, animosity, greed, anger and fanaticism. Their bellies are full but the minds are vacant. If these leaders have the mind of Nanak, Buddha, Christ, etc., there would be love, generosity, goodwill, kindness and peace in the world.
ਖਿੰਚੋਤਾਣਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥: Khinchotaan karahi betaale: The demons stir up conflict and strife (sggs 1031).
ਅੰਧਾ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਪਇਆ ਝੇਰਿ ॥: Andhaa jhakh jhakh paiaa jheri: The blind fool is caught in conflict, bothered and bewildered (sggs 1287).
ਥਾਨਸਟ ਜਗ ਭਰਿਸਟ ਹੋਏ ਡੂਬਤਾ ਇਵ ਜਗੁ ॥: Thaansatt jag bhrishat hoye doobtaa iv jag: The holy places of worship in the world are polluted, and so the world is drowning (sggs 662).
ਮੈਲੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡਾਇ ਕੈ ਈਸ ॥: Mailae brahamandaae kai ees: The rulers of kingdoms are corrupt (sggs 1158).
ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਟੋਲਿ ਲਹੁ ਸੇ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥: Sach ratay say tol lahu say virlay sansaar: Seek and find those who are imbued with Truth; they are so rare in this world (sggs 994).
ਅਨਾਥ ਰਞਾਣਿ ਉਦਰੁ ਲੇ ਪੋਖਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਗਈਆ ਹਾਟਿ ॥: Anaath ranjan udar lay pokheh maya gayeeaa haat: Making the poor suffer, he fills his belly, but the wealth of Maya swill not go with him (sggs 1224.
ਦੇਵਨਹਾਰੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਜਿਉ ਸਫਰੀ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰੈ ਬਹਿ ਹਾਟੁਲੀ ॥: Devanhaar bisaario andhule jiou safree udar bharai bahi haatulee: You are blind - you have forgotten the Great Giver. You fill your belly like a traveller at an inn (sggs 1216).
Man has come a long way. Science has made tremendous progress to make people's life comfortable, at least physically or materially. Food production is on the rise. The countries that did not have enough food are self-sufficient now. Many are doing much better than before. As a result, less and less people are dying of starvation. The bellies are getting filled like never before. Now is the time to fill the mind.
ਅੰਦਰੁ ਖਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਢਹਿ ਢੇਰੀ ਤਨੁ ਛਾਰੁ ॥: Andar khaalee parem bin dhahi dheree tan chhaar: If the inner being is empty without love, the body is wasted (sggs 62).
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਨਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਹੀਨਾ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਜਿਉ ਮਰੈ ॥: Naam bihoonaa tan man heenaa jal bin machhulee jiou marai: Without the Divine Naam, the body-mind are empty; like fish out of water, they die (sggs 80).