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Unlike Martin Luther, Darshan Singh Khalsa did respond to
the summons of the Jathedar (Sikh ‘Pope’) by appearing at
Akal Takhat before what would have been a kangaroo court
anyway. That was his first mistake. Obviously he did not
have companions and well wishers of the same caliber as did
Martin Luther otherwise he would have been advised to not
to appear before the servants of Badal family, themselves
servants of BJP and RSS.
His second mistake was to muddy the waters of his
otherwise admirable stand against Dasam Granth when he
chose to obey the dictates of so called Sikh Rehat Maryada,
that nobody follows, to keep on reciting the three ‘banis’,
which are clearly ‘kachi banis’, as part of his Nitnem, which
in itself is a ritual.
In my editorial of Nov-Dec 2009 Sikh Bulletin, which was
dedicated entirely to S. Dalbir Singh M. Sc. of New Delhi’s
research on sources of Dasam Granth, following is what I
suggested to him and would urge Darshan Singh Khalsa to
consider my suggestion:
“In his third letter to Jathedar Akal Takhat dated October
15, 2008, none of which were answered, S. Dalbir Singh
expresses his dilemma that if out of respect of hukam of
GGS against kachi bani he does not recite Jaap, Swaiyya,
and Chaupai, he is panth-dokhi and if he recites them he
becomes Guru-dokhi by disobeying Guru’s hukam against
kachi bani. He is beseeching the Jathedar to guide him; he
can until the hell freezes over. You have to be Lamba to get
Jathedar’s ears. Do not become Guru-dokhi, one cannot
become panth-dokhi because there is no Panth.
Badal/Tohra killed it long time ago.”
May Guru spare us the tragedy that occurred in Europe
500 years ago. Guru Nanak had ushered a new movement of
universal brotherhood. He rejected centuries old ritualistic
and discriminatory practices that had crept into the society.
By doing so he gravely hurt the feelings of not only his
parents and family but also the entire high caste society, the
establishment of the day. Unfortunately within 500 years we
have turned away from the path shown to us by Guru Nanak.
Instead new but similar organizations have been created, who
under the pretext of hurt ‘religious’ feelings are threatening
the revival of Gurus’ message. Guru did not waver under that
threat; nor shall we. What Guru said during his time “rfjy
sLINh mukwdm kuwqy” is apt today. You know who are the rulers of
today and who are the dogs. We are not advocating a new
faith. All we are asking for is necessary reformation as per
teachings of Guru Nanak. Hardev Singh Shergill
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UNDERSTANDING JAPJI - 7:
THE CORE CONCEPTS.
By Karminder Singh Dhillon PhD (Boston).
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(Editor’s Note: [Part 1 appeared in Nov.-Dec. 2007; Part 2 in March-April
2008; Part 3 in May-June 2008, part 4 in November-December 2008 part 5
in May-june 2009 and part 6 in September-October 2009 issues of The
Sikh Bulletin. Readers may access them at www.sikhbulletin.com ]
The supremacy of the Creator is one concept that is
pivotal in Sikhi. Guru Nanak’s Japji introduces this
concept in the banee’s first salok Awid scu jugwid scu ]
hY BI scu nwnk hosI BI scu ] Aad Sach Jugaad Sach Hai
Bhi Sach Nanak Hosi Bhi Sach and goes on to talk
about the preeminence of the Creator’s Will (Hukam)
in the opening paurees. After laying out a formula and
flow chart for Sikh spirituality that begins with Gavna
(3 rd pauree), moves on to Suneay( 8 th – 11 th paurees),
which in turn leads to Maney (12 th to 15 th paurees) and
on to Parvaan (16 th pauree), Guru Nanak returns to
the concept of the Creator’s supremacy in order to root
this concept firmly in the mind of the journeying Sikh.
The flow chart (see previous article) will only take the
Sikh to its ultimate goal if the journeying individual is
forever focused on the destination – the supreme
Creator. Guru Nanak thus attempts to ground this
focus for the Sikh by devoting the next 10 paurees
(after Parvaan) to the issue of the Creator’s
supremacy.
Guru Nanak lays out his spiritual wisdom regarding
the supremacy of God through a three pauree
combination called the Asankh Paurees (17 th till 19 th ),
followed by four paurees (20 th till 23 rd ) that compare
existing views on the Creator with Guru Nanak’s own,
and conclude with three paurees that lay out the
limitless (the Aant pauree 24 th ), unfathomable (Kaytay
pauree 25th) and invaluable (Amul pauree -26 th )
nature of the Creator. In the 27 th pauree, Guru Nanak
returns to the concept of Gavna – the starting point of
the flow chart. It thus appears that the flow chart of
Guru Nanak’s spirituality is framed within the
supremacy of the Creator. And the concept of God’s
supremacy is captured through Gavna, Suneay and
Maney. The logic and flow of Japji is marvelous, to
say the least.
AsMK jp AsMK Bwau ] AsMK pUjw AsMK qp qwau ]
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AsMK grMQ muiK vyd pwT ] AsMK jog min rhih audws ]
AsMK Bgq gux igAwn vIcwr ] AsMK sqI AsMK dwqwr ]
AsMK sUr muh BK swr ] AsMK moin ilv lwie qwr ]
kudriq kvx khw ivcwru ] vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ]
jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ] 17 ]
The word asankh is arrived at by adding a prefix to the
root word sankh from sankhiya meaning numerical
counting. Asankh therefore means beyond count,
beyond numerals, and beyond calculation. Guru
Nanak’s point on the supremacy of the Creator is
established by suggesting that creation itself is asankh.
He who creates something beyond fathom is Himself
beyond fathom.
Pauree 17 thus establishes that creation consists of
countless meditations, devotions, worship services and
austere disciplines. Countless are the scriptures, their
recitations, the Yogis and devotees who contemplate
the Wisdom and Virtues of the Lord. Countless are the
holy, the donors, the spiritual warriors, the silent sages,
and those who contemplate. I do not have the ability to
narrate Your creative power.
The supremacy of the Creator is so impossible to
define. One does not have the ability to even define part
of His creation.
If the “positive” aspect of creation is beyond fathom, so
is the negative side.
AsMK mUrK AMD Gor ] AsMK cor hrwmKor ]
AsMK Amr kir jwih jor ] AsMK glvF hiqAw kmwih ]
AsMK pwpI pwpu kir jwih ] AsMK kUiVAwr kUVy iPrwih ]
AsMK mlyC mlu BiK Kwih ] AsMK inMdk isir krih Bwru ]
nwnku nIcu khY ivcwru ] vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ]
jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ] 18 ]
Countless are the fools, the ignorant, the thieves and
embezzlers. Countless impose their will by force.
Countless kill, sin and lie. Countless are the evilminded,
the slanderers and corrupt.
AsMK nwv AsMK Qwv ] AgMm AgMm AsMK loA ]
AsMK khih isir Bwru hoie ] AKrI nwmu AKrI swlwh ]
AKrI igAwnu gIq gux gwh ] AKrI ilKxu bolxu bwix]
AKrw isir sMjogu vKwix ] ijin eyih ilKy iqsu isir nwih
]
ijv Purmwey iqv iqv pwih ] jyqw kIqw qyqw nwau ]
ivxu nwvY nwhI ko Qwau ] kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ]
vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ]
qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ] 19 ]
Countless are the names, the places, and the
inaccessible, unapproachable, celestial realms. Even to
use the word “asankh” to describe the Creator’s
creation is to carry a burden. [Yet, words and letters
are all I have to describe]. Even the Creator’s Name
and Praise are uttered using words. Knowledge about
You and singing the Songs of Your Glory is also
through words. From words, come the written and
spoken words and hymns. From words, comes destiny,
written on one’s forehead. But the Creator who wrote
these words of destiny—no words are written on His
Forehead. As He ordains, so do we receive. The
created universe is all Your manifestation, nothing is
devoid of it. How then, can I describe Your creative
power?
But Guru Nanak’s concern is not so much with the
multitude and greatness of creation. His goal in these
three paurees is to establish the supremacy of the
Creator with whom the Sikh must connect through
Gavna. This is why the final verse of all three asankh
paures is the same: vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] jo quDu
BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]
Meaning: I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You. I
accept as good all that pleases You. You are eternal
and formless.
Now, how does the Sikh connect with the supreme
Creator, whose creation even cannot be described by
the word “asankh?” How does the Sikh rise above the
countless negativity (foolishness, fraud, ego, fraud etc
of pauree 18) that co-exists in the creation? Which, if
any of the existing spiritual belief systems are to be
deployed?
Guru Nanak provides the answer in truly direct terms.
The way to connect with the unfathomable Creator is
through the conduct of certain actions particularly the
singing his praises – Naam – even if we are only able
to state His praises with words (pauree 19)
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BrIAY hQu pYru qnu dyh ] pwxI DoqY auqrsu Kyh ]
mUq plIqI kpVu hoie ] dy swbUxu leIAY Ehu Doie ]
BrIAY miq pwpw kY sMig ] Ehu DopY nwvY kY rMig ]
puMnI pwpI AwKxu nwih ] kir kir krxw iliK lY jwhu ]
Awpy bIij Awpy hI Kwhu ] nwnk hukmI Awvhu jwhu ] 20 ]
If and when one’s body becomes unclean, water can
wash away the dirt. When the dirt is such that the
clothes are soiled, soap is required. When the mind is
filled with impurities it can only be cleansed by the love
of the Name. Virtue and vice are not merely names.
Actions that are done over and over again are engraved
on the soul. One shall thus reap what one sows. O
Nanak, by the Hukam of what we sow, we come and
go.
Now, what about existing methods? Isn’t there merit in
what mankind has been doing all along to connect with
the Creator, to know the Creator and to understand
God? Guru Nanak’s response is in the next pauree.
qIrQu qpu dieAw dqu dwnu ] jy ko pwvY iql kw mwnu ]
suixAw mMinAw min kIqw Bwau ] AMqrgiq qIriQ mil nwau ]
siB gux qyry mY nwhI koie ] ivxu gux kIqy Bgiq n hoie ]
suAsiq AwiQ bwxI brmwau ] siq suhwxu sdw min cwau ]
kvxu su vylw vKqu kvxu kvx iQiq kvxu vwru ]
kvix is ruqI mwhu kvxu ijqu hoAw Awkwru ]
vyl n pweIAw pMfqI ij hovY lyKu purwxu ]
vKqu n pwieE kwdIAw ij ilKin lyKu kurwxu ]
iQiq vwru nw jogI jwxY ruiq mwhu nw koeI ]
jw krqw isrTI kau swjy Awpy jwxY soeI ]
ikv kir AwKw ikv swlwhI ikau vrnI ikv jwxw ]
nwnk AwKix sBu ko AwKY iek dU ieku isAwxw ]
vfw swihbu vfI nweI kIqw jw kw hovY ]
nwnk jy ko AwpO jwxY AgY gieAw n sohY ] 21 ]
Pilgrimages, austere discipline, compassion and
charity—these, by themselves, bring only an iota of
merit. The merit is in gaining a good reputation.
Listening and believing with love and humility in your
mind, provide for inner cleansing - the real merit. If
You do not instill Your virtues in me, I will have none
at all. Without acquiring virtue, there is no devotional
worship. I bow to You the Lord of the World, to Your
Word, to You as the creator. You are beautiful, true
and eternally joyful.
So immense is Your creation that it is beyond
mankind. What was that time, the moment the day, the
date, the season, and the month, when creation was
created? The Pundits could not know that, if they did
they would have written so in the Puraanas. The Qazis
and the Yogis could not know as well. The Creator
who created this creation—only He Himself knows.
How then can I praise Him? How can I describe Him?
How can I know Him? O Nanak, everyone speaks of
Him, each one wiser than the rest (yet they cannot tell
us the entire picture). Great is the Master, Great is His
Name. Whatever happens is according to His Will. O
Nanak, anyone who claims to know everything shall
not gain respect in God’s eyes.
pwqwlw pwqwl lK Awgwsw Awgws ]
EVk EVk Bwil Qky vyd khin iek vwq ]
shs ATwrh khin kqybw AsulU ieku Dwqu ]
lyKw hoie q ilKIAY lyKY hoie ivxwsu ]
nwnk vfw AwKIAY Awpy jwxY Awpu ] 22 ]
The Vedas, after a tiring but fruitless search, arrived at
the one finding that there are lakhs of regions beneath
regions, and lakhs of skies above skies. The four
scriptures (Torah, Bible, Quran and Book of David)
say that there are 18,000 worlds. But the reality is that
one could only count (in lakhs and thousands) if there
was a count. The counting and those counting meet
their ends but not what is being counted. O Nanak,
praise Him as Great because only He Himself knows.
But even praise has its limits with regards to knowing
the Creator’s workings.
swlwhI swlwih eyqI suriq n pweIAw ]
ndIAw AqY vwh pvih smuMid n jwxIAih ]
smuMd swh sulqwn igrhw syqI mwlu Dnu ]
kIVI quil n hovnI jy iqsu mnhu n vIsrih ] 23 ]
Even those who praise the Lord cannot obtain a full
accounting of the Creator. Just like the streams and
rivers flowing into the ocean, they can immerse
themselves into the Lord, but cannot know His
vastness. [Yet, remembrance is superior to other
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methods]. Kings and emperors, with mountains of
property and oceans of wealth may be big and
powerful, yet, an ant is superior so long as it does not
disregard the Creator.
AMqu n isPqI khix n AMqu ] AMqu n krxY dyix n AMqu ]
AMqu n vyKix suxix n AMqu ] AMqu n jwpY ikAw min mMqu ]
AMqu n jwpY kIqw Awkwru ] AMqu n jwpY pwrwvwru ]
AMq kwrix kyqy ibllwih ] qw ky AMq n pwey jwih ]
eyhu AMqu n jwxY koie ] bhuqw khIAY bhuqw hoie ]
vfw swihbu aUcw Qwau ] aUcy aupir aUcw nwau ]
eyvfu aUcw hovY koie ] iqsu aUcy kau jwxY soie ]
jyvfu Awip jwxY Awip Awip ] nwnk ndrI krmI dwiq
] 24 ]
Endless are His praises and endless are those who speak
them. Endless are His actions, intentions and giving.
His limits cannot be perceived either by seeing or
hearing. The limits of creation here and beyond cannot
be perceived. Many struggle to discover His limits, but
His limits cannot be found or known. The more said
about them, the more there still remains to be said.
Great is the Master, High His abode. Highest of all is
His Name. Only He Himself knows Himself. O Nanak,
by His grace, He bestows His blessings. || 24 ||
bhuqw krmu iliKAw nw jwie ] vfw dwqw iqlu n qmwie ]
kyqy mMgih joD Apwr ] kyiqAw gxq nhI vIcwru ]
kyqy Kip qutih vykwr ] kyqy lY lY mukru pwih ]
kyqy mUrK KwhI Kwih ] kyiqAw dUK BUK sd mwr ]
eyih iB dwiq qyrI dwqwr ] bMid KlwsI BwxY hoie ]
horu AwiK n skY koie ] jy ko Kwieku AwKix pwie ]
Ehu jwxY jyqIAw muih Kwie ] Awpy jwxY Awpy dyie ]
AwKih is iB kyeI kyie ] ijs no bKsy isPiq swlwh ]
nwnk pwiqswhI pwiqswhu ] 25 ]
His blessings are so abundant that there can be no
accounting for them. The Great Giver does not expect
anything in return. Countless great, heroic souls beg of
Him. Countless corrupt ones do the same. Countless
receive and deny receiving. Countless fools keep on
consuming His gifts. Countless endure distress,
deprivation and pain. Even these are Your gifts, O great
Giver! Liberation from bondage comes only through
Your hukam. No one else has any say in this. If some
fool should presume to say that he does, only he will
realize the price of his folly. God Himself knows and
He Himself gives. Very few are those who
acknowledge such. One who is blessed to sing the
Praises of the Lord, O Nanak, is the king of kings.
The Amul pauree goes on to conclude that not only is
God unfathomable, so is everything and anything
connected to Him.
Amul gux Amul vwpwr ] Amul vwpwrIey Amul BMfwr ]
Amul Awvih Amul lY jwih ] Amul Bwie Amulw smwih ]
Amulu Drmu Amulu dIbwxu ] Amulu qulu Amulu prvwxu ]
Amulu bKsIs Amulu nIswxu ] Amulu krmu Amulu Purmwxu ]
Amulo Amulu AwiKAw n jwie ] AwiK AwiK rhy ilv lwie ]
AwKih vyd pwT purwx ] AwKih pVy krih viKAwx ]
AwKih brmy AwKih ieMd ] AwKih gopI qY goivMd ]
AwKih eIsr AwKih isD ] AwKih kyqy kIqy buD ]
AwKih dwnv AwKih dyv ] AwKih suir nr muin jn syv ]
kyqy AwKih AwKix pwih ] kyqy kih kih auiT auiT jwih ]
eyqy kIqy hoir kryih ] qw AwiK n skih kyeI kyie ]
jyvfu BwvY qyvfu hoie ] nwnk jwxY swcw soie ]
jy ko AwKY boluivgwVu ] qw ilKIAY isir gwvwrw gwvwru
] 26 ]
Priceless are His virtues and dealings, priceless are the
dealers and treasures. Priceless are those who come to
Him, Priceless are those deal with Him. Priceless is
Love for Him, Priceless is absorption into Him.
Priceless is the divine order and court. Priceless is the
justice system there. Priceless are His blessings and
insignia. Priceless is His mercy and command. They
are beyond expression! Many attempt to estimate Him
by remaining absorbed in His love. The Vedas and the
Puranas; Brahma and Indra; the Gopis and Krishna;
Shiva and the Siddhas; all estimate Him. Countless
Buddhas do the same. The demons the demi-gods, the
spiritual warriors, the heavenly beings, the silent
sages, the humble and the service oriented estimate
Him. Many have tried to estimate God and have
departed. If He were to create as many again as there
already are, even then, they could not be able to
estimate Him. He is as great as He wishes to be. O
Nanak, the True Lord knows. If anyone presumes to
estimate God, he shall be known as the greatest fool of
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fools!
The next pauree returns to provide a detailed
pronouncement on Gavna. It begins with the question so
dru kyhw so Gru kyhw ijqu bih srb smwly Meaning: what
is the nature of the door and of the abode from within
which God resides? The answer is provided in terms of
music, raag, instruments, taal, singing and song.
so dru kyhw so Gru kyhw ijqu bih srb smwly ]
vwjy nwd Anyk AsMKw kyqy vwvxhwry ]
kyqy rwg prI isau khIAin kyqy gwvxhwry ]
gwvih quhno pauxu pwxI bYsMqru gwvY rwjw Drmu duAwry ]
gwvih icqu gupqu iliK jwxih iliK iliK Drmu vIcwry ]
gwvih eIsru brmw dyvI sohin sdw svwry ]
gwvih ieMd iedwsix bYTy dyviqAw dir nwly ]
gwvih isD smwDI AMdir gwvin swD ivcwry ]
gwvin jqI sqI sMqoKI gwvih vIr krwry ]
gwvin pMifq pVin rKIsr jugu jugu vydw nwly ]
gwvih mohxIAw mnu mohin surgw mC pieAwly ]
gwvin rqn aupwey qyry ATsiT qIrQ nwly ]
gwvih joD mhwbl sUrw gwvih KwxI cwry ]
gwvih KMf mMfl vrBMfw kir kir rKy Dwry ]
syeI quDuno gwvih jo quDu Bwvin rqy qyry Bgq rswly ]
hor kyqy gwvin sy mY iciq n Awvin nwnku ikAw vIcwry ]
soeI soeI sdw scu swihbu swcw swcI nweI ]
hY BI hosI jwie n jwsI rcnw ijin rcweI ]
rMgI rMgI BwqI kir kir ijnsI mwieAw ijin aupweI ]
kir kir vyKY kIqw Awpxw ijv iqs dI vifAweI ]
jo iqsu BwvY soeI krsI hukmu n krxw jweI ]
so pwiqswhu swhw pwiqswihbu nwnk rhxu rjweI ]
Melody vibrates Your door step, and countless
musicians play countless instruments, singing countless
raags and songs. The wind, water and fire are engaged
in a song. The angels who record actions and the judge
who judges also sing at Your door. Shiva, Brahma and
many gods and goddesses, ever adorned, sing. Inder,
seated upon his throne, sings at Your door. The
Siddhas in meditation sing; the Saadhus sing in
contemplation.
The celibates, the truth seekers, the pacifists and the
fearless warriors sing. The scholars, who recite the
Vedas, with the supreme sages of all the ages, sing.
The celestial bodies created by You, and the sixtyeight
places of pilgrimage sing. The brave and mighty
warriors sing; the spiritual heroes and the four sources
of creation sing.
The planets and galaxies, created and arranged by
Your Hand, sing. They alone sing, who are pleasing to
Your Will. Your devotees are imbued with the nectar
of Your essence. Many others that do not come to
mind sing. O Nanak, how can I count them all?
The Lord is true, forever true, and true is His
existence. He is and shall always be. He shall not
depart, even when this universe which He has created
departs. He created the world, with its various colors
and variety of species. Having created the creation, He
watches over it Himself, by His greatness. He does
what He pleases. No order can be issued to Him. He is
the king, the king of kings, the supreme lord and
master of kings. Nanak remains subject to His will.
Such is the importance of this pauree that it appears
three times in the GGS with very slight poetic
variations. Its second appearance is in Rehras on page
8 of the GGS. In the Rehras version, the word “Terey”
meaning ‘Yours’ appears prominently in every line. It
appears yet again in Aasa Raag on page 347. The
second appearance of any shabad in the GGS is indeed
rare. That one entire composition on Gavna appears
three times definitely speaks volumes of the
importance of the concept.
Sikhi is thus a spiritual and Godly song. The essence of
Sikh spirituality is Gavna. Guru Nanak introduced
Gavna in pauree three as the first concept of Sikhi
practice – right after introducing Hukam as the first
concept of Sikh philosophy. He then lays out a
practical flow chart for Sikh spirituality that flows out
of Gavna into Suneay which flows into Maney and on
into Parvaan. After the Parvaan pauree Guru Nanak
returns to the concept of the Creator’s supremacy in
order to root this concept firmly in the mind of the
journeying Sikh. The Baba’s spiritual wisdom
regarding the supremacy of God is established through
ten paurees: the Asankh Aant, Kaytay and the Amul.
Twenty four paurees after introducing Gavna – the
starting point of the flow chart, and after framing
Gavna within the supremacy of the Creator in ten
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paurees, Guru Nanak returns to complete the flow. The
logic and flow of Japji is marvelous, to say the least. It
is thus not without basis that many Gursikshs accept the
notion that Japji contains the essence of the entire GGS.
The next 11 paurees and the final salok are marvelous
in their own regard as well. Their explanation will
follow in succeeding articles.
[Note: Comments and questions may be directed to the
writer at dhillon99@gmail.com – Editor]
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WHY IS RELIGIOUS LITERACY IMPORTANT
IN TODAY’S WORLD?
Prof Devinder Singh Chahal, PhD
Institute for Understanding Sikhism
The place of religion in public education is a hotly
debated topic that continues to challenge school system
in all parts of the world. For some religion is primary
cause of social division, conflict and war, whilst others
have argued that this is a distortion of the 'true'
significance of religion, which when properly followed
promote peace, harmony, goodwill and social cohesion.
The modern world is looking for peace for the survival
of the humanity.
Why Religious Literacy is important in Today’s World -
An International Symposium for Educators, Scholars
and policy makers was held at Moyse Hall, McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 2,
2009. It was attended by about 200 students, teachers,
scholars and policy makers.
The educators attending this symposium carried home a
message that there is growing recognition in Europe
and North America that religious illiteracy creates
serious barriers between cultures. In this symposium the
emphasis was on how education of religion could be
imparted in schools so that students could understand
and appreciate the beliefs of other religions to eliminate
intolerance towards somebody’s faith.
Dr Spancer Boudreau of McGill University, Montreal
reported the history of teaching of Religion in Quebec
State, Canada. He mentioned that teaching of religion
is very controversial task since it is difficult to decide
what is right and what is wrong in a particular religion
since a teacher cannot be expert in all the religions. Dr
Boudreau also made very clear that ethics and
religions are two different subjects. Dr Robert Jackson,
University of Warwick, UK presented the situation of
teaching of religions in the world. He mentioned
incidence of 9/11 is an awakening since there is an
increase interest to know religions. However, he said
that research on religion has also increased to develop
understanding of other religions to increase the spirit
of tolerance. He has also mentioned that books on
religions are written by those who don’t know
religions.
He further mentioned that how the same religion is
being taught differently in different countries. For
example, Islam of Indonesia is different from that of
Iran, Iraq and other Islamic countries. I have also
noticed that whereas the hijab is must in some Islamic
countries but it is banned in Public offices in another
Islamic country, Turkey. Now somebody may pose a
question: What is the truth about Hijab?
Dr Isabelle Saint-Martin, University Sorbonne, France
reported that education of religion from 1882 to 1923
in French school was mandatory: Duty before God.
First book on religion for schools was published in
1877 and it was modified in 1906: Heaven – Dead.
And use of reason was incorporated in the book.
France is a secular country and in 1905 Church was
separated from the State. The State wants to maintain
secularism but teaching of religion in private schools
is not hindered. She emphasized that understanding of
other religions will infuse spirit of tolerance in young
fellows. She also mentioned that interpretation of
religion in the contemporary world is too allusive. She
also quoted some figures that Catholics are in majority
forming about 60%, Islam is 6% and other religions
are in minority (Sikhism was not mentioned may be
because of insignificant number of Sikhs), however,
the population of people without any religion is 26%,
next to Catholics. I think this is almost the same
percentage found in British Columbia (BC), Canada.
And population of people without any religion is
increasing in the other well-educated states or cities of
the North America.
Although population of people without any religion is
increasing still many religious groups claim that
interest in religion is reviving. But I think it might be
due to the after effect of 9/11 that people want to know
why any religion would do such a horrendous
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destruction and killing.
I had some personal talk with Dr Saint-Martin about the
problem of Hijab for Muslim girls and turban of Sikh
boys in the Public schools. She was quite frank to tell
that France being a secular country does not want any
influence of any religion through ostentatious religious
articles. She told me that teachers in French Public
schools are mostly women and they felt wearing of
hijab is a sign of discrimination to Muslim women
students. The turban, cross, Jewish cap also came under
the same law against the use of ostentatious religious
articles. Now it has become difficult to decide which
religious article is to be exempted. She further
explained to me that although the Muslims claim that
hijab is for the modesty of Muslim women but she does
not agree to this reasoning that why the Muslim men
don’t practice modesty by not looking at other French
women without hijab.
The paper of Dr Diane Moore, Harvard Divinity School
at Harvard University, USA was very illuminating. Her
emphasis was that the illiteracy of religion is wide
spread over the globe. The significant consequence is
that it fuels antagonism and hinders respect for
pluralism, peaceful coexistence and cooperative
endeavors. Teaching of religion is a very difficult task.
There are no clear cut basic tenets since there is so
much diversity in expressing these tenets by the socalled
custodians of religions.
I told Dr Moore that some so-called democratic
countries exploit religions to initiate religious riots
before elections and then control it after winning the
elections. Then I posed a question: Who is going to
teach the religion to such governments? Her answer
was very simple the people should know the religion in
its real perspective so that they are not exploited by any
government. So is true to understand the religion in its
real perspective to avoid exploitation by the palmreaders,
fortune-tellers, astrologers, Peers, Pundits,
Sants/Babas, etc.
Every speaker was talking in general about religion;
however, there were often references to Christianity and
Islam. Buddhism was referred a few times. Hinduism
was considered as a very complicated religion, which is
not only difficult to understand but also difficult to
teach by many religious teachers. And Sikhism was not
mentioned except naming it a couple of times. In the
poster of this symposium the icons of Christianity,
Jews, Islam and Buddhism were given but there was
no icon of Hinduism and that of Sikhism. I have
noticed that most of the time icon used to represent
Sikhism is ‘Khanda’ (>), which indicates the martial
nature of Sikhism, however, the icon or the Logo of
Sikhi (Sikhism) coined by Guru Nanak is < (Ek Oh
Beant – One and Only, Oh, Infinite) to represent the
God is used rarely. Sometimes both the icons are used.
I leave it to the custodians of Sikhi to decide which
icon is to be used to represent Sikhi (Sikhism) during
the time of need of unity and maintenance of peace in
the world.
At the end of the symposium on behalf of the Institute
for Understanding Sikhism, I presented a copy of my
latest book, NANAKIAN PHILOSOPHY – Basics for
Humanity (ISBN: 978-0-9734291-3-8), to each of the
invited speakers and the local speakers of the McGill
University to make them familiar with the universally
acceptable philosophy of Guru Nanak. I present this
book to the academicians in religions of the world
whenever and wherever I meet any. For more
information about this book please visit:
www.nanakianphilosophy.com or email at
iuscanada@gmail.com
(With courtesy:
http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIsikhs/Canada/Articles/Chahal/2009/3_WH
Y_RELIGIOUS.htm)
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1ST SIKH IN DECADES GRADUATES
ARMY OFFICER SCHOOL
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The soldiers in standard-issue fatigues and combat
boots stood side-by-side repeating their creed: "I am
an American soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a
team. I serve the people of the United States and live
the Army values ...."
Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan was no different except
that he wore a full beard and black turban, the first
Sikh in a generation allowed to complete U.S. Army
basic officer training without sacrificing the articles of
his faith. He completed the nine-week training
Monday after Army officials made an exemption to a
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policy that has effectively prevented Sikhs from
enlisting since 1984.
"I'm feeling very humbled. I'm a soldier," said the 31year-old
dentist, smiling after the ceremony at Fort Sam
Houston. "This has been my dream."
Rattan had to get a waiver from the Army to serve
without sacrificing the unshorn hair mandated by his
faith. An immigrant from India who arrived in New
York as a teenager, Rattan said he hopes his military
commitment will allow him to give back to his adopted
home country and will help diminish prejudice Sikhs
sometimes face in the U.S.
The Army in 1984 eliminated an exemption that had
previously allowed Sikhs to maintain their articles of
faith while serving, but officials can issue individual
waivers to the uniform policy after considering the
effects on safety and discipline, said Army spokesman
George Wright. Only a handful of such individual
religious exemptions are ever granted.
Rattan and Dr. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, who will attend
basic training this summer after completing an
emergency medicine fellowship, are the first Sikhs to
receive exemptions in more than 25 years.
Rattan — who received a master's degree in
engineering before pursuing a dental education_ and
Kalsi both offer health care skills that are in high
demand in an Army stretched by wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
Rattan said he encountered no trouble from fellow
soldiers during training.
"The Army is all about what you have to offer. If
you're sitting back there, not doing anything, they're
definitely going to talk about you. But if you're up
there running with them, you have good scores, you
run neck-and-neck with them, they love you," he said.
"I made a lot of friends."
1st Sgt. Jeffrey DeGarmo said he made sure the
officers-in-training in his unit understood that Rattan
wasn't a foreign national and had received the Army's
permission to maintain his beard and turban. Once the
other soldiers understood that, there were no issues, he
said.
"It went pretty well," DeGarmo said. "I think he did an
outstanding job adjusting."
During training, Rattan wore a helmet over the small
turban, which he doesn't remove, and was able to
successfully create a seal with his gas mask despite the
beard, resolving the Army's safety concerns, said
Harsimran Kaur, the Sikh Coalition's legal director.
Rattan also worked with an Army tailor to create an
insignia patch normally worn on soldiers' berets that
could be affixed to his black turban, she said.
An estimated 300,000 Sikhs live in the United States.
The unshorn hair wrapped in a turban and beard are
required to keep adherents in the natural state in which
God made them, said Amardeep Singh, director of the
Sikh Coalition, a New York-based advocacy group
that helped Rattan and Kalsi push for Army
admittance.
The Sikh community has a long tradition of military
service in India, from where most adherents originally
emigrated, and in other countries, such as the United
Kingdom and Canada. Sikhs represent 2 percent of
India's population but make up about 30 percent of
that country's army officers, Singh said.
Before the Army's regulation change in 1984, Sikhs
served in the U.S. military during every major armed
conflict going back to World War I. Those who joined
before the change were allowed to serve with their
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beards and turbans, but the policy effectively prevented
new enlistment of Sikhs, Kaur said.
The coalition continues to push the Army to change the
overall policy.
"If government can say to someone, 'You can't serve,
not for any reason that has to do with your abilities,'
that sends the wrong message," Singh said. "We don't
want to be perpetual outsiders."
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OREGON GOVERNOR POISED TO END
SIKH TEACHER BAN
YOUR VOICES MADE A DIFFERENCE
March 29, 2010 (Washington, DC) - One month after
Oregon's legislature voted by landslide margins to end
the state's 87-year-old ban on religious dress for public
school teachers, The Sikh Coalition has learned that
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski will sign this historic
legislation into law.
For the first time in American history, observant Sikhs,
Jews, and Muslims won't have to sacrifice their articles
of faith in order to work as teachers in the public
schools of Oregon.
This victory would not have been possible without your
support. Sikh Coalition supporters sent almost 10,000
messages to Oregon legislators, urging them to end the
state's discriminatory ban on Sikh teachers.
Important Next Steps
Before the new law goes into effect in July 2011,
Oregon's administrative agencies will spend the next
year developing guidelines that spell out the new rights
and responsibilities of public school teachers in
Oregon. The Sikh Coalition will monitor this process
to ensure that the new guidelines protect the civil rights
of teachers. In the meantime, we strongly encourage
Oregon Sikhs to pursue teaching careers with pride.
The Cost of Change
Getting to this point took many strategic steps:
January 6, 2010 - The Sikh Coalition partners with
SALDEF and UNITED SIKHS on a joint action alert,
calling for an end to discrimination against Sikhs in
Oregon.
January 12, 2010 - The Sikh Coalition publishes an
essay about the Oregon issue on the website of the
American Constitution Society, a prominent national
policy organization.
February 5, 2010 - The Sikh Coalition rallies
seventeen (17) state and national organizations,
including the Anti-Defamation League and Becket
Fund for Religious Liberty, in support of ending
Oregon's discrimination against religious teachers.
The Sikh Coalition publishes profiles of accomplished
Sikh teachers from across the United States on its
website.
February 15, 2010 - The Sikh Coalition prepares
written testimony and educational material for the
Oregon legislature.
March 8, 2010 - The Sikh Coalition sends a letter to
Oregon's Governor urging him to end Oregon's
discriminatory ban on Sikh teachers.
The Sikh Coalition is thankful to Oregon House
Speaker Dave Hunt and his staff for taking up this
cause; to Portland attorney and activist Saba Ahmed
for her extraordinary leadership; and for the support of
countless partner organizations and community
members in Oregon and throughout the United States.
As always, The Sikh Coalition urges all Sikhs to stand
up for their rights and fearlessly maintain their articles
of faith.
[Sikh Coalition is a community-based organization that
works towards the realization of civil and human rights for
all people. The Coalition serves as a resource on Sikhs and
Sikh concerns for governments, organizations and
individuals.
The Sikh Coalition relies on your financial support to
sustain its initiatives and broaden its services. In addition to
supporting the Sikh Coalition directly, we encourage you to
use matching donation programs offered by many
employers. The Sikh Coalition is a 501c (3) non-profit
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SUBJECT: GUR IQBAL SINGH NOW IN
PLATFORM OF RSS
July 9, 2009 Surjeet Singh Khalsa
Please put this on your news/article section under the
heading: The RSS Network among the Sikhs Rahstriya
Sikh Sangat, the Sikh wing of RSS the Hindu militant
organisation in its Nagpur meeting has conferred status
of permanent invitees on certain Sikhs (B team). It
further declared that RSS would even like to honour
certain individuals publicly. The Punjabi email has
following names. Special Invitees to the meetings of the
RSS:
1. Pritam Singh Bhatia, Faridabad
2. Giani Kulwinder Singh
3. Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba
4. Dr.Gurdip Singh Jagbir, Punjab Radio, London
5. Dr. Harpal Singh Pannu, Patiala University
6. Dr. Jodh Singh, Patiala University
7. Prof. Harbhajan Singh Dehradoon
8. Ratinder Singh Indore (he is head of the team that
publishes 'Panthic weekly' on internet)
9. Kashmir Singh Patiala University
10. Guriqbal Singh Mata Kaulan Taksal (Religious
preacher)
11. Harbans Singh Jagadhari (Religious preacher)
12. Giani Pooran Singh, (ex Jathedar Akal Takhat)
13. Sant Hari Singh Zira
14. Prof. Davinder Singh Jammu (writer)
15. Prof. Davinder Singh Mohali (writer)
16. ADS Mangat Canada (we daily receive propaganda
mails from him. Usually it is the news clippings)
17. Inder Singh (Has been too much active on internet)
All these are Dasam Granthis and the touts of the RSS.
Panth beware of their conspiracies. Let us have social
boycott of these Panthic Ghadaars/traitors.
Surjeet Singh Khalsa
ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀਆ ਿਸੱਖ ਸੰਗਤ ਦੀ 25. 5. 2009 ਦੀ ਮੀਟੰਗ (ਸਰਕੂਲਰ)
ਨਾਗਪੁਰ 25. 5. 2009 ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀਆ ਿਸੱਖ ਸੰਗਤ ਦੀ ਏਪਕਸ ਕਮੇਟੀ
ਿਵੱਚ ਮੈਂਬਰ ਚੁਣੇ ਗਏ: ਿਚਰੰਜੀਵ ਿਸੰਘ ਸਰਪਰਸਤ, ਰੁਲਦਾ ਿਸੰਘ
ਪਰ੍ਧਾਨ, ਵੀਰੇਂਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਿਦੱਲੀ, ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਿਗੱਲ ਜੈਪੁਰ,
ਰਿਵੰਦਰਪਾਲ ਿਸੰਘ ਿਦੱਲੀ, ਜਗਜੀਵਨਜੋਤ ਿਸੰਘ ਉਤਰਚਲ, ਡਾ
ਜਸਿਵੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ, ਡਾ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ, ਬਾਬੂ ਿਸੰਘ ਦੁਖੀਆ,
ਦਲਜੀਤ ਿਸੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ, ਰਿਜੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਭੰਗੂ, ਰਣਜੀਤ ਿਸੰਘ ਰਾਣਾ
ਬਰਿਮੰਘਮ, ਮਨਿਜੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਸਰਸਾ, ਿਵੰਗ ਕਮਡਰ ਜੇ. ਐਸ. ਚੱਢਾ,
ਪਰ੍ਤਾਪ ਿਸੰਘ ਫ਼ੌਜਦਾਰ, ਰਣਬੀਰ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸ਼ੇਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਫ਼ੌਜੀ। ਏਪਕਸ
ਕਮੇਟੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਬੈਠਕ ਿਵੱਚ ਿਵਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਤੌਰ ਪਰ ਸੱਦੇ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਿਲਆਂ
ਿਵਚ: ਪਰ੍ੀਤਮ ਿਸੰਘ ਭਾਟੀਆ ਫ਼ਰੀਦਾਬਾਦ, ਿਗਆਨੀ ਕੁਲਿਵੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ,
ਗੁਰਚਰਨਜੀਤ ਿਸੰਘ ਲਬਾ ਸੰਤ ਿਸਪਾਹੀ, ਡਾ ਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਿਸੰਘ ਜਗਬੀਰ
ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰੇਡੀਓ ਲੰਡਨ, ਡਾ ਹਰਪਾਲ ਿਸੰਘ ਪੰਨੂ ਪਿਟਆਲਾ
ਯੂਨੀਵਰਿਸਟੀ, ਡਾ ਜੋਧ ਿਸੰਘ ਪਿਟਆਲਾ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਿਸਟੀ, ਪਰ੍ੋ ਹਰਭਜਨ
ਿਸੰਘ ਡੇਹਰਾਦੂਨ, ਰਿਤੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਇੰਦੌਰ, ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਪਿਟਆਲਾ
ਯੂਨੀਵਰਿਸਟੀ, ਗੁਰਇਕਬਾਲ ਿਸੰਘ ਕੌਲ ਟਕਸਾਲ, ਰਾਗੀ ਹਰਬੰਸ
ਿਸੰਘ ਜਗਾਧਰੀ, ਿਗਆਨੀ ਪੂਰਨ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸੰਤ ਹਰੀ ਿਸੰਘ ਜ਼ੀਰਾ, ਪਰ੍ੋ
ਦਿਵੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੰਮੂ, ਪਰ੍ੋ ਦਿਵੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਮੋਹਾਲੀ, ਏ. ਡੀ. ਐਸ. ਮਗਟ
ਕਨੇਡਾ, ਇੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ। ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਸੋਇਮ ਸੇਵਕ ਸੰਘ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਰ੍ੀ ਕੁਲਦੀਪ
ਚੰਦ ਅਗਨੀਹੋਤਰੀ ਇਸ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਦੇ ਸੰਚਾਲਕ ਬਣਾਏ ਗਏ। ਮੀਿਟੰਗ
ਿਵੱਚ ਿਗਆਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਆਹੂਜਾ ਜਬਲਪੁਰ ਦੇ ਿਨਧਨ ਤੇ ਦੋ ਿਮੰਟ ਦਾ ਮੋਨ
ਧਾਰਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਿਗਆ। ਮਤਾ ਪਾਸ ਹੋਇਆ ਿਕ ਸੰਤ ਹਰਨਾਮ ਿਸੰਘ ਧੁੰਮਾ,
ਭਾਈ ਬਲਦੇਵ ਿਸੰਘ ਅਖੰਡ ਕੀਰਤਨੀ ਜਥਾ, ਿਗਆਨੀ ਜੋਿਗੰਦਰ ਿਸੰਘ
ਵੇਦਤੀ, ਸੰਤ ਸੁਧ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸੰਤ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸੰਤ ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਿਸੰਘ, ਿਨਹੰਗ
ਸ਼ੇਰ ਿਸੰਘ, ਿਨਹੰਗ ਬਲਦੇਵ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸੰਤ ਿਗਆਨਦੇਵ ਿਸੰਘ, ਸੰਤ
ਬਲਬੀਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਸੀਚੇਵਾਲ ਦਾ ਿਵਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਸਨਮਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ।
*****
CONCEPTION OF SERVICE (SEVA) IN
GURBANI
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In Gurbani service means volunteer work done humbly
without the desire of some reward, photo opportunity
or appreciation in this or the next world. It is not
always planned in advance. Sometimes opportunity to
serve comes suddenly. For example while going for a
walk one finds a victim of an accident. Some persons
ignore him and continue their walk. But a God fearing
person, who has welfare of all in mind and is inclined
to serve, will help the victim as far as he can without
the desire of receiving anything in return and without
telling others to get credit. Desire to serve is natural
and motivation for service is a gift of God.
Service can be done in many ways like providing relief
where needed, conducting community service,
educating the poor, feeding the homeless etc. But it
should be kept in mind that only those unable to work
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should be helped and those professional beggars should
be ignored. Guru Amar Das says that a holy renouncer
does not feed himself on other’s alms and assumes
different religious garbs to fill his body.
AiBAwgq eyih n AwKIAin ij pr Gir Bojnu kryin[[
audrY kwrix Awpxy bhly ByiK kryin[[pMnw 949
Guru Nanak Dev also says”, Don’t touch the feet of
such a man who calls himself a Guru and a spiritual
guide, but goes begging.”
guru pIru sdwey mMgx jwie[[
qw kY mUil n lgIAY pwie[[pMnw 1245
However every kind of service has one or more of these
three components: body, mind and money. In our daily
talk we say-Taan,Maan an Dhann. Guru Arjan Dev has
said”, We should serve in many ways. Dedicate your
soul, breath and your wealth”.
Aink BWiq kir syvw krIAY[[
jIau pRwn Dnu AwgY DrIAY[[pMnw 309
Service done by body is physical work by someone for
performing selfless service. Devotion to serve is service
by mind. Natural urge to serve is the most important
thing in selfless service. Guru Angad Dev also says that
anything done under pressure brings neither merit nor
goodness.
bDw ctI jo Bry nw guxu nw aupkwru[[pMnw 787
Service requires money or material to help the needy
persons. A Gursikh is required to set apart ten percent
of his income to contribute for selfless purposes. This is
called Daswandh. In this age of materialism people do
not follow this practice. We should contribute minimum
1%. Only honestly earned resources should be given in
charity. Guru Nanak Dev says”. If a thief robs a house
and offers the stolen goods to his ancestors, in the next
world this is recognized and his ancestors are
considered thieves.”
jy mohwkw Gru muhY Gru muih ipqrI dyie[[
AgY vsqu is\wxIAY ipqrI cor kryie[[ pMnw 472
Selfless service has many advantages. Guru Nanak
Dev also writes that he, who eats what he earns by the
sweat of his brow, and then gives something in charity,
knows the path to God.
Gwil Kwie ikCu hQhu dyie[[
nwnk rwhu pCwxih syie[[pMnw 1245
Guru Nanak Dev advises us that selfless service take
us nearer to God and says:- If you do selfless service
in this world, you will get a seat in the Lord’s court.
ivic dunIAw syv kmweIAY[[
qw drgh bYsxu pweIAY[[pMnw 26
Guru Arjan Dev stresses the importance of selfless
service and says that one who serves without desire for
any reward attains to the Lord.
syvw krq hoie inhkwI[[
iqs kauy hoq prwpiq suAwmI[[pMn 286
Guru Nanak Dev also says that no objectives are
fulfilled without service. Service is the most excellent
action.
ibnu syvw Plu kbhu n pwvis syvw krxI swrI[[ pMnw
992
The same point is again stressed in the following line
which states that all the human beings are created by
God and no one obtains any reward without selfless
service.
jyqy jIA qyqy siB qyry ivxu syvw Plu iksY nwhI[[pMnw
354
Only service done sincerely is beneficial. In the next
quotes, Guru Nanak Dev says that only those who
practice truth while serving can obtain the fruit of their
service and feel happy with the thought of giving.
syvw krih syeI Plu pwvih ijnHI scu kmwieAw[[
pMnw 432
sqIAw min sMqoKu aupjY dyxY kY vIcwir[[pMnw 465
Ego and desire for appreciation or reward have no
place in selfless service. One who has welfare of all in
mind would not feel proud after performing some
service. At some places names of donors are displayed
to satisfy their ego. Guru Angad Dev has said that if
one eliminates ones self-conceit and then performs
service, one will be rewarded.
Awpu gvwie syvw kry qw ikCu pwey mwnu[[pMnw 474
Guru Ram Das has also said that calculated service is
not service at all and what is done is not approved.
gxqY syv n hoveI kIqw Qwie n pwie[[pMnw1246
Guru Amar Das says that those who, love serving
others, subdue their ego and perform selfless service,
remain dead yet alive.
Awpu Coif syvw krin jIvq muey rhMin[[pMnw 233
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246
Guru Arjan Dev says that one who is influenced by
praise or blame is not doing selfless service.
mwn AiBmwn mMDy so syvku nwhI ] pMnw 51
Guru Arjan Dev also writes that the Great Giver judges
him to be a fool who brags about giving charities .
jy ko hoie bhY dwqwru[[ iqsu dynhwru jwnY gwvwru[[pMnw
282
Guru Amar Das has also condemned ego and has said
that selfless service cannot be performed in egotism and
the soul goes unfulfilled.
haumY ivic syvw n hoveI qw mnu ibrQw jwie[[p60
Gurbani also teaches us that service done with ego is
not approved.
ivic haumY syvw Qwie n pwey[[pMnw 1071
Service performed by a proud person is not accepted
and he is ruined in misery.
syvw Qwie n pveI iqs kI Kip Kip hoie KuAwru[[pMnw
1247
Guru Teg Bahadur in the following quote condemns
such persons and says that actions of those who make
pilgrimages to sacred shrines, observe fast and make
donations to charity while still taking pride in their
mind, are useless like the elephant that takes a bath and
rolls in the dust.
qIrQ brq Aru dwn kir mn mY DrY gumwn[[
nwnk inhPl jwq iqh ijau kMucr iesnwn[[pMnw 1428
Some persons boast and slander others while
performing service. According to Gurbani, their service
is useless and fruitless.
pr inMdw muK qy nhI CUtI inPl BeI sB syvw
[[pMnw1253
Guru Arjan Dev says that some persons perform
insignificant service, but expect a lot from God in
return. They think that they have arrived in the presence
of God while they have not.
syvw QorI mwgnu bhuqw [[mhlu n pwvY khqo phuqw[[pMnw
738
Guru Nanak Dev also says that some persons give in
charity, but ask God to give them thousand-fold. They
also hope the world will praise them.
dy dy mMgih shsw gUxw soB kry sMswru[[pM 466
While doing selfless service, we should not consider
the religion or color of the needy. Friend or foe both
should be equally served if they need our help and we
can render the same. Guru Arjan Dev in the following
quote says that a carpenter cuts a tree with a sharp
tool, but the tree does not become angry. It serves his
purpose and does not blame him.
ssiqR qIKix kwit fwirE min n kIno rosu[[
kwju auAw ko ly svwirE iqlu n dIno dosu[[pMnw 1017
Selfless service should be considered as an opportunity
to thank God for enabling us to serve. Guru Nanak
Dev has rightly said that whatever we serve is given
by the Lord.
syvw krI jy ikCu hovY Apxw jIau ipMfu qumwrw[[pMnw 436
Being able to serve is a blessing in itself. It leads us to
a virtuous life. Service of humanity is service of God.
In Punjabi the word Banda means a servant and the
word Bandgi derived from Banda is used for worship.
It means service is worship. Bhagat Kabir has said:-
O servant of the Lord! Embrace selfless service.
bMdy bMdgI iekqIAwr[[ pMnw 338
In the following quote, Guru Amar Das has rightly
said that those, who do not perform selfless service,
continually sit in manure. Their lives are ruined.
Anidn sdw ivstw mih vwsw
ibnu syvw jnmu gvwvixAw[[pMn 119
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IF I WERE THE PRESIDENT OF SGPC
[Col. Avtar Singh (Retd.) Toronto, Canada]
When we were children studying at school, the teacher
gave us an essay to write titled “If I were the …”. To
my mind it was an excellent way to help students
develop their imagination and then be able to
communicate about it by putting it on paper.
So, here I am trying to do the same again, after
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retirement and in the last years of my life. Why have I
chosen this topic? Because this is the most important
post for the Sikhs today but which unfortunately is not
doing or is unable to do, what it should be doing.
SGPC was established in 1925 with the specific object
of managing the Sikh Gurudwaras efficiently as per
Sikh Rehat and propagation of Sikhism. Sharomni
Akali Dal (SAD) was formed to be its political wing to
safe guard the interests of the Panth Khalsa. How things
have changed is well known to everyone. Today the
President of SGPC is picked up by President of SAD
and SAD has forsaken the Panthic interests in return for
political power.
SGPC has to again pick up the responsibility towards
long range protection of Khalsa Panth from within and
without.
Still, there are few issues I would immediately
concentrate on:
1. Convert all SGPC run Khalsa schools into private
schools, so we can recruit Sabat Surat Role Model
Sikhs as staff and make education in Sikhism
compulsory for students.
2. Establish a fully fledged training college for training
of Granthis to man the Gurudwaras in villages and
towns.
3. Establish a Gurmat Sangeet training Academy, for
training of Kirtani Jathas who can sing gurshabad as per
the specified ragas and not on film tunes.
4. Make rules for selection and appointment of
Jathedars of Takhats, their tenure and impeachment if
necessary, rather than today’s arbitrary method.
5. Stop this practice of Akhand Paths in absentia.
Discourage this wrong practice of paid paths without
anyone listening through information and Gurmat
education.
6. Establish a “Sikh History Research Institute” for
credible research on our history before it is too late and
its distortion cannot be checked or rebuffed.
7. Establish a training programme for Sewadars of
historical Gurudwaras in basic Sikh ethos, lives of
gurus and Sikh history. It should place special
emphasis on humility, politeness, service with a smile
and communication skills. Some must also be trained
to speak fluently in English.
1. EDUCATION
A child’s learning process is highly dependent on four
sources:
(a) Parents
(b) School
(c) Observation of surroundings –
Role models
(d) Other Institutions
Unfortunately, a Sikh child today is deprived of all of
the above stated sources for information on the
religion he/she is born in.
Parents have no time in today’s busy life and
themselves know nothing about it except supporting
beards and turbans; more so in the villages where 70
percent of Sikh population lives. They do occasionally
some Karam kands. Some of them also trim their
beards and mothers have cut / bobbed their hair.
The Khalsa schools offer no help. There is little or
nothing taught about Sikhism or Sikh history for the
child to know or feel proud about. Ignorance, both at
the staff and students level is the order of the day.
There are No Role Models. Most of the Sants / Sadhs
he sees/ come across, are fake and money minded.
Sikh leadership, including that of important religious
institutions, has been relentlessly pursuing their
political and personal ambitions and in the process has
not hesitated to cast aside all and everything what
Sikhism is about.
The last hope was Sikh religious center, the Sikh
Gurudwara. Here again the Granthi ji is unfortunately
of no help. He picked up this job because he could do
nothing better and was a failure all around, exceptions
apart.
No wonder Sikh children are going away in hordes
from the religion they were fortunate enough to have
been born in, and which by all accounts is the most
modern, logical and universal religion.
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(a) Parents
It is too late and difficult to do anything at the parent
level today. What they should have learnt when they
were children, was denied to them. Circumstances also
played their part. The community was badly mauled by
the partition and was busy settling itself economically
and socially as refugees. Sikh leaders neglected the
Sikh values education. They were rightly busy finding a
place for the community in the new order where old
promises made had been betrayed and the community
had been asked to find a place in whatever little was
offered or they could pick up by their own efforts.
(b) Khalsa Schools
The first and foremost item is education of Sikh
children. There are many so called Khalsa Schools
being run by SGPC today, but they are schools and not
Khalsa schools. When I was a student at the Khalsa
High School at Nankana Sahib, all our teachers were
Sabat Surat Gur Sikhs who were also personal
examples of religious and ethical living. Prithipal Singh
Olympian Hockey player (son of Master Wadhawa
Singh Ji), Air marshal M. S. Bawa (his father was the
Civil surgeon) and Brig. Virk were my class fellows.
The school started with a morning prayer (Shabad
singing by students by turn followed by Ardas again by
students).
In addition to the normal education, we also had a
compulsory period daily in Sikhism, consisted of
Gurubani recitation (were made to remember it by heart
as you advanced to higher classes) lives of Sikh Gurus
and their teachings and Sikh history. For Sikh students
it was necessary to pass in the subject. What I want to
emphasize is that religious education was part and
parcel of the school daily program. Lest anyone should
think that the educational results were not satisfactory.
Our school students mostly stood first in the district in
the Punjab University Matriculation examination.
Look around the so called Khalsa schools today. Most
of the staff and in many cases even the Principal are
ghona and even smoke in school. There is no
compulsory period of Sikh religion and in some cases
there is no teaching at all.
So, the need of the hour is to reconstruct these schools
into proper Khalsa Schools. If need be, make them
minority private schools. Forget about the Government
grant. Forgo it and make Sikh religious education an
integral part of all Khalsa schools.
We may have to recruit new teachers (sabat surat) with
commitment and under today’s circumstances all
teachers, both old and new, should be given 3-6
months paid exposure to Sikhism, Sikh ethics and Sikh
history. Specially trained “Giani Ji” would be recruited
for each school.
The concentrated effort should be at the Primary/
High/ Higher secondary school levels. When SGPC
was formed only a part of the Golak offerings were for
the SGPC. Half was to be kept and spent locally for
education, medical and Dharam parchar.
Looking at the same, every historical Gurudwara
should have a Khalsa High School attached to it.
Every village should have a Khalsa Primary School, a
cluster of villages a Khalsa High School and every
important town a Khalsa Higher Secondary School.
Even at the College level, I remember Khalsa College
Amritsar in 1948 (S. Jodh Singh ji was the Principal
and S. Narinjan Singh and Joginder Singh taught us
Chemistry) had a period on Sikhism, though passing
the subject was not compulsory in the University
Exam.
The point I am trying to make is that we have to
reintroduce Sikh religious education at the school
level.
Khalsa Colleges are important .We should reduce the
number of Professional colleges (Medical,
Engineering etc) to run under SGPC. They are very
expensive to run and are more a Govt. responsibility.
Few professional colleges that we have, should be run
as private colleges, where Sikhi Sarup is compulsory
for teachers, and students for their admission and
throughout stay at the college. There should be no
giving in on this basic issue.
2. TRAINING OF GRANTHI JIs
The next item needing immediate attention is to have
suitably trained Granthi ji for the village Gurudwara. I
have come to realize that the weakest link today is
“Gurudwara Granthi ji. I met people from the villages
who tell me that the village Gurudwara either did not
have any Granthi ji or if there was one he is as
ignorant about Gurubani and Gurmat as they
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themselves. The only thing they did was morning and
evening path and Massia and Sangrand day celebration.
A recent case where a village Gurudwara Granthi ji did
Ardas for inauguration/opening of a barber shop in the
village speaks volumes for the state of affairs.
In my opinion, the primary responsibility of the SGPC
was to ensure high quality education and training of
Sikh Gurudwara Granthis and Sikh Missionaries.
Instead SGPC had concentrated its efforts more in
opening of Medical and Engineering Colleges, a vote
catching gesture. In the process, we have failed to man
our key religious institution, the Gurudwara, by
knowledgeable, pious and role model Sikhs. Preaching
by example has taken a big hit in Sikhism in the last
few decades. One of the reasons is so called Sikh
religious leaders’ involvement in gaining and retaining
political power at the cost of basic community spiritual
needs.
Hence, SGPC needs to open enough new and
generously fund existing Sikh Missionary Colleges to
train young aspiring students in correct reading of Sikh
scripture, its correct interpretation (without mangharath
sakhis), Sikh theology, Sikh beliefs, ethics and values,
Rehat maryada, lives of Gurus and Sikh history. They
should also have knowledge of Kirtan and should be
able to sing Shabads. A four year course after Higher
Secondary School is suggested. The students must also
be taught communication and delivery. After training,
these trained Granthi ji should be posted to a cluster of
villages/town Gurudwaras and where needed be
financially supported for three years.
A key subject will be Humility, piety and personal
living as a Gursikh. Preaching by example and be a role
model for all in the village is a key characteristic which
will need to be emphasized throughout their training.
An advanced course, for additional two years, after few
years in the field after basic course, is suggested for
those aspiring to go abroad. Advanced course students
should also be required to become fluent in one national
or international language.
This will be an investment worth making rather than
marbling the Gurudwaras. These Granthis should be
trained at SGPC expense and each village / town
Gurudwara should have trained Granthi ji.
In my humble opinion, the increase in Derawad and
personal guruship has happened due to lack of well
informed and inspiring Granthis at the local
Gurudwara.
3. GURMAT KIRTAN.
A Gurmat Sangeet (Kirtan) Academy must also be
functioning to train Kirtanias. We have too many so
called Kirtani Jathas moving around who sing Shabads
either fitted into film tunes or other popular tunes. In
the process they distort Gurubani to fit in the tunes
thus distorting in the process the emphasis and some
time the meaning of the Shabad.
I have spoken to many of them. The normal response
is where can I learn to do Kirtan in Ragas and afford to
spend years learning it. I come from a poor family and
have taken up this profession to earn my livelihood. I
was fortunate to have sweet voice and kirtan in tunes
needs about six months to pick up.
Another reason given is “The sangat likes it”. It is
partially true. The Sangat has not been exposed to
proper Gurmat Kirtan i.e. singing of the Shabad in the
ragas as it is entered in SGGS including the Ghar and
Tal. Those who are fortunate enough to listen to it
will always swear by it. It has a magical effect because
you understand every word of it, being very clear in
Raga singing.
Yes, some Sikhs have been turned away from Kirtan
in ragas, because their exposure was to singing
wherein classical ragas were in the forefront. In
Gurmat Kirtan, classical ragas (including musical
instruments) though very important take a back seat
and assume a supporting role to the gurshabad.
There is a college at Amritsar, run by SGPC but the
capacity is very little. We need to re look at the needs
of the community and make suitable amends to ensure
proper kirtan at all historical Gurudwaras and those
Kirtani Jathas traveling abroad.
4. AKAL TAKHAT SAHIB.
Akal Takhat is the only Takhat which was established
by Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. The Akal Takhat is an
embodiment of truth, fearlessness and fair play. It was
established as one central Sikh authority. Sikhs all
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over the world, irrespective of their personal
affiliations, gladly accept its authority
The other four Takhats though associated with the life
of Guru Gobind Singh ji, none was established by him.
They all came up under the authority of the Panth, after
1849. The Takhat at Damdama Sahib was established
only a decade ago. There is no mention of any other
Takhat except Akal Takhat during the Misal period, or
even Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s time. I have asked many
a learned scholars about the need, when, why and under
whose authority these other Takhats were established.
No one has ever been able to give a satisfactory reply,
except that these were established under the authority of
the Panth as the need was felt. (I will stand corrected on
this). However, it has diluted / taken away the concept
of one central core authority on Sikh temporal affairs.
Unfortunately this acceptance is now getting
questioned. The Authority, Prestige and Vikar of this
unique institution has taken a beating in the last three
decades. The main reason has been edicts which are
seen as less than fair or failing on the scale of
truthfulness. Summary dismissal of Jathedars and
appointment of politically acceptable and pliable
Jathedars has also contributed to this unfortunate
development.
The SGPC Act does not authorize SGPC to appoint the
Jathedar of Akal Takhat sahib. It is silent on the issue,
which also implies that SGPC has no authority to
appoint or dismiss the Jathedar. However, since all the
funds are controlled by the SGPC, it has assumed to
itself the authority to do so.
Historically, the Jathedar has always been appointed by
the Sarbat Khalsa. The need of the hour is to frame
rules for appointment of and impeachment (if ever the
need arises) of the Jathedar, rules which will ensure
selection and appointment of the person who
commands all around respect for his piety, uprightness,
truthfulness, fearlessness and knowledge.
To start with, a 21 member selection committee
consisting of SGPC reps, DSGPC reps, reps from other
provinces; key Sikh institutions like IOSS, Chief
Khalsa Dewan, Jathedars of other Takhats , Taksals,
Sant samajas reps, reps from other countries should be
included. (Say one each from USA, Canada, UK and
Europe, and South East Asia). A QR could also be
prepared for the post. Suitable persons could be
nominated as candidates for the post by any of the
above constituents. All candidates would be screened
by the selection committee including background
social and financial checks, political affiliations etc.
What I have in mind is like a confirmation hearing of
US senate.
Similar procedure should be followed for any
perceived wrong doing and eventual impeachment if
the need ever arises. The Jathedar would have a fixed
tenure of 10 years.
5. AKHAND PATHS
In my humble opinion, paying money to have
Gurubani read or receiving money to read Gurubani,
both are highly incorrect and amount to Gurshabad
niradar. There are references in SGGS which support
my view point.
Gur Shabad as enshrined in SGGS is the Guru of the
Sikh. Anyone who calls himself/herself a Sikh is
expected to take direction for his/her daily life from
the teachings as enshrined therein. It is stated at many
places in SGGS that reflecting on the ONE Lord and
Gurshabad Vichar is of essence. It is this Vichar and
self reflection in the light of the gurshabad Vichar
which will motivate you for commitment to abide by it
(MAN NA) and put in practice Shabad’s teaching (
KAMANA). Gur ki sewa has been defined as Gur
Shabad Vichar in SGGS.
We all know that one cannot contemplate/discuss on
any subject unless one knows about it and understands
it thoroughly. This is one area in which we Sikhs are
failing today. There are three ways of knowing a
subject; reading, listening and observing.
Unfortunately all three have been forsaken and an easy
way of paid Akhand Paths (Where all self interests
converge) has been adopted, sadly with the blessings
of those very institutions which should have been
decrying the practice. The person feels that by getting
the path done (though paid for) he is collecting some
religious merit, the pathi singh is happy with the
money he gets, the Gurudwara management is happy
with the increased offerings in the Golak and Giani ji
is happy to do the Ardas for transfer of the “Paths
sacha and sucha bhav’ to another person, in return
again for money. The situation is exactly as described
and decried by Guru Nanak Dev ji in Asa de War.
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I would stop all paid Akhand Paths at Akal Takhat
sahib, and forbid Akhand Path at any other Gurudwara
without actual physical presence of the family members
during the path, not as it is today (Empty halls and pathi
Singh’s reading in his own mouth only). Readymade
paths today are being offered for bhog ceremony. I will
have an education drive to encourage Sikhs to do path
themselves and understand the futility of these paid
paths. This is pure manmat.
Yes, continuous path of SGGS done by volunteers,
shud (accurate) with sehaj (deliberate and at speed
sangat can understand) and loud enough so it is clearly
heard by everybody, without consideration of time,
should be available at the Akal Takhat Sahib for the
Sangat to listen to and understand and for as long as
and whenever they can.
6. SIKH HISTORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
I will take steps to establish and maintain a credible
Sikh History Institute for research in Sikh History. Bulk
of our history is recorded in Persian (it being the
official language from the time of Guru Nanak in 1469
to the fall of Sikh Kingdom in 1949, nearly 500 years).
Hence, there is need to identify and obtain the relevant
records and have these translated in both Punjabi and
English.
For too long have we neglected this important area with
the result our history is being distorted and rewritten by
vested interests. Effective rebuttal to wrong statements
would also need to be covered.
DASAM GRANTH
It has become a very sensitive issue. But it can no
longer be pushed under the carpet. It is time the Panth
faces the issue squarely. Unfortunately, politics and
political interests have weighed heavily on this
sensitive issue and more we delay it, the worst it will
get.
There are three areas involved and this is what I will do
in each area.
1. There is and should be NO doubt in anyone’s mind
that SGGS is the only living and eternal guru of the
Sikhs. Hence, there cannot be parkash of any other
Granth alongside Shri Guru Granth Sahib in any
Gurudwara. Guruship was vested by Shri Guru Gobind
Singh ji in SGGS only and he bowed his head to it. We
all sing after Ardas (Guru Maniou Granth) what was
ordained. We must follow it vigorously and persuade
others to do it.
2. I will make all efforts to implement 1973 resolution
of SGPC declaring (after due studies by Sikh scholars)
that Chritro Pakhian is not part of Dasam Granth. This
resolution has not been implemented for various
reasons. I will arrange for special informative sessions
with all those organizations and heads who disagree,
with its translation and explanation (presentation by
scholars) to those who feel otherwise, to convince
them of correctness of the step.
3. Establish an expert committee of Sikh scholars of
all shades to critically examine with an open mind the
contents of balance of Dasam Granth (minus Chirtro
Pakhian and universally agreed guru’s banis, Jap
sahib, Swayas, Akal ustat and Khalsa mehma). Their
report should be discussed openly and in the
discussion all organizations and heads of Taksals, AKJ
and like should participate.
FOLLOW SIKH REHAT MARYADA
This is an area which again has been festering. There
cannot be different maryadas for a Sikh. There are two
issues involved. This is what I will do:
1. First issue of importance is for all and everyone who
calls himself/herself a Sikh to follow the
established Sikh Rehat Maryada as was finalized and
promulgated from Sri Akal Takhat Sahib. The Jathedar
of Akal Takhat should take immediate cognizance of
any non observance. It has this moral responsibility as
the Central Sikh Authority and must exercise it. If we
Sikhs are saint-soldiers, then first thing required is to
follow the established order even if you do not
personally agree.
2. Establish a committee to examine and deliberate on
the views of others and reasons thereof. Leaving issues
unattended for long periods for whatever reasons
including political expediency of the ruling party, is
damaging the long range interests of the Panth.
DE-POLITICALISATION OF SGPC
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SGPC was created as a purely religious organization.
Over the period of time, it has become more political
than religious. Religion has taken a backseat in its
affairs and politics is in the forefront. We all know that
pursuit of politics has no morals or ethics. These two
qualities are the backbone of any religion. That is why
in Sikhism, in the concept of Miri-Piri, it is the Piri
which must lead and Miri must follow. That is why
Akali dal was to be under SGPC. Today it is the other
way around.
This equation must be corrected. Any member once he
is elected as the President of SGPC must serve all
connections with the political party. It is like the
President of India who gets elected with the help of a
party but must serve all connections with the party and
rise above party or politics. The same applies to
President of SGPC. His primary concern must be
management of Sikh Gurudwaras and promotion of
Sikhism and Sikh education.
There are many more areas needing attention but I will
stop at it for now.
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SARDAR TUJHE SALAAM
Vijay Nair
Vijay Nair is an organisational coach, consultant,
fiction writer, critic and theatre director. A collection of
his plays and a novel have been published
Nothing has saddened me more in recent times as the
brutal slaying of the two Sikhs by the Taliban and their
subsequent vicious gesture of sending the mutilated
bodies to a gurudwara in Pakistan. Sikhs have always
been a part of my life from the time I was growing up
in a cosmopolitan town. We had Sikh neighbours, Sikh
classmates and Sikh friends. Bad jokes about Sardars
were our staple diet and we usually cracked the Barah
baj gaye ones in their presence. It’s all kind of baffling
in retrospect. For I have never met a dumb Sardar in
my life.
I have known hard working Sardars, Sardars with
business acumen, mild and affable Sardars, sturdy and
macho Sardars who opted to be in the police or armed
forces and Sardars who own dhabas that serve yummy
food. And yes, I know of a Sardar who is undoubtedly
the most civil and upright Prime Minister this nation
has known. You can have difficulty in comprehending
some of Manmohan Singh’s policies, but I doubt if
even the opposition parties can find fault with the
gentleman’s personhood. A Sardar is also an integral
part of the literary background of this nation and
sometimes we find it difficult to separate him from the
history of Indian writing in English. I am talking about
the irreprisible Khushwant Singh of course, who at 95
continues to be an icon and his book, Train to
Pakistan, a must read for any aspiring novelist.
It’s difficult to understand when and why other
religious affiliations started alienating the Sikhs, not
just as it turns out in this country but in the sub
continent as well. We all know about the festering
cauldron Punjab had turned out to be in the 80’s and
the bitter aftermath that resulted in Operation Bluestar
and the assassination of Indira Gandhi. But surely the
policy of the ruling Congress party that created a
Frankestein like Bhindaranwale was responsible for
the misguided aspirations. And then of course the plot
played out in familiar ways.
The separatists received training across the border and
yet the government of the day displayed little patience
and understanding as compared to what
fundamentalists and separatists of contemporary times
seem to enjoy. The recurring argument to counter all
this is the horror of the two bodyguards gunning down
the Prime Minister to retaliate against the desecration
of the Golden Temple . But the entire community paid
for it with the son of the slain leader egging on the
rioters with statements like “When an enormous tree is
felled, there are bound to be tremors.” Some secular
statesmanship that!
Despite the persecution, the Sikhs have continued to
pour into the public and armed services and do their
bit towards strengthening the country.
We only need a bit of history to understand and value
this community. The first hymn of the Guru Granth
Sahib, the revered holy text of the Sikhs, says, “There
is one supreme eternal reality; the truth; imminent in
all things; creator of all things; immanent in creation.
Without fear and without hatred; not subject to time;
beyond birth and death; self-revealing. Known by the
Guru’s grace.”
The Gurudwaras welcome non Sikhs and members of
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any religious affiliation or socio economic background
to participate in all their ceremonies. Can there be a
better testimony to the inclusive nature of this religion
and its members?
The paradox is the ninth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Teg
Bahadur Singh lay down his life to protect Hindus from
religious persecution in this country and the Hindus
turned against the Sikhs a few centuries later. What is
not as well known is that during the numerous Hindu-
Muslim communal riots this country has witnessed, the
Sikhs have very often risked their lives to give shelter
and protect their Islamic friends and neighbours. And
now the Islamic terrorists are targeting them. A
community that evolved to settle differences between
two feuding religions now finds itself at the receiving
end of the ire from both of them.
The Sikh gurus were mystics. They preached affection
and tolerance. The community has internalised it. They
are charitable, fun loving and gregarious. They also
have a unique quality other Indians don’t have. They
can laugh at themselves. Since we Indians are masters
of subversion, we have used this commendable quality
of theirs against them by evolving a set of jokes in bad
taste against them. Little do we know the joke is on the
rest of us.
After all what is more heart warming in this country
than meeting a little turbaned sardar burdened by his
school bag and smiling at you in your child’s bus stop?
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa. Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fetah
I just noticed in the Sikh Bulletin (Sep - Oct, 2009)
about the passing of Dr. Beldev Singh Ji. It is indeed a
shock to me and I am sure to the entire Sikh
community, at large, as we don't have Dr. Beldev Singh
Ji with us who had the potential of making significantly
more contributions to promoting the "true"
interpretation of GuruBani to the Sikh community
world wide.
About a few weeks ago, one of my friends forwarded
me an electronic copy of Nanakian Philosophy written
by dear Beldev Ji. Although this work was completed
in 2008, last week was the first time I had the chance to
review it. It is an outstanding piece of work.
As I have recently embarked on my personal mission
to understand GuruBani, Dr. Beldev Singh Ji's work
provided me a knowledge-base to launch from on my
mission. Given his analytical and in-depth review and
interpretation of GuruBani, I sent him an e-mail last
week (attached) to have a dialogue with him on certain
aspects of his presentation of the Nanakian
philosophy. I was hoping he can be a great mentor as I
work to understand and hopefully apply Guru's
teachings in my personal life. I was hoping to hear
from him and was thinking of contacing him by phone
in a day or two. But now I know why I did not hear
back from him. It is indeed sad we don't have him with
us any more.
I would like to take this moment to express my
sympathy and condolences to his family and to the
Sikh community on the passing of a great academic,
intellectual and a "Gurmukh".
Paramjit Singh Rana. e-mail: jeetrana@shaw.ca
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ieh pwvn pMkqI gurU nwnk swihb jI dI aucwrx kIqI
hoeI gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy pMnw 661 qy DnwsrI rwg ivKy
AMikq hY[ies iv`c gurU jI PurmWdy hn ik AY dunIAW dy
logo ijnW icr AsIN dunIAW iv`c srIr krky jIvq hW
swnUM ie`k dUjy qoN is`Kx leI kuJ suxnw Aqy kuJ kihxw
cwhIdw hY Bwv cMgI ivcwr crcw krdy rihxw cwhIdw
hY[ dyKo! pRmwqmW ny ivcwr ivtWdry dI Ku`lH sB nUM
brwbr id`qI hY[ keI vwr swfy ivcwr Awps iv`c nhIN
vI imldy qW koeI g`l nhIN ikauNik krqy ny isRStI dw
Kyl hI AYsw ricAw hY rMg rUp Aqy AMgW krky sB v`K
v`K hn Bwv ieMn ibMn srIrW dI bxqr vI nhIN imldI,
Anyk DrqIAW qy pqwl hn, AnykW ndIAW nwly smuMdr,
phwV jMgl Aqy dyS hn[ AsIN Al`g Al`g dySW
idSwqrW dy vsnIk hW[ swfI sB dI bolI, siBAwcwr,
rihx sihx Aqy AwdqW v`KrIAW v`KrIAW hn-myrY pRiB
swcY ieku Kylu rcwieAw]koeI n iksy jyhw aupwieAw]
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ie`k dUjy nwl iml bYT ky sWJy kr skdy hW[ ij`QoN q`k
swfy ivcwr Awps iv`c iml jwx, myl lYxy cwhIdy hn Aqy
nW imlx qy lVweI JgVw nhIN krnw cwhIdw A`gy ivcwr
cldI rihxI cwhIdI hY[ ieh hI pRmwqmW dI mrjI Aqy
gurU dw hukm hY[
dunIAW dy rihbr gurU nwnk sMswr iv`c ivcry, v`K v`K
Drm AsQwnW qy gey Aqy aunHW dy v`K v`K AwgUAW nwl
AwpsI ivcwr ivtWdry dI sWJ pwauNdy rhy, ikqy vI lVweI
JgVw nhIN kIqw, iksy nUM vI ivcwr nW imlx qy kdy
DmkI nhIN id`qI, ijs dw sbUq “is`D gosit” dI bwxI
gurU gRMQ swihb ivKy suBwiemwn hY[ jrw TMfy idmwZ nwl
ivcwrIey qW pqw lgdw hY ik swry JgVy hI haum,Y hMkwr,
loB-lwlc, cODr, KudgrzI, eIrKw AigAwnqw Aqy nW
smJI krky pYdw huMdy hn[ so swnUM pihlW ienHW mwrU AOguxW
dw iqAwg krnw cwhIdw hY jo gurbwxI ivcwry Aqy Dwry
ibnw nhIN ho skdw[ bwhrI ByK dw, qW hI Pwiedw hY jy
AMdr gux vI cMgy hox[ ikRpwn Dwrn dy nwl swnUM gurU
Sbd dw igAwn vI hoxw cwhIdw hY[ gur igAwn ivhUxw
is`K ikRpwn dI Zlq vrqoN vI kr skdw hY[ gurU igAwn
qW swnUM drswauNdw hY ik jd ivcwr ivtWdry (gl bwq) dy
swry hIly Kqm ho jwx qW hI quhwfw h`Q ikRpwn dI mu`TI qy
jwxw cwhIdw hY[ swfy puriKAW dw ieiqhws vI ies
isDWq dI vrqoN nwl BirAw ipAw hY[
gurU gRMQ swihb AwpsI BweIcwry, myl imlwp, sMgq-pMgq
Aqy ivcwrW dy isDWqW dw suMdr guldsqw hY[ sMswrI lok jwq
pwq, bolI, v`K v`K gRMQW Aqy DrmW dy nW qy Awps iv`c lVdy
sn[ ie`k Drm dw AwgU, dUjy Drm dw, nw hI gRMQ pVHdw vwcdw
sI Aqy nW hI dUjy dy Drm AsQwn qy ivcwr ivtWdrw krn
jWdw sI ijs krky nPrq hor vDdI jWdI sI[ ihMdU, muslmwn
nUM mlyC Aqy muslmwn, ihMdU nUM kwPr kihMdw sI[ loV qW sI
kMpYryitv st`fI rwhIN guxW dI sWJ pweI jWdI pr ie`k dUjy dy
Drm gRMQ pVHn vwcn qoN ibnw hI ktVvwdI AwgUAW dy mgr l`g
ky aunHW dy BVkwey hoey AigAwnI lok ie`k dUjy ivru`D qlvwrW
soty cu`k lYNdy sn[ A`j vI bhuqy JgVy AwpsI ivcwr ivtWdry
dI Gwt krky hI ho rhy hn[ gurUAW BgqW dI PrwKidlI dyKo!
aunHW dw nwhrw hI ieh sI-eyku ipqw eyksu ky hm bwirk
(611) Avil Alh nUru aupwieAw kudrq ky sB bMdy
(1349) Aqy-sBy sWJIvwl sdwiein qUM iksy nW idsih bwhrw
jIau] (97) iek`lw nwhrw hI nhIN gurU gRMQ swihb pVH ky
dyKo! v`K v`K bolIAW, rwgW, jwqW, iPrikAW Aqy ielwikAW dy
BgqW dI bwxI gurU gRMQ swihb ivKy drj hY[ ihMdI, pMjwbI,
sMsikRq, ArbI-PwrsI, aurdU Aqy hor keI bolIAW vrqIAW
geIAW hn[ A`j ijhVw vI ienswn s`cy idloN gurU gRMQ swihb
jI nUM pVH ky ivcwr lYNdw hY, auh gurUAW BgqW dy isDWqW qoN
pRBwivq ho jWdw hY ikauNik ieh igAwn srbsWJw Aqy
sWieMtyiPk hY[ so gurU jI ny AwpsI ivcwr ivtWdry rwhIN hI
srbsWJIvwlqw dy isDWq nUM v`K v`K DrmW dy AwgUAW Aqy
AnuXweIAW nwl sWJw kIqw[ ij`QoN vI aunHW nUM srbsWJy Aqy
mnu`Kqw dI eykqw Aqy BlweI vwly ivcwr imly, lY ley[ r`bI
BgqW dI bwxI ievyN hI gurU nwnk jI ny iek`qr krky AwpxI
poQI iv`c ilKI jo sdw nwl r`Kdy sn[ ijs dw sbUq Bw.
gurdws jI ilKdy hn ik-Awsw hiQ ikqwb kiC kUzw bWg
mus`lwDwrI] iPr sInw bwsInw ieh poQI gurU Arjn swihb
jI kol phuMcI qW gurU jI ny gurU gRMQ iv`c AMikq krky AwpsI
ivcwrW dI sWJ nUM sdIvI QW dy id`qw[ dsvyN nwnk gurU goibMd
isMG jI ny Awpxy ipqw gurU qyZbhwdr dI bwxI nUM ies gRMQ
iv`c cVHw ky sMpUrn kIqw Aqy joqI joiq smwaux qoN pihlW BrI
sBw iv`c srbsWJy gurU dw drjw idNdy hoie hukm kIqw ik-siB
isKn kau hukm hY gurU mwinEN gRMQ[ so hor koeI gRMQ jo
srbsWJI vwlqw dy isDWq nUM KMfn krdw hY gurU jI ny pRvwn
nhIN kIqw[ hW swry Drm gRMQW nUM pVHn ivcwrn dI K`ulH jrUr
id`qI hY[ so is`K ny A`j vI gurU dy hukmW dI pwlnw krnI hY
nw ik bwAd dy ilKwrIAW dy ilKy iksy gurmiq ivroDI gRMQ dI[
imqro! ies sMswr iv`c iksy ny vI sdw leI bYTy nhIN rihxw
iPr AsIN mnu`Kw jnm nUM eIrKw, n&rq, lVweIAW, JgiVAW,
moh-mwieAw, myr-qyr, haumY-hMkwr Aqy cODr dI Kwqr,
ZPlq dI nINd iv`c AjweIN ikauN gvw rhy hW? rYix gvweI
soie kY idvsu gvwieAw Kwie] hIry jYsw jnmu hY kaufI
bdly jwie](156) AwE AwpsI mqByd Bulw ky ivcwr
ivtWdirAW rwhIN gurU igAwn dIAW sWJW pweIey Aqy s`cy gurU
dy igAwn nUM hI A`gy vMfIey[ gurU nwnk swihb jI ny sMswr
iv`c ivcridAW ieh srbsWJw aupdyS swnUM sB nUM id`qw sI
ik-jb lg dunIAw rhIAY nwnk ikCu suxIAY ikCu
khIAY]Bwil rhy hm rhxu n pwieAw jIviqAw mir
rhIAY](661) ArQ-ijnW icr sMswr iv`c ivcrnw hY kuJ
suxnw Aqy kuJ kihxw vI hY Bwv vIcwrW dI sWJ bxweI
r`KxI hY[ nPrq AwpsI pwVy pwauNdI Aqy vIcwrW dw rsqw
hI dUr gieAW nUM nyVy ilAw skdw hY[ ies ivcwr nUM Dwrn
iv`c hI swfw sB dw Blw hY[ ivcwr leI Awp ies nM:
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igafnI iekbfl isMG jI,
vfihgurU jI kf Kflsf] vfihgurU jI kI Piqh]
ivsLf:- dsm gRMQ
igafnI iekbfl isMG jI, dysL-ivdysL dIaF aKbfrF ivwc afp
jI df ibafn, “dsm gRMQ iswK kOm df siqkfirq gRMQ” (jQy[
iekbfl isMG) buhq hI pRmuKqf nfl Cipaf hY. ies sbMDI
sfzIaF kuJ bynqIaF hn. asIN afs krdy hF ijQy afp jI
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afpxI Koj BrBUr jfxkfrI nfl sfzI ieh qswlI krvfEgy ik
ieh gurU jI dI hI ilKq hY AuQy hI dysL-ivdysL dIaF sMgqF vI
ies ivcfr crcf qoN lfhf pRfpq krngIaF.
afp jI dy bcn, “dsm ipqf sRI gurU goibMd isMG jI dI bfxI
vflf dsm gRMQ iswK kOm df siqkfirq gRMQ hY”
bynqI:- afp jI ieh ikvy sfbq krogy ik dsm gRMQ gurU goibMd
isMG jI dI rcnf hY? kI afp jI, ies gRMQ `c iewk vI sLbd df
hvflf dy skogy jo nfnk nfm nfl arMB huMdf hovy aqy slok
mhlf 10 nfl Kqm huMdf hovy? jy nhIN qF asIN quhfzy afKy hoey
nMU swc ikEN mMnIey?
afp jI dy bcn, “kuJ pMQ ivroDI lok afpxy inwjI svfrQF
Kfqr iswK kOm aMdr Brm BulyKy pYdf krn leI dsm gRMQ bfry
kUV pRcfr kr rhy hn, jo ik srfsr glq hY.”
bynqI:- igafnI jI, inwjI ihwq AunHF dy hn jo gurU goibMd isMG
jI dy pivwqr nfm nfl nwQI kIqy jF rhy gMd dI aslIaq qoN
sMgqF nUM jfxU krvf rhy hn jF quhfzy jo dunIaF Br dy gMd nUM
gurU goibMd isMG jI dy nfm nfl hI nhIN joVdy sgoN gurU gRMQ
sfihb jI df srIk vI KVf kr rhy ho? ieQy ieh dwsxf vI
jrUrI hY ik afr aYs aYs vloN bxfeI geI pwwqvMiqaF dI sUcI
ivwc igafnI iekbfl isMG jI df nfm nMU: 3 qy hY.
afp jI dy bcn, “gurU goibMd isMG jI dI bfxI iswKF aMdr ijQy
afqimk rs BrdI hY AuQy hI vIr rs vI pYdf krdI hY.”
bynqI :-igafnI jI, quhfzy ‘sRI dsm gRMQ sfihb jI `c kuJ
hvfly dy rhy hF, ienHF sLbdF dI ivafiKaf krn dI ikRpflqf
krnI jI qF jo dysL-vdysL dIaF sMgqF quhfzI aqy quhfqy gRMQ dI
aslIaq qoN jfxU ho skx.
afp dI jfxkfrI leI ieh dwsxf jrUrI hY ky ieh sfry hvfly
(ipafrf isMG pdm dI Koj muqfbk) gurU goibMd isMG jI dIaF
hwz bIqIaF `c hn. "jyhf ik asIN agy vI afKL cuky hF ik
sfrIaF khfxIaF iqRXf cirqr nhIN, keI purK cirqr vI hn
ijnHF ivwc ikqy ikqy mrdF dI cuqrfeI qy bIrqf df cirqr
drsfieaf igaf hY. ies df Bfv vI ieho hY ik ibKm hflfq
ivwcoN vI cyqMn ho ky inkl jfxf isafxy pursLf df kMm hY. gurU
sfihb ny kuJ afp-bIqIaF vI drj kIqIaF hn jo ik QF QF
afey hvfilaF qoN spsLt ho hI jFdIaF hn. (dsm gRMQ drsLn,
pMnf 125)
qum mdrf pIvhu Gno hmY ipvfvhu BMg ]
cfir phr kO mfinhO Boig iqhfry sMg ]39]…
posq BFg aPIm buh gihrI BFg Gutfie.
qurq qrin lHHXfvq BeI md sq bfr cuafie. 41(pMnf 832)
iCmf krhu ab iqRX hmY bhuir n kirXhu rfiD.
bIs shMs tkf iqsY deI iCmfhI bfiD] 12] (pMnf 844)
pRfq lyq sB Doie mgfeI. sB hI isKÙnX ko bMDvfeI.
bcI sU byic qruq qh leI. bfkI bcI ispfihn deI. 9. (pMnf
902)
suiD jb qy hm DrI bcn gur dey hmfry. puq iehY pRn qoih
pRfn jb lg Gt Qfry.
inj nfrI ky sfQ nyhu qum inq bZYXhu. pr nfrI kI syj BUil
supny hUM n jYXhu. 51. (pMnf 842)
igafnI jI, anMd kfrj smy styj qoN awzIaF cuk-cuk ky
suxfeIaF jfx vflIaF AupRokq pMgqIaF jy gurU goibd isMG jI
vlo AucfrIaF geIaF sn qF juwqI qy cfdr Cwz ky Bwjx vflf
Pyr kOx hoieaf ? sfrI khfxI `c pfqr qF isrP iewk hY.
‘pnI pfmrI qij BjXo suiD n rhI mfih’. 60. (pMnf 843)
afp jI dy bcn, “AudfsI sMprdf df iswK kOm ivwc aihm aqy
ivsLysL sQfn hY”
bynqI:- igafnI jI, hyT ilKy pfvn sLbd dI ivafiKaf krn
dI vI ikRpflqf krnI jI.
puqRI kAulu n pfilE kir pIrhu kMnÙ murtIaY ]
idil KotY afkI iPrinÙ bMinÙ Bfru AucfieinÙ CtIaY ](pMnf 966)
igafnI iekbfl isMG jI, sfzf qF ieh Xqn hY ik quhfzy sRI
dsm gRMQ sfihb jI dI bfxI qoN vwD qoN vwD sMgqF nUM jfxU
krvfieaf jfvy. sfzI qF ieh idlI iewCf hY ik afp jI smyq
hor ivdvfnF qoN dsm gRMQ sbMDI shI-shI jfxkfrI pRfpq
kIqI jfvy. asIN afp jI nUM pihlF vI keI vyr bynqIaF
kIqIaF hn ik sfnUM ies sbMDI hor jfxkfrI idE qF jo asIN
sMgqF qwk shI jfxkfrI pujdI kr skeIey. iesy Kfqr hI
asIN afp jI pfsoN ryzIE sLyry-ey pMjfb qy vI jfxkfrI pRfpq
krn leI Xqn kIqf sI . qusIN kyho jyhy ivdvfn ho? jo qy
svflF df jvfb dyx dI bjfey lfeIn Cwz ky hI Bwj gey sI.
hux afp jI df ibafn aKbfrF `c pVHn AupRMq afp jI nUM ies
pwqr rfhIN bynqI krdy hF, AupRokq sfKIaF, ijnHF nMU ipafrf
isMG pdm ny gurU goibMd isMG jI dIaF hwz bIqIaF iliKaf hY,
dI ivafiKaf krn dI ikRpflqf krnI jI qF jo ienHF dI awgoN
ivafiKaf krn vyly sfQoN koeI Bul nf ho jfvy. sfnUM pUrI afs
hY ky afp jI ies vfrI sfnMU inrfsL nhIN krogy.
afp dy huMgfry dI AuzIk ivwc
srvjIq isMG, avqfr isMG imsLnrI, po mwKx isMG sYkrfmYNt, zf[ gurmIq
isMG, igafn isMG imsLnrI, amrbIr isMG stfktn, pRo[ ipafrf isMG
imsLnrI, sqpRkfsL isMG inAUXfrk, ig[ rxjIq isMG ieMizafnf, sR[ kuldIp
isMG XUbfistI.
( pfTkF nUM bynqI hY ky ies ilMk qy kilMk krn dI Kycl jrUr kr lYxI jI.
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pRYs not
5 PrvrI 2010
A`j j`Qydwr dy ibAwn ny auhnW dI soc bynkwb kr id`qI
hY ik hux auhnW nUM sRI Akwl qKq qy pySI mMzUr nhIN hY
ikauNik Ajy qk auhnW ny Awpxy Akwl qKq qy pyS hox
dI r`t lweI hoeI hY[
mY ieh g`l spSt krnw cwhuMdw hW ik j`QWydwr jI ! mYN
sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy isDWq rUp Akwl qKq dw is`K
hW, auQy myrw sIs Ju`kdw hY, ies leI mYN auQy pyS ho
AwieAw hW[ ikauNik mYN quhwfw is`K nhIN hW, ies leI
ieh Aws nw r`Ko ik quhwfIAW sRI Akwl qKq qy KloA ky
boly JUT auqy ADwrq iksy ic`TI dy AwDwr qy mYN quhwfy A`gy
pyS hovWgw[
blik ijs idn qusIN myry kwlkw pMQ iv`co v`K hox dw
AYlwn kIqw, aus idn mYN KuSI pRqIq kIqI Aqy aus qoN
bwAd ikauNik gurU gRMQ dy Kwlsw pMQ ny mYnUM AwpxI bu`kl
iv`c lY ky pihlW qoN vI ikqy v`D ipAwr qy snyh id`qw Aqy
dy irhw hY[ ies leI mYN quhwnUM Bu`l cukw hW, pr pqw nhIN
qusI mYnUM ikauN nhIN Bulw s`ky ? quhwfy pRDwn m`kV dI qW
ijvyN nINd vI hrwm ho geI hY qy supny iv`c vI brVw ky
auh myrw nwm hI lYNdy hn[ cMgw hI hovy jy ie`k dUjy qoN
bycYn hox dI QwvyN hux ie`k dujy nUM Bu`l jweIey[quhwnUM
quhwfw kwlkw pMQ mubwrk, swnUM swfw Kwlsw pMQ
mubwrk[
guru gRMQ swihb dy dr dw kUkr
drSn isMG Kwlsw
swbkw syvwdwr, sRI Akwl qKq swihb, sRI AMimRqsr
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‘gurU gRMQ dw Kwlsw pMQ’
nwgpur c’pMQk eykqw qy cVHdI klw leI ‘gurU
gRMQ dw Kwlsw pMQ’ gurmiq smwgm jy kwlw Pqvw
vwps nw hoieAW qW SIAw qy suMnI vWg is`K pMQ
doPwV hovygw [
swrIAW kmytIAW ny hukmnwmw kIqw r`d,
pRo. drSn isMG dw swQ id`qw jwvygw[
pujwrIAW nUM jgwaux leI dsqKqI muihMm ArMB
nwgpur,(mhwrwStr) 8 PrvrI, (gurjMt isMG
rUpovwlI) : ipCly idnIN mhwn ivdvwn qy gurU Gr
dy kIrqnIey pRo. drSn isMG jI nUM isAwsI lokW
Aqy sMq smwj dy pRBwv ADIn pMQ ivcoN jo Cykx
dI jo kwrvweI kIqI geI hY ies nwl pMQ ivc
m`qByd pYdw hoey hn[ is`KW ivc duibDw KVI hoeI
hY qy vIcwrvwnW ivc inrwsqw pweI jw rhI hY[
ies smyN ‘c auBrn leI nwgpur dy gurduAwirAW
dIAW pRbMDk kmytIAW Aqy sMgqW v`loN AYqvwr
rwq nUM pMQk eykqw Aqy is`K kOm dI cVHdI klw
leI ‘gurU gRMQ dw Kwlsw pMQ’ dy nwm hyT gurmiq
smwgm krvwieAw igAw[ ijs ivc nwgpur dy
swry kIrqnIey j`iQAW ny kIrqn dI hwzrI
lvweI Aqy ies mOky v`K-v`K bulwirAW ny vIcwr
sWJy kIqy[
s. AmrIk isMG sMgqW nUM sMboDn kridAW ikhw
A`j sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy mwx siqkwr Aqy
ies ivc drj bwxI dy ruqby nUM Gtwaux leI
dsm gRMQ (bicqR nwtk) nUM gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy
brwbr pRcwirAw jw irhw hY[ swnUM Xwd rhy ik
gurU goibMd isMG jI ny sMn 1708 nUM nNdyV ivKy
kyvl gurU gRMQ swihb jI nUM gurg`dI bKiSS kIqI
hY Aqy swnUM idRV krvwieAw ik ‘sB isKn ko
hukm hY gurU mwinE gRMQ’ qIsry pwqSwh jI dw
pwvn Purmwn vI hr is`K rozwnw pVdw hY ik
‘siqgurU ibnw hor kcI hY bwxI’[ ies leI gurU
gRMQ swihb jI dI iksy hor gRMQ jW pusqk nwl
qulnw krnI Gor AinAW Aqy pMQk rihq
mrXwdw dI aulMGxw hY[ aunHW ikhw ik jykr pRo.
drSn isMG, s. gurbKS isMG kwlw APgwnw
Aqy s. joigMdr isMG bwry kIqI geI kwrvweI nUM
vwps nw ilAw igAw qW ijvyN ieslwm ivc vWg
sIAw qy suMnI do iPRky hn TIk Esy qrHW is`K pMQ
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vI doPwV ho jwvygw[
s. privMdr isMG ny ikhw ik A`j is`K Drm nUM
ijMnI gMBIr cxOqI hY, EnI Swied pihlW kdy vI
nhIN sI[ ikauNik pihlW duSmx pRq`K qOr qy vwr
krky is`KW nUM Kqm krn dI koiSS krdw sI, Aqy
siqgurU dI ikRpw nwl hwr vwr duSmx nUM hwr dw
mUMh vyKxw ipAw[ Kwlsy nUM jMglW ivc rihxw
ipAw, Pu`l p`qy Kw ky GoiVAW dI kwTIAW qy guzwrw
krnw ipAw, is`Kr dy qsIhy J`ly, byAMq
kurbwnIAW kIqIAW, pr AMq Pqih Kwlsy nUM hI
imlI[ Asl ivc Kwlsy dy mgr qwkq sI
gurbwxI dI, gur isDWq dI, AmlI guxW nwl
BrpUr au~cy-sucy ikrdwr dI, ijs ny is`KW nUM
Afol r`iKAw[ duSmx ny smJ ilAw ik jd q`k
is`K nUM gurU gRMQ swihb dI pwvn bwxI nwloN nhIN
qoiVAw jWdw, mwxm`qy is`K ieiqhws nwloN Al`g
nhIN kIqw jWdw EnI dyr is`K nhIN muk skdy[
eysy socI smJI cwl rwhIN duSmx jmwq ny lukvyN
rUp ivc vwr krnw SurU kr id`qw hY[ is`K
ieiqhws nUM qoV mroV ky ilKvwieAw igAw hY Aqy
gurU gRMQ swihb jI nwloN is`K nUM dUr krn leI
srvau~c is`K sMsQwvW nUM vrq ky, is`K pRcwrkW
nUM lwlc dy ky Aqy keI ByKI Aqy pwKMfI sMq
bwibAW nUM ieh kMm sOipAw igAw hY[ A`j k`l
ieh hmlw pUry zorW qy hY[ ies leI ieh vI zrUrI
hY ik gurbwxI qoN dUr jw rhy is`KW nUM gurU crnW
nwl joVn leI pRyirq kIqw jwvy swnUM swirAW nUM
AwpxI smr`Qw Anuswr Xqn krnw cwhIdw hY[
glq PYsly lYx vwly pujwrIAW nUM jgwaux leI
nwgpur dIAW is`K sMgqW v`loN dsqKqI muihMm vI
ArMB kIqI geI hY[ pihly idn hI hzwrW is`KW ny
dsqKq krky pRo. drSn isMG jI v`loN ley gey
stYNf nwl sihmqI pRgtweI hY[ jld hI ieh
sweIn krky v`K v`K q^qW dy pujwrIAW nUM Byjy
jwxgy[
isrP iek kmytI nUM C`f ky bwkI nwgpur dIAW
smUh gurdAwrw pRbMDk kmytIAW, Dwrimk
jQybMdIAW Aqy pqvMiqAW v`loN iek mqy ivc ikhw
igAw hY ik isAwsI lokW Aqy sMq smwj dy pRBwv
ADIn AKOqI jQydwrW v`loN mhwn ivdvwn qy
gurmiq dy ivAwiKAwkwr kIrqnIey pRo. drSn
isMG jI nUM pMQ ivcoN Cykx dI jo kwrvweI kIqI
geI hY AsIN ies dI purjor inKyDI krdy hW[ pRo.
drSn isMG jI sRI gurU grMQ swihb jI dI
srbaucqw leI XqnSIl hn Aqy is`K rihq
mrXwdw Aqy nwnkswhI kYlMfr dy pUrn hmwieqI
hn ies leI auhnW nUM pUrn sihXog id`qw
jwvygw[ smUh pRbMDkW qy sMgqW dI mMg hY ik ieh
hukmnwmw vwps ilAw jwvy qW jo pMQ ivc pUrn
eykqw kwiem rih sky[ ijhVIAW pRbMDk
kmytIAW ny sihmqI pRgtweI hY aunHW ivc
gurduAwrw sRI gurU nwnk drbwr, nwnkpurw,
nwgpur, gurduAwrw sRI gurU klgIDr drbwr, bu`D
ngr, nwgpur, gurduAwrw sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI,
bwbw dIp isMG ngr, nwgpur, gurduAwrw ShId
BweI mqI dws jI, gurU qyZ bhwdr swihb ngr,
nwgpur, gurduAwrw sRI gurU rwmdws jI, rwmdws
pyT, nwgpur, gurduAwrw sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI,
rwxI durgwvqI cONk, pMcSIl, nwgpur,
gurduAwrw gurU Amrdws swihb jIvwVI, nwgpur,
gurduAwrw gurU qyZ bhwdr swihb, l`kV gMj,
nwgpur, gurduAwrw pMjwbI lweIn, pMjwbI
lweIn, nwgpur, gurduAwrw gurU Arjun swihb
jI, Bgq isMG ngr, nwgpur, gurduAwrw gurU
hirgoibMd swihb jI, gurU hirgoibMd swihb jI
ngr, nwgpur, iesqrI sqsMg sBw nwgpur,
inAwrw Kwlsw, nwgpur iekweI, is`K nOjvwn
sBw,nwgpur, gurU qyZ bhwdr swihb jI gqkw
AKwVw, gurmiq pRcwr sMsQw nwgpur qoN ielwvw
p`qqvMqy s`jxW ny auprokq mqy qy shI pweI hY[
pUry nwgpur ivcoN kyvl iek gurduAwrw sRI gurU
isMG sBw ny ies mslw ivc Awpxy Awp nUM dUr
r`iKAw hY ikauNik ies gurduAwry dy pRbMDk
sihbwn hzUr swihb vwly pujwrIAW dy dbwA hyT
hn[ eysy hI gurduAwry dI bs hr SnIvwr hzUr
swihb jWdI hY Aqy ies gurduAwry ivc Aksr
mnmqIey pRcwrk ijvyN ik BweI guriekbwl isMG,
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bIbI kOlW tr`st, AMimRqsr, BweI cmnjIq isMG
(cmn lwl) id`lI vwlw, rwgI divMdr isMG soFI,
Awidk AwauNdy rihMdy hn Aqy ku`J idn hI pihlW
ivSyS qOr qy hzUr swihb qoN kQwkwr vI (bic`qrR
nwtk) dsm gMRQ dy h`k ivc pRcwr krky igAw
hY[
*****
pRYs not
DmkIAW nwl koeI mjbUr nhIN mzbUq hI huMdw hY kuJ lok
g`l krn l`igAW AwpxI hwr nUM vI nhIN Cupw skdy[
AYsI hI g`l A`j Awpxy AwkwvW nUM KuS krn dI dOV iv`c
dOV rhy lokW v`loN pMjwbI itRibaUn Akbwr iv`c l`gy
ibAwn iv`coN pVHn nUM imlI[
ienHW iv`c tkswl muKI hrnwm isMG DuMmw Swml hY ijs ny
Awp Kud 6 jUn 2008 dy dsm gRMQ sbMDI hoey Akwl
qKq dy PYsly nUM 19 jUn nUM hI r`d kridAW ausnUM nw
mMnx dw PYslw suxwieAw sI Aqy nwl hI PYfrySnIAW dw
iek tolw hY jo nMgIAW qlvwrW idKw ky ieh kih irhw hY
ik AsIN pRo: drSn isMG nUM AwKdy hW ik auh qurMq inmwxy
is`K vWgU pyS hox, nhIN qW PYfrySn pihrydwr dw rol
inBwauidAW aunHW nUM ieQy pyS hox
leI mjbUr krygI[
BilE ! ieho ijhy hrby qusIN spoksmYn nUM bMd krwaun jW
mjbUr krn leI vI vrqdy rhy ho pr qusIN sPl nhIN
hoey[ ies nwl spoksmYn mjbUr nhIN hoieAw blik
mzbUq hoieAw hY Aqy quhwnUM ies qoN sbk lY lYxw cwhIdw
hY[
mYN sRI Akwl qKq swihb dI mwn mirXwdw nUM jwxdw hW
Aqy gurU hirgoibMd swihb jI dy isrjy isDWq rUp sRI
Akwl qKq qoN mYN kdy vI tu`t nhIN skdw[ ausdy drbwr
iv`c mYN nmskwr AwpxI SrDw Bwvnw nwl kr AwieAw
hW[ mYN quhwfy bwdl qKq dy jQydwrW dw is`K nhIN hW,
ies leI auhnW dy bMd kmrw qKq iv`c nw igAw hW Aqy
nw hI iksy dI DmkI nwl jwvWgw[ hW, ieh g`l mYN Bwrq
dy gRih mMqrwly qy XU.AYs.ey. dUqwvws nUM ilK ky dy cukw hW
Aqy hux Kwlsw pMQ nUM vI sucyq kr irhw hW ik
ihMdusqwn dy iksy ih`sy iv`c vI jykr myry jW myry pirvwr
dy iksy mYNbr nUM nukswn pu`jdw hY qW Avqwr isG m`kV,
qKqW dy jQydwr Aqy auhnW dy ieSwirAW auqy DmkIAW
dyx vwly lok izMmyvwr hoxgy[
BilEo ! quhwfy jQydwrW ny mYnUM Cyk idqw hY, mYN ies iv`c
KuSI pRqIq kIqI hY[ myrw hux kwlkw pMQ nwl koeI
irSqw hI nhIN irhw hY, mYN quhwnUM Bu`l cukw hW Aqy hux
muV quhwfy kwlkw pMQ iv`c jwx dw myrw mn vI nhIN hY[
gurU gRMQ dy Kwlsw pMQ dI glv`kVI iv`c mY pRsMn hW[
myrw quhwfy ibnw srHdw hY, pr hYrwnI dI g`l ieh hY ik
qusIN bVy prySwn ho[ mYnUM ieauN jwpdw hY ik ijvyN myry
ibnw quhwfw nhIN sr irhw Aqy iesy leI ipAwr nwl,
qkrwr nwl, qlvwr nwl, iksy FMg nwl vI qusIN mYnUM
vwps jwx leI mjbUr krnw cwhuMdy ho[
bicEo, mYN quhwnUM slwh idMdw hW ik ies qrHW dy ibAwnW
nwl quhwfy AMdr dI hwr id`sdI hY, Aqy hwr hmySw Cupw
ky rKI dI hY[
gurU gRMQ dy Kwlsw pMQ dw dws,
15 PrvrI 2010 drSn isMG Kwlsw,
swbkw j`Qydwr, sRI Akwl qKq swihb, AMimRqsr
*****
pRYs not
spSt stYNf
iek g`l mY spSt kr dyxw cwhuMdw hW ik mYnUM CyikAw
jwxw jW nw CyikAw jwxw, myry sMGrS dw m`udw nhIN hY[
iesy leI iksy isAwsI swjS ADIn Cyky jwx dy
GtnwkRm dw hornW vIrW vWgU myry mn qy koeI boJ nhIN
hY, ikauNik mNY gurU dw hW, gurU myrw hY Aqy koeI myry koloN
is`KI nhIN Koh skdw[
mYnUM pqw hY ik bViI socI smJI swjS ADIn myrI qv`jo
Asl sMGrS v`loN moV ky hor pwsy aulJwaux dI koiSS
kIqI jw rhI hY[ iesy leI Awey idn JUT, Pryb Aqy mn
GVMq APvwhW auqy ADwrq surKIAW lwaux dw islslw
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jwrI kIqw igAw hY[ iesy leI ies jvwb rwhIN ies
islsly nUM Kqm kr irhw hW[ myrI lVweI v`fI hY, ies
nUM iehnW nwl aulJ ky AwpxI SkqI brbwd nhIN
krWgw[
jdoN ik myry sMGrS dw Asl mu`dw hY, sRI gurU gRMQ swihb
pwqSwh jI dy swhmxy iksy hor gRMQ dw pRkwS krky gurU
dI byAdbI nw kIqI jwvy[ ikauNik ieko iek sRI gurU gRMQ
swihb hI is`K dw gurU hY, koeI hor gRMQ is`K dw gurU nhIN
ho skdw[ Aqy ies sMGrS pRqI jwx-bu`J ky SMky KVHy
krn vwilAW vIrW smyq smucy gurU gRMQ dy Kwlsw pMQ nwl
bcn krdw hW ik siqgurU dy snmwn dy ies Asl mu`dy qy
kdy iksy nwl iksy kImq auqy koeI smJOqw nhIN krWgw[
Awpxy mu`idAW qoN if`g ky smJOqy auh lok hI krdy hn
ijnHW nUM Dn Aqy DMnvwd dI Bu`K huMdI hY[ auh lok v`fy v`fy
pRojYkt d`s ky lokW ivc roz ieh pRcwr hI krdy hn ik
loko Dn idE, DMnvwd idE, swfy pRojYkt qW hI pUry
hoxgy[ pr sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy ieko iek isMGwsx
bhwl krvwaux qoN ielwvw myrw hor koeI pRojYkt nhIN,
ies leI mY pMQ koloN nw DMnvwd mMgdw hW qy nw hI Dn
mMgdw hW, kyvl ieko sRI gurU gRMQ swihb nwl juVn dw pRx
mMgdw hW[
sRI Akwl qKq swihb qoN pMQ pRvwxq rihq mirXwdw dI
mwxqw Anuswr inqnym dIAW bwxIAW sbMDI myrw stYNf jo
pihly sI, A`j BI mYN EQy hI KVHw hW[inq nym dIAW
bwxIAW nUM pMQ pRvwxq bwxIAW mMndw hW Aqy isK rihq
mirXwdw dy PYsly A`gy isr JukwauNidAW kihMdw hW ik nvyN
PYsly qk ies dI Awlocnw nw kIqI jwvy[ is~K rihq
mirAwdw Anuswr ‘bicqr nwtk’ dw pRkwS htw ky Aqy
aus nwloN gurU lPz htvw ky aus qoN bwAd ies ikqwb nUM
ivdvwnW dy pYnl dy hvwly krky bw dlIl ivcwr nwl
ies ivclIAW rcnwvW dw PYslw kr ilAw jwvy Aqy audoN
hI AwpxIAW dlIlW rwhIN zor lw ky Xog pMQk PYslw krw
ilAw jwvy[ auqnI dyr ieho g`l mY rihq mirAwdw nUM nw
mMnx vwilAW nUM spSt pihly BI kr id`qI sI Aqy auhnW
ivcoN myry nwl sihmq vIr, ieh g`l mMn ky hI myry nwl
qury sn[ pr Asl sMGrS nUM kmzor krn dy smJOqy
ADIn auhnW smJ ky qury vIrW nUM myry nwloN qoVn dI
swjS nwl kdy Dvn Aqy kdy G`gw swihb dy rwhIN A`j
inqnym dIAW bwxIAW dw suAwl KVw krky auhnW vIrW
leI duibDw KVI kIqI geI hY jdik myrw stYNf kdy BI
nhIN bdilAw[
13 mwrc 2010
sRI guru gRMQ swihb jI dy dr dw kUkr,
drSn isMG Kwlsw
swbkw syvwdwr,
sRI Akwl qKq swihb
*****
ijn min horu muiK horu is kWFy kicAw
srbjIq isMG
aukq slok iv`c Sy^ PrId jI ny aunHW lokW bwry
spSt inrxw id`qw hY, ijhVy kihμdy (jW ilKdy)
kuJ hor hn, pr ic`q m`kwrI hox kwrn krdy kuJ
hor hn[ Aijhw iek S^s hY pμjwbI A^bwr
‘rozwnw spoksmYn’ dw sμpwdk joigMdr isMG, ijs
ƒ AwpxIAW ‘sOdybwz’ (^brW qy lyKW dI sOdybwzI
krn vwlIAW) nIqIAW kwrn ‘sOdw sμpwdk’ ikhw
jw skdw hY[ ies S^s dIAW m`kwr, mOkwpRsq
Aqy haumY nwl lbryj kwrvweIAW Aqy nIqIAW
kwrn, iksy smyN iesdy ‘swQI’ rhy ivdvwn Aqy
p`qrkwr ies qoN iknwrw krky dUr huμdy rhy hn[
pihlW sOdw sμpwdk ƒ iek v`fy pμQ-drdI Aqy
AgWh-v`DU soc vwly ivAkqI vjoN pRcwrn Aqy
jwdUeI CVI vWg is`KW dIAW sm`isAwvW h`l krn
dw dwAvw krdy ausdy ‘pRwjYktW’ leI dyS-ivdyS
dy jzbwqI is`KW qoN AQwh mwiek Aqy nYiqk mdd
pRwpq krn dw rwh p`Drw krn dI glqI krn
krky ieh swQI Aqy swbkw p`qrkwr hux
SrimμdgI kwrn ies ivAkqI bwry bolxw vI
psμd nhIN krdy[ pr q^qW qy pujwrIAW v`loN sOdw
sμpwdk iKlw& jwrI kIqy gey byloVy Pqvy Aqy
ADpVH ’kwlIAW dI mUrKqwpUrn kwrvweIAW kwrn
ssqI Sohrq K`tx Aqy ^ud ƒ is`KW dI
bRwhmdvwd-ivroDI bOiDk lVweI dw msIhw smJx
dy AwdI ies ivAkqI ƒ jykr iksy msly iv`c
BweIvwl nw bxwieAw jwey (tμg AVwaux dw mOkw
nw id`qw jwey), qW ieh iks qrHW A`g-bbUlw ho ky
q`q gurmiq ivcwrDwrw dy pRcwrkW/lyKkW iKlw&
mμdI SbdwvlI vrqdw hY Aqy aunHW ƒ bdnwm
krn leI kI-kI hQkμfy ApxwauNdw hY, ieh
jwxkwrI iesdy swbkw swQIAW Aqy p`qrkwrW qoN
leI jw skdI hY[
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sOdw sμpwdk dI ieh nIqI 7 mwrc 10 ƒ ausdI
A^bwr ivcly Awpxy kwlm ‘myrI injI fwierI dy
pμny’ iv`c ‘‘pRo: drSn isμG dI lVweI AsIN qW
ApxI lVweI bxw ky lVI pr...’’ isrlyK vwly
ausdy lyK qoN iek vwr iPr spSt ho geI hY[
ies smu`cy lyK dI mnSw bwry koeI it`pxI krn dI
bjwey, lyK iv`c pyS kIqy gey ivcwrW/dwAivAW ‘qy
qrqIb-vwr crcw krnI izAwdw auicq rhygI[
lyK dy SurU iv`c hI sOdw sμpwdk ny dwAvw kIqw hY
ik ‘‘mYN ‘rozwnw spoksmYn’ au`qy Apxw mwlkI vwlw
h`k kdy nhIN jqwieAw, nw mYN ies ’coN kdy koeI
pYsw Dylw hI ilAw hY[ kwƒnI Srq pUrI krn leI
mYN kyvl iek ripAw qn^wh vjoN zrUr lYNdw hW[’’
sOdw sμpwdk dw ieh dwAvw q`QW ’qy iblkul Krw
nhIN auqrdw[ A^bwr jW ies ƒ mwiek lwB
phuμcwaux leI bxweIAW geIAW jQybμdIAW dI
mlkIAq pRqI sOdw sμpwdk dI phuμc ikμnI ku
inμmrqw vwlI hY, ies bwbq sOdw sμpwdk dy iksy
vI swbkw swQI, lyKk jW p`qrkwr qoN jwxkwrI
leI jw skdI hY[ spoksmYn A^bwr iv`c ies vyly
vI kμm kr rhy p`qrkwr vI sOdw sμpwdk qy ausdI
pqnI dy rveIAy qoN cμgI qrHW vwik& hn pr
AwpxI nOkrI ƒ pY skdy ^qry ƒ mihsUs kridAW
Ku`l ky ies bwbq boldy nhIN[ pr jykr iksy
ivAkqI dI sposkmYn dy iksy p`qrkwr nwl cμgI
dosqI hovy, qW auh injI g`lbwq dOrwn, ^ud aus
p`qrkwr ƒ ‘kuryd’ ky, sRImqI qy sRI sOdw sμpwdk
dy rveIey Aqy mwniskqw bwry jwxkwrI pRwpq kr
skdw hY[
spoksmYn dy hI kuJ mOjUdw qy swbkw swQIAW qoN
imlI jwxkwrI muqwibk, nw isr& ivvhwrk qOr
’qy blik kwƒnI qOr ’qy vI ies A^bwr dy mwlk
ieh pqI-pqnI hI hn[ ijsdw pRq`K sbUq 28
PrvrI 2010 dI A^bwr dy pμnw 2 ’qy pRkwiSq
Pwrm-4 iv`c id`qI geI jwxkwrI hY[ ies Pwrm dy
kwlm 6, ijQy A^bwr dI mlkIAq bwry jwxkwrI
id`qI jWdI hY, iv`c dìsAw igAw hY ik A^bwr dI
mwlk jgjIq pibiliSμg kμpnI ilimtf hY pr
kμpnI dy SyAr-holfrW iv`c isr& sOdw sμpwdk qy
jgjIq kOr dw nwm hI id`qw igAw hY[ ‘‘swrI
jwiedwd dwn kr id`qI’’ dw dwAvw krn vwly
mhWpurKW ny Asl iv`c mwqr 501 rupey dwn krky
‘spoksmYn tRst’ kwiem kIqw hY (n`k ƒ is`Dw
nhIN PiVAw, h`Q Gumw ky PiVAw hY), ijsdI
qsdIk ies tRst dI mOilk ‘fIf’ pVH ky kIqI jw
skdI hY[ pr Boly-Bwly is`KW ƒ guμmrwh krn leI
bwr-bwr ieh JUT duhrwaux iv`c sμkoc nhIN kIqw
jWdw ik AsIN AwpxI swrI jwiedwd pμQ vwsqy
dwn kr id`qI hY Aqy tRst ’coN kdy koeI pYsw-Dylw
nhIN ilAw[ jykr sOdw sμpwdk qy ausdI pqnI
tRst qoN koeI vI pYsw nhIN lY rhy, qW iPr aunHW
dI AwmdnI dw sRoq kI hY? ies bwbq koeI hor
JUTw dwAvw krn dI bjwey kI auh AwpxI
ienkm-tYks irtrn Aqy spoksmYn tRst dy bYNk
AkwaUNt dI ipCly 5 swlW dI bYNk stytmYNt ƒ
jnq`k krky Awmdn qy Krc dw vyrvw dy skdy
hn, qW jo aunHW dI A^bwr dy kiQq ‘mwlk’
(pwTk) ^ud s`c qy JUT dw inrxw kr skx?
ies qrHW, AwpxI kiQq dwnvIrqw dw iFμForw
ip`tx Aqy hornW A^bwrW dy pRbμDkW ƒ Bμfx
auprμq sOdw sμpwdk lyK dy Asl nukqy (pRo:
drSn isμG ƒ mwVw ivAkqI swibq krn) v`l
prqidAW ielzwm lgwauNdw hY ik pRo: drSn isμG
dy hmwieqIAW ’coN kuJ ku ny ies glq-ibAwnI ƒ
zor nwl auCwilAw hY ik spoksmYn ny bwdl dy
ieSiqhwr lYx leI ApxI nIqI bdl leI hY[
ieQy iDAwn dyx vwlI g`l ieh hY ik sOdw
sμpwdk dI AwpxI ilKq muqwibk vI, aus iKlw&
doS pRo: drSn isμG ny nhIN blik aunHW dy iksy
kiQq hmwieqI ny lgwey hn[ pihlI g`l, qW
ieh ielzwm iblkul inrwDwr pRqIq nhIN huμdw[
dUjw, jykr ies iv`c kuJ glq-ibAwn hY vI, qW
‘scu suxwiesI scu kI bylw’’ dw nwArw mwrn vwly
sμpwdk ƒ q`Q-BrpUr jwxkwrI dy ky ies mu`dy
bwbq is`Dy-spSt Fμg nwl spStIkrn dy dyxw
cwhIdw hY (AwKr, Aijhw ielzwm lgwaux vwly
lok vI qW spoksmYn dy pwTk hn, jo bkOl sOdw
sμpwdk, ausdI A^bwr dy mwlk hn)[ qIjw,
jykr iksy pwTk ny sOdw sμpwdk dIAW nIqIAW
bwry Sμkw pRgtwA ky kwƒnI qOr ’qy koeI AprwD
jW Dwrmk p`KoN koeI ‘pwp’ kr vI id`qw hovy, qW
vI ies vwsqy pRo: drSn isμG ƒ ikvyN qy ikauN
doSI TihrwieAw jw skdw hY? kI pRo: drSn isμG
dw koeI kiQq hmwieqI iksy dw kql kr dyvy,
qW aus vwsqy PWsI dI szw kI pRo: drSn isμG ƒ
dyxI cwhIdI hY? (sOdw sμpwdk dI mhwn ilKq ’qy
Aml krnw krnw hovy, qW iehI krnw peygw[)
lyK iv`c AwpxI ‘mhwnqw’ drswaux leI sOdw
sμpwdk dwAvw krdw hY ik kwlw A&gwnw ƒ Cyky
jwx auprμq, sOdw sμpwdk dy iek swQI (ikhVw
swQI, koeI nwm nhIN) ny ausƒ ikhw ik jd q`k
auh ^ud auT ky A`gy nhIN l`gdw, iksy ny kwlw
A&gwnw nwl hoeI izAwdqI iKlw& ibAwn nhIN
dyxw[ pr Awpxy mUμh mIAW im`TU bxn vwly sOdw
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sμpwdk dw ieh dwAvw q`QW qoN iblkul ault hY
ikauNik kwlw A&gwnw ƒ Cykx dw Pqvw jwrI hox
qoN pihlW hI pμQ-drdI ivdvwnW ny nw isr& aunHW
dy h`k iv`c lyK ilKxy Aqy ibAwn dyxy ArμB kr
id`qy sn (ienHW iv`coN keI lyK qW ^ud sOdw sμpwdk
ny Awpxy mwsk rswly iv`c pRkwiSq kIqy sn)[
swbkw AweI.ey.AYs. A&sr Aqy pRo: Aw& is`Kiezm
gurqyj isμG ny qW kwlw A&gwnw ƒ Pqvy dI mwr
qoN bcwaux leI pujwrIAW nwl iml ky aunHW dw p`K
r`Kx dI koiSS vI kIqI sI (pr pujwrI hI gurqyj
isμG ƒ pihlW imlx dw smW dy ky, bwAd iv`c
imlx qoN mukr gey sn)[ iesleI sOdw sμpwdk dw
ieh dwAvw bhuq hwsohIxw Aqy JUT dw isKr hY
ik aus qoN pihlW kwlw A&gwnw dy h`k iv`c iksy
ny koeI ibAwn hI nhIN id`qw[
mOjUdw smyN iv`c gurbKS isμG kwlw A&gwnw pRqI
hyj jqw rhy sOdw sμpwdk dy Asl iv`c ies
ivAkqI bwry kI ivcwr hn, ieh g`l 2004 iv`c
hI pRkwiSq ho cu`kI, ausdw prdwPwS krdI
pusiqkw qoN leI jw skdI hY[ sOdw sμpwdk dy
(swbkw) swQIAW v`loN hI ilKI geI ies pusiqkw
iv`c d`isAw igAw hY ik 20 nvμbr 2004 ƒ iqμn
isμG ausƒ imlx gey qW aunHW iv`coN iek pRBjIq
isμG v`loN kwlw Ag&wnw bwry g`lbwq CyVn ’qy sOdw
sμpwdk ny ikhw, ‘‘kwlw A&gwnw qW bhuq nIc
AwdmI hY[ aus dy vrgw frpok bμdw swry sμswr
iv`c nhIN iml skdw[ swfy Gr pRY`s kOnPrμs dOrwn
qW aus ƒ pRY`s irpotrW ly ieauN aulJwieAw ik
lwjvwb ho igAw[ nwly auh qW pμjwb Aw hI nhIN
skdw sI, Agr mYN Es dI mdd n krdw ikauNik
aus dy iKlw& qW kys pYNifμg hY[ mYN mdd nw krdw
qW aus ƒ id`lI eyArport ’qy hI PV lYxw sI[
AsIN qW aus dIAW ikqwbW nhIN r`K skdy[
k`iFAW-v`iFAW dIAW ikqwbW AsIN kI krnIAW
hn? iqμn kroV dI g`l swfy kol kr ky mu`kr
igAw[ mYN Es vwsqy kI-kI pwpV vyly[ auh myry
koloN ikqwbW vI nhIN Cpdw skdw?’’ spSt hY ik
sOdw sμpwdk ilKdw kuJ hor hY pr kihμdw Aqy
Aml iksy hor g`l ’qy krdw hY[ XwnI, ‘‘ijn
min horu muiK horu’’ vwlw gurbwxI dw piv`qr vwk
sOdw sμpwdk ’qy pUrI qrHW FukvW swibq huμdw hY[
sOdw sμpwdk ilKdw hY ik ‘‘kwnPrμs dOrwn hI mYƒ
pqw l`g igAw ik swfy Aμdr vI kuJ swQI Aijhy
hn, ijnHW nwl rl ky clx dw ArQ hovygw, Biv`K
dy swry supinAW ƒ im`tI ivc imlw dyxw[’’ sOdw
sμpwdk ny BwvyN iesdI ivAwiKAw nhIN kIqI pr
ies ilKq dw ArQ iehI hY ik sOdw sμpwdk ƒ
mihsUs ho igAw sI ik ausdy kuJ swQI Aijhy
hn, ijhVy aus dIAW lwlc-BrpUr Aqy gurmiqivroDI
kwrvweIAW dI hW iv`c hW nhIN imlwauxgy,
ijs nwl aus vwsqy pwTkW dw AwrQk, Dwrmk qy
mwnisk SoSx krnw qy p`qrkwrI dy ik`qy ƒ
Dwrmk-isAwsI AwgUAW pRqI DONs jmwaux dy
hiQAwr vjoN vrqx leI AOKw ho jwvygw[ iesleI
ausny ^ud hI, ieh knvYSn isry cVHn qoN pihlW
hI, ienHW swQI ivdvwnW dI Awny-bhwny byiezqI
krky aunHW ƒ Awpxy nwloN v`K krn dI BrpUr
koiSS kIqI Aqy knvYnSn ƒ pUrI qrHW (aus dI
^ud dI ilKq muqwibk - styj au`qy cVH ky)
hweIjY`k vI kr ilAw[ KYr, knvYSn ƒ s&lqw
nwl isry cVHwaux leI ienHW ivdvwnW ny aus smyN
Apmwn dw Gu`t Br ky vI sOdw sμpwdk dw swQ
id`qw pr bwAd iv`c aus nwloN hmySw leI iknwrw
kr ilAw[
sOdw sμpwdk dw ieh dwAvw vI iblkul JUTw hY
ik 2003 dI knvYnSn dw pRbμD ausny Apxy qOr
’qy Aqy Apxy Krcy au`qy kIqw sI[ s`cweI ieh hY
ik knvYnSn leI izAwdwqr mwieAw ivdySW iv`c
rih rhy kuJ pμQ-drdIAW ny ByjI sI (ies q`Q dI
qsdIk hwlW vI ienHW s`jxW qoN kIqI jw skdI
hY) Aqy iesdy pRbμDkI kwrj sR: gurqyj isμG qy
rijμdr isμG ^wlsw ny ^ud pUrI srgrmI Aqy
byAμq muSklW dw swhmxw krky pUry kIqy sn[pr
jykr sOdw sμpwdk Awpxy dwAvy ƒ s`c swibq
krnw cwhuμdw hY qW aus ienHW KricAW bwbq
ivsQwrq vyrvw Aqy sbμiDq dsqwvyz jwrI krny
cwhIdy hn[
sOdw sμpwdk dI ieh purwxI nIqI hY ik auh
s&lqw dw ishrw Awpxy isr bμnH lYNdw hY Aqy
hr nwkwmI leI dUjy ivAkqIAW ƒ doSI
Tihrwauxw SurU kr idμdw hY[ iesy kVI iv`c ausny
dwAvw kIqw hY ik ‘‘myry v`loN ibAwny s`c kwrn,
do swQI eyny AOKy ho gey qy aunHW ny ijvyN shuμ hI
Kw leI ik mƒ hr qrHW nwl bdnwm kr ky hI
rihxw hY qy ‘rozwnw spoksmYn’ SurU krn dw myrw
supnw swkwr nhIN hox dyxw[’’ pr sOdw sμpwdk ny
ieh nhIN d`isAw ik ausny knvYnSn dOrwn
Aijhw ikhVw AswDwrn s`c bol id`qw, ijs qoN
aus dy swQI nrwz ho gey[ nw hI sOdw sμpwdk ny
ieh dìsAw ik ausdy AKOqI s`c bolx nwl ienHW
swQIAW ƒ iks qrHW dw nukswn hoieAw sI, ijs
kwrn ieh aus qoN nrwz ho gey sn[ sOdw sμpwdk
ny ieh vI spSt nhIN kIqw ik mIfIAw dy swDnW
(A^bwr/rswly) qoN rihq huμidAW vI aunHW swQIAW
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ny ausƒ ikvyN bdnwm krn dI koiSS kIqI jW
spoksmYn A^bwr cwlU krn dI rwh iv`c kI
rukwvtW KVIAW kIqIAW[
sOdw sμpwdk ny ielzwm lgwieAw hY ik aus dy
aukq swQIAW v`loN ‘‘ieh ikhw igAw ik ieh (mYN)
ruipAw iek`Tw kr ky ivdyS B`j jwvygw qy A^bwr
k`F dI myry iv`c smr`Qw hI koeI nhIN[’’ vYsy sOdw
sμpwdk ny ieh qW spSt nhIN kIqw ik aus dy
swQIAW ny jnq`k qOr ’qy kdoN ieh g`l khI (injI
qOr ’qy, Awpxy swQIAW nwl ivcwr-vtWdrw krn
dw h`k qW hr iksy ƒ hY)[ pr jykr ieh ielzwm
s`cw hY, qW vwkeI sOdw sμpwdk dy swbkw swQIAW
ny bVI glq-ibAwnI kIqI[ aunHW ƒ Swied smJ
nhIN sI ik ijs ivAkqI ƒ dyS-ivdyS dy is`KW
v`loN AQwh mwiek shwieqw Aqy mwn-siqkwr iml
irhw hovy, ijhVw pμjwb dI isAwsq dIAW dovyN
iDrW nwl A`tI-s`tI krky gu`ly lu`tx dy smr`Q hovy,
ijhVw DrmI POjI Pμf, tI.vI. cYnl, gurmiq
lihr, au`cw dr bwby nwnk, eyks ky bwrk Awid
byAμq ‘pRwjYkt’ igxw ky, is`KW qoN kroVW ruipAw
iek`qr kr skx dy kwibl hovy - ausƒ ivdyS
dOVn dI loV nhIN blik auh Aijhy pYsy rwhIN
Awpxw hor ivSwl ibzns sQwipq krky Aqy ies
vpwr ƒ ‘is`KI pRcwr kyNdr’ dw nwm dy ky is`KW qoN
hor v`D mwieAw qy snmwn pRwpq kr skdw hY[
iesy qrHW, A^bwr k`Fx sbμDI sOdw sμpwdk dI
kwiblIAq qy S`k krnw vI BwrI glqI sI ikauNik
SihrW iv`c A^bwr qW hr glI-muh`ly qoN pRkwiSq
huμdy vyKy jWdy hn, ijhVy vpwrI jW ‘augrwhI’ krn
dy ie`Cuk ivAkqIAW v`loN clwey jw rhy huμdy hn[
iesleI A^bwr pRkwiSq krn leI qW bhuqI
kwiblIAq dI loV pRqIq nhIN huμdI, pr A^bwr ƒ
‘pμQk-syvw’ dw nwm dy ky lokW qoN mwieAw augrwhux
leI vwkeI bhuq kwiblIAq cwhIdI hY, jo sOdw
sμpwdk iv`c ku`t-ku`t ky BrI hoeI hY[ KYr, sOdw
sμpwdk ieh JUT ilKx iv`c koeI sμkoc nhIN krdw
ik dUjI iDr ny iek idn vI golIbwrI bμd nw
kIqI, XwnI ausdy ivru`D pRcwr bμd nw kIqw[ pr,
ijvyN ik pihlW ikhw igAw hY, auh ies q`Q dI
koeI imswl nhIN idμdw ik ieh ‘iDr’ ikhVy sμcwr
swDnW dI vrqoN krky, iks qrHW aus ivru`D
golIbwrI kr rhIAW sn[
A`gy sOdw sμpwdk dwAvw krdw hY ik A^bwr ArμB
hox ’qy ausny Awpxy p`qrkwrW ƒ ikhw ik auh
^brW isr& gux-doS dy ADwr ’qy lgwaux, ausdy
ivroDIAW jW hmwieqIAW bwry nw socx[ sOdw
sμpwdk dw ieh dwAvw ikμnw JUTw Aqy hwsohIxw hY,
ies bwbq spoksmYn A^bwr dy iksy vI swbkw
p`qrkwr ijvyN ikRpwl isμG biTμfw, hrlwj isμG
bhwdrpur, gurnwm isμG AkIdw, gurmIq isμG
kwdIAwnI, AmrjIq isμG cμdI Awid nwl sμprk
krky aunHW qoN jwxkwrI pRwpq kIqI jw skdI hY[
A`gy sOdw sμpwdk doS lwauNdw hY ik Acwnk
ivdySW qoN ^brW imlx l`g peIAW ik ijhVIAW
g`lW ausdy swbkw swQI cμfIgVH iv`c kiQq qOr
’qy aus ivru`D krdy sn, auhI g`lW pRo: drSn
isμG ivdyS iv`c myry ivru`D kihx l`g pey sn[
pwTkW swhmxy ies JUTy dwAvy ƒ pyS krn leI
joigμdr isμG ny nw qW ieh izkr kIqw hY ik pRo:
drSn isμG ausdy iKlw& kiQq qOr ’qy ikhVIAW
g`lW krdy sn, nw ieh ik aunHW ny ieh g`lW
ikhVI A^bwr jW gurduAwry dI styj qy khIAW
Aqy nw hI ieh ik ausƒ ies bwbq ‘Acwnk’
AkwSvwxI ikauN hox l`g peI sI[ hW, jykr
ivdyS iv`c jW Bwrq iv`c iksy bu`DIjIvI (ijvyN
fw: gurSrnjIq isμG) nwl mulwkwq dOrwn, sOdw
sμpwdk dIAW nIqIAW dw izkr auTx ’qy pRo:
drSn isμG v`loN aunHW bwbq AwpxI AsihmqI
jqweI jWdI hY qW ies iv`c aunHW ikhVw ‘pwp’
kr id`qw?
sOdw sμpwdk pihlW vI ieh dwAvw krdw irhw hY
ik ausny pRo: drSn isμG ƒ pujwrIvwd ivru`D
lVweI dI kmwn sμBwlx leI ikhw pr pRo: drSn
isμG ny nWh kr id`qI[ pr ies ƒ puìCAw jwey ik
ieh ‘pujwrIvwd ivru`D lVweI’ dw Awpxw dwierw
dw spSt krygw? kI pujwrIvwd isr& q^qW dy
pujwrIAW q`k hI sImq hY, ijnHW ny sOdw sμpwdk
ivru`D Pqvw jwrI kIqw sI, jW iesdI hoNd hr
gurduAwry iv`c kwiem hY? jykr hr gurduAwry
iv`c, qW iPr gurduAwirAW iv`coN pujwrIvwd ƒ
htwaux leI sOdw sμpwdk ny AmlI qOr qy A`j q`k
kI kIqw hY - ies bwbq auh jW ausdy hmwieqI
do tUk l&zW iv`c au`qr dyx dI Kycl krn[ auh
ieh d`sx dI Kycl vI krn ik sOdw sμpwdk ƒ
ieh glqPihmI ikvyN ho geI hY ik pujwrIvwd
ivru`D lVweI (jykr Aijhw koeI Aμdoln vwkeI
iv`c clwieAw jw irhw hovy) dI kmwn ausny
sμBwlI hoeI hY? spSt hY ‘kmwn sμBwlo’ dy l&zW
ip`Cy ‘myry inrdySW muqwibk c`lo’ dw AwdyS Aqy
mwniskqw kwiem kr rhI sI, ijs qoN iknwrw
krky pRo: drSn isμG ny iblkul drusq qy FukvW
inrxw ilAw[ qy ieQoN hI sOdw sμpwdk ny pRo:
drSn isμG nwl auNvyN hI Kwr KwxI SurU kr
id`qI, ijvyN gurU nwnk swihb v`loN bRwhmxvwdI
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jnyaU pwx qoN ienkwr krn ’qy bRwhmxvwdIAW ny
aunHW nwl Kwr KwxI SurU kr id`qI sI[
iesleI sOdw sμpwdk ilKdw hY, ‘‘dUijAW ƒ Cykx
vwly pRo: drSn isμG A^Ir Awp vI pujwrIAW h`QoN
Cyky gey[’’ Awpxy SrwrqI suBwA qy JUT ƒ s`c dI
qrHW pyS krn dI nIqI qihq sOdw sμpwdk ieh
izkr nhIN krdw ik pRo: drSn isμG AwpxI
syvwdwrI dOrwn qqkwlI mu`K mμqrI surjIq isμG
brnwlw ƒ drbwr swihb kμplYks ’qy muV qoN POjI
qy nIm-POjI blW dw hmlw krvwaux dy mwmly iv`c
qlb kIqw sI[ jdik pRo: drSn isμG ƒ gurU gRμQ
swihb dw siqkwr qy bic`qr nwtk dw ivroD krn
krky ‘CyikAw’ igAw[ ienHW dohW mwmilAW dI
qulnw iek-swr krn vwly dI jW qW A`K Krwb
hovygI jW iPr nIAq[ ikauNik sOdw sμpwdk dIAW
A`KW qW TIk-Twk hn, iesleI ausdI nIAq ’qy
hI svwlIAw inSwn lg skdw hY[
A`gy sOdw sμpwdk dwAvw krdw hY ik pRo: drSn
isμG ƒ Cyky jwx mgroN iksy vI ‘mh`qvpUrn
ivAkqI’ dw iek vI ibAwn pujwrIAW ivru`D nw
AwieAw[ ieQy sOdw sμpwdk ƒ puìCAw jwvy ik auh
mh`qvpUrn ivAkqI mμndw iks ƒ hY - aunHW
isAwsqdwnW ƒ ijnHW dy h`Q iv`c AwpxI A^bwr
PVw ky auh Agly idn dI A^bwr dy mu`K pμny ’qy
Cwpdw hY, jW iPr aunHW ivAkqIAW ƒ ijhVy isr&
qy isr& gurU gRμQ swihb ƒ Awpxw gurU mμndy qy
pRcwrdy hn[ BwvyN ik AmlI qOr ’qy sOdw sμpwdk
pihly vrg dy lokW ƒ hI mh`qvpUrn mμndw hY pr
jykr Srmo-SrmI ausƒ dUjy vrg dy lokW ƒ
mh`qvpUrn kihxw pY jwey qW ieQoN ausdw dwAvw
^ud hI Kwirj ho jWdw hY ikauNik pRo: drSn isμG
iKlw& Pqvw jwrI hox dy qurμq auprμq dyS-ivdyS
dy bhuq swry jwgruk is`KW Aqy keI gurduAwirAW
dIAW pRbμDk kmytIAW ny byAμq A^bwrW, vYbsweItW,
ryfIE stySnW Awidk ’qy pujwrIAW iKlw& ibAwn
id`qy sn[ pr sOdw sμpwdk bVI bySrmI nwl
dwAvw krdw hY ik ‘‘jy mYN Awp, pwglW vWg, pRo:
drSl isμG dy Cyky jwx ivru`D ibAwn qy ^brW lYx
dI koiSS iv`c idn-rwq iek nw krdw qW iksy
A^bwr iv`c Cpx Xog iek vI ibAwn nhIN sI
Awauxw’’ (???) jdik s`cweI ieh hY ik pRo:
drSn isμG iKl& Pqvy ivru`D roh pRgtwaux leI
vI pμQ-drdIAW qoN ieSiqhwr pRwpq krky Awpxw
au`lU is`Dw kr ilAw[
A`gy sOdw sμpwdk iglw krdw hY ik pRo: drSn
isμG ny iek vwr vI AwpxI iksy qkrIr iv`c
‘spoksmYn’ dI qrIP nhIN sI kIqI[ ieQy pihlw
svwl qW ieh auTdw hY ik spoksmYn (dy sμpwdk)
dw Dμnvwd iks vwsqy kIqw jWdw? ies vwsqy ik
aus ny gurU gRμQ swihb dy siqkwr dI lVweI dy
Aihm pRcwrk iKlw& Pqvw jwrI hox dy GtnwkRm
ƒ vI mwiek lwB dw swDn bxw ilAw sI? jW
ies vwsqy ik pRo: drSn isμG dy 5 dsμbr ƒ
Akwl q^q swihb jwx qoN pihlW hI AwpxI
sμpwdkIAW iv`c keI vwr aunHW dI iq`KI Awlocnw
krky aunHW dw Apmwn krn qy aunHW dIAW nIqIAW
ƒ glq Tihrwaux (blik drbwr swihb kμplYks
iv`c koeI ihμsk Gtnw vwprn ’qy, ausdI
izμmyvwrI vI pRo: drSn isμG ’qy su`tx) dI koiSS
kIqI sI? dUjw, sOdw sμpwdk dI AwpxI ilKq
muqwibk, jd pRo: drSn isμG sbμDI ^brW
pRkwiSq krky auh iksy ’qy Aihswn nhIN kr
irhw sI, qW iPr Dμnvwd kwhdw - AKIr Dμnvwd
qW Aihswn pRqI hI jqwieAw jWdw hY nw? jW qW
sOdw sμpwdk mμny ik ausny pRo: drSn isμG dy
ivvwd nwl sbμiDq ^brW pRkwiSq krky ‘dUjI
iDr’ qy koeI Aihswn kIqw sI jW iPr Awpxy
ies mUrKqwpUrn qrk leI pwTkW qoN muAwPI
mμgy[ qIjw, spoksmYn A^bwr iv`c hI pμjwb Aqy
kyNdr srkwr dy mμqrIAW Aqy hor isAwsqdwnW
dIAW ^brW vI lgBg roz hI l`gIAW huμdIAW
hn[ kI ieh lok AwpxIAW qkrIrW iv`c
‘spoksmYn’ dw izkr krdy hn jW iPr iesdy
sμpwdk dw Dμnvwd krdy hn? jy nhIN, qW mwqr
pRo: drSn isμG qoN hI ieh mμg ikauN? jykr sOdw
sμpwdk k`l ƒ ieh dwAvw kr dyvy ik mYN qW fw:
mnmohn isμG bwry roz ^brW pRkwiSq krdw hW
pr auh myrw Dμnvwd hI nhIN idμdy Aqy nw hI
cμfIgVH Awaux ’qy mYƒ imldy hn, qW ieh kQn
ausdI ilAwkq drsweygw jW mwnisk kμgwlpuxy
ƒ? cOQw, pRo: drSn isμG dy p`K iv`c mwqr sOdw
sμpwdk dI A^bwr iv`c hI nhIN blik dunIAw
Br dI pμjwbI A^bwrW, rswilAW (ieμfIAw
AvyArnY`s iv`c vI) qy vYbsweItW iv`c ^brW
pRkwiSq hoeIAW sn[ kI pRo: drSn isμG ƒ hryk
mIfIAw sμgTn dw Dμnvwd krnw cwhIdw hY qy
AwpxIAW qkrIrW iv`c aunHW dw izkr krnw
cwhIdw hY?
ies qoN A`gy jsjIq isμG tonI Aqy ig: jgqwr
isμG jwck dw nwm lY ky kihμdw hY ik ienHW
s`jxW ny mYƒ ikhw ik pRo: drSn isμG jd vI
cμfIgVH jwxgy, auh spoksmYn dy d&qr iv`c Awp
Aw ky Dμnvwd krngy[ ienHW s`jxW ny ieh g`l
ikauN khI (jykr khI qW), ieh qW auhI jwxn
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pr sOdw sμpwdk ƒ ^ud ieh socxw cwhIdw hY ik
iksy ivAkqI dI nIqIAW bwry koeI dUjw ivAkqI
ikvyN grμtI dy skdw hY? pRo: drSn isμG cμfIgVH
iv`c iks nwl mulwkwq krngy Aqy iks nwl nhIN,
ies PYsly dw AiDkwr ^ud aunHW ƒ hY jW iksy hor
kiQq swQI ƒ? k`l jykr luiDAwxw dw koeI
ivAkqI ieh khy ik sOdw sμpwdk dy hmwieqI ny
mYƒ vwAdw kIqw sI ik jd auh (sOdw sμpwdk)
luiDAwxw Awxgy qW myry nwl zrUr mulwkwq krngy;
pr auh qW myry nwl mulwkwq krn Awey hI nhIN -
qW sOdw sμpwdk iesdw kI jvwb dyvygw?
ijQoN q`k, ‘sposkmYn dI ivroDqw’ krn dI g`l hY,
jykr koeI ivAkqI pRo: drSn isμG qoN ieh pu`Cy
ik auh eyks ky bwrk jQybμdI dy mYNbr ikauN nhIN
bxy jW sOdw sμpwdk nwl rl ky ikauN nhIN c`l
rhy, qW pRo: drSn isμG ƒ mjbUrI v`s sOdw
sμpwdk dIAW gurmiq ivroDI nIqIAW (is`KW dw
jzbwqI qy AwrQk SoSx, gurU nwnk swihb dy
ielwvw bwkI gurU swihbwn ƒ gurU nw mμnxw, Kμfybwty
dI pwhul dy sμskwr ƒ bRwhmxvwdI d`sxw,
gurU gRμQ swihb dy pRcilq srUp ƒ nklI d`sxw qy
AijhIAW hor keI ‘KojW’) dw izkr krnw lwzmI
ho jWdw hY qy d`sxw pYNdw hY ik Aijhy ivAkqI
nwl iml ky c`lx nwl Biv`K iv`c aunHW dI AwpxI
swK Krwb hox dy ielwvw iksy vyly vI gurmiq
pRcwr dI muihμm ƒ BwrI Jtkw lg skdw hY[ ies
qrHW, sOdw sμpwdk dIAW nIqIAW bwry Awpxw p`K
spSt krn ƒ (ausdI hr kwrvweI jW ilKq dI
hW iv`c hW nw imlwaux ƒ) ‘spoksmYn’ dw ivroD
krnw ikvyN ikhw jw skdw hY? ies siQqI qoN
bcx dw iek-mwqr rsqw iehI hY pRo: drSn isμG
jI sOdw sμpwdk dI qrHW svwl krn vwly ƒ ieh
kih ky twl dyx ik auh kWvW, icμVIAW dI kW-kW,
cIN-cIN dw jvwb nhIN idμdy[ pr zwihr hY ik pRo:
drSn isμG jW koeI vI hor siBA ivAkqI Aijhw
jvwb dyx dI bjwey Awpxw p`K spSt krnw hI
psμd krygw - Aijhy jvwb qW mhwn sμpwdk jI dy
Kwqy iv`c hI AwauNdy hn[
iPr, jsjIq isμG tonI dy Gr hoeI mIitμg iv`c mYN
^ud vI hwzr sI pr au`Qy Aijhw koeI vwikAw nhIN
vriqAw ijs qrHW dw sOdw sμpwdk ny dwAvw kIqw
hY (ik pRBjIq isμG KVy ho gey qy pRo: drSn isμG
qoN spoksmYn dI kiQq mdd bwry svwl kIqw)[
blik eynw zrUr sI ik jd sR: pRBjIq isμG Dvn
ny sμgqW nwl AwpxI jwx-pCwx krvweI qW aunHW
v`loN Awpxy nwm nwl jwqI-sUck l&z aupXog krn
pRqI, myry nyVy KVy kuJ vIrW ny AwpsI g`lbwq iv`c
ieqrwz jqwieAw sI[ ienHW vIrW dw kihxw sI
ik ijs ivAkqI ƒ jwq-pwq ivvsQw ƒ nw mμnx
dy gurU gRμQ swihb dy muFly aupdyS dI vI jwxkwrI
nw hovy, jW ies ’qy Aml nw krdw hovy, auh
dsm gRμQ dI AslIAq bwry ikvyN pRcwr kr
skdw hY, jdik iesdy vwsqy gurU gRμQ swihb dy
isDWqW dI bhuq cμgI jwxkwrI r`Kxw jrUrI hY[
iPr, sOdw sμpwdk ^ud ilKdw hY sRI Dvn dI pRo:
drSn isμG nwl g`lbwq gurmiq isDWqW bwry
nhIN blik aunHW ƒ sOdw sμpwdk nwl ‘rlwaux’
bwry sI[ zwihr hY ik pRo: drSn isμG ny sOdw
sμpwdk dIAW krqUqW dw izkr krky aus nwl
imlx qoN ienkwr kr id`qw hovygw, ijs ƒ sOdw
sμpwdk ‘‘k`cIAW qy eIrKw nwl BrIAW g`lW’’ kih
ky ienHW bwbq g`l krn qoN twlw v`t irhw hY[
A`gy sOdw sμpwdk iksy AmrIkI s`jx v`loN
spoksmYn iv`c pRkwiSq ^br bwry Dμnvwd krn
’qy pRo: drSn isμG v`loN Dμnvwd nw kIqy jwx dw
aulwhmw idμidAW kihμdw hY ik ‘‘AsIN vI mnu`K hI
hW qy swfw vI idl hY[’’ Bwv, mYN vI aunHW
ienswnW dI qrHW hI hW, ijnHW dw idl AwpxI
is&q (cwplUsI) krvwaux dw krdw hY[ qy pRo:
drSn isμG v`loN Aijhw nw krn ’qy auh inry JUTy
qy q`QhIx sμpwdkI ilKx ’qy auqwrU ho jWdw hY[
auh pRo: drSn isμG v`loN PrIdwbwd smwgm iv`c
Awpxy iKlw& bolx dw doS qW lwauNdw hY pr
Asl g`l, ik pRo: drSn isμG ny sOdw sμpwdk
dIAW nIqIAW pRqI Awpxy ivcwr smwgm qoN bwhr,
kuJ ^ws ivAkqIAW nwl g`lbwq dOrwn pRgtwey
sn - styj ’qy nhIN - ƒ bRYkyt () iv`c ilK idμdw
hY[ A`gy, sOdw sμpwdk ny pRo: drSn isμG v`loN
cμfIgVH PyrI dOrwn aus dy drSn nw krn ’qy ros
pRgtwieAw hY Aqy iesdw ielzwm Awpxy swbkw
swQIAW dy isr mVH id`qw hY pr ies nukqy bwbq
AsIN pihlW hI crcw kr cu`ky hW[
Aμq iv`c sOdw sμpwdk ny ielzwm lgwieAw hY ik
‘‘pRo: drSn isμG dy kuJ is`KW v`loN Sor pw id`qw
igAw ik bwdl koloN ieSiqhwr lYx leI mYN pRo:
drSn isμG qoN dUrI ie^iqAwr kr leI hY[’’ pr
Asl iv`c ieh nukqw spoksmYn dy swbkw
p`qrkwr gurmIq isμG kwdIAwnI v`loN cu`ikAw
igAw sI[ jykr sOdw sμpwdk dIAW is`K-ivroDI
nIqIAW kwrn sR: gurmIq isμG kwdIAwnI ny ^ud
ƒ sOdw sμpwdk dI A^bwr qoN Al`g kr ilAw,
qW ausdw ieh ArQ nhIN ik auh pRo: drSn isμG
dy is`K ho gey[ kI sOdw sμpwdk ieh kihxw
cwhuμdw hY ik ausdI A^bwr ’c kμm krn vwly
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p`qrkwr qy A^bwr dy pwTk aus dy is`K hn pr
pRo: drSn isμG dw kIrqn suxn vwly aunHW dy
is`K?
ij`QoN q`k lwlc ADIn A^bwr dIAW nIqIAW
bdlx dI Sμkw hY, iesdy vwsqy sOdw sμpwdk dy
smrQkW dy ibAwn iksy kμm nhIN ikauNik A^bwr
iv`c bwdl prvwr dI cwplUsI vwlIAW ^brW
(ijvyN, biTμfw iv`c AkwlI dl dI rYlI dOrwn 40
iklomItr lμby jwm l`g gey) s`c ƒ swibq kr
idμdy hn[
ieh qW g`l sI 7 mwrc 2010 ƒ sOdw sμpwdk v`loN
‘myrI injI fwierI dy pμny’ kwlm ivc qoly gey
ku&r dI[ pr ijvyN kI sR: kulbIr isμG kOVw ny
AwpxI pusqk ‘is`K vI ingilAw igAw’ iv`c
iliKAw hY : ‘‘jd koeI ivAkqI ifgdw hY, qW
iPr ifgdw hI clw jWdw hY, ifgdw hI clw jWdw
hY...[’’ iesy qrHW sOdw sμpwdk dI nYiqk qy
p`qrkwrI nIqIAW iv`c igrwvt lgwqwr jwrI hY[
iesy kVI iv`c 8 mwrc 2010 dI AwpxI A^bwr dy
mu`K pμny ’qy ausny iek ^br pRkwiSq kr id`qI ik
‘‘pRo: drSn isμG nwl pujwrIAW dw AμdrKwqy
smJOqw ho igAw?’’ BwvyN ies isrlyK dy Aμq iv`c
svwlIAw inSwn dw aupXog kIqw igAw hY, pr
ArμBqw iv`c ‘kI’ nhIN iliKAw igAw[ XwnI pwTkW
swhmxy iek qrHW dw inrxw hI dy id`qw igAw hY
ik pRo: drSn isμG dw pujwrIAW nwl smJOqw ho
igAw hY[
^br (jW guμmrwhkuμn ilKq) iv`c ieh aukq dwAvw
krn dy bwvjUd ies bwbq koeI jwxkwrI pyS nhIN
kIqI geI ik pujwrIAW ny iks lwB vwsqy pRo:
drSn isμG nwl smJOqw krnw mnzUr kIqw hY[
iesy ilKq iv`c pRo: drSn isμG v`loN SRomxI kmytI
coxW iv`c iksy vI iDr dw swQ nw dyx Aqy ivdyS
cly jwx dI g`l khI geI hY[ SRomxI kmytI coxW
vyly kI huμdw hY Aqy kI nhIN, ieh qW Biv`K iv`c
hI pqw l`gygw pr hwlW q`k pRo: drSn isμG ny
ies iksm dw koeI vwAdw jW dwAvw nhIN kIqw[
Aijhy iv`c sOdw sμpwdk ƒ ieh AkwSvwxI ikQoN
ho geI, ieh smJ pwauxw muSkl hY[
ijQoN q`k ivdyS jwx dI g`l hY, sOdw sμpwdk qy
ausdy hmwieqI vI cμgI qrHW jwxdy hn ik pRo:
drSn isμG Bwrq dy nhIN blik kYnyfw dy nwgirk
hn qy auQoN Bwrq dw vIzw pRwpq krky hr swl
ieQy AwauNdy hn qy mwrc mhIny iv`c vwps cly
jWdy hn[ ies swl vI aunHW ny Bwrq Awaux qoN
pihlW hI AwpxI vwpsI dI itkt 17 sqμbr
2009 ƒ (Awpxy iKlw& Pqvw jwrI hox qoN bhuq
pihlW) hI bu`k krvw leI sI qy iesy itkt rwhIN
auh 15 mwrc ƒ Bwrq qoN vwps cly gey[
iesleI aunHW dy ivdyS vwps jwx dI kwrvweI ƒ
pujwrIAW nwl smJOqy dI imswl vjoN pyS krnw
bhuq hI bySrmI BirAw qy byhUdw JUT hY[
iesy ilKq iv`c iek hor hwsohIxI g`l ilKI geI
hY ik ‘‘pujwrIAW ny Srq r`KI sI ik pRo: drSn
isμG, sR: gurbKS isμG kwlw A&gwnw qwy rozwnw
spoksmYn dy mu`K sμpwdk qoN dUrI r`Kx qy aunHW
nwl myl-jol nw r`Kx[’’ pr gOrqlb hY ik dUrI
r`Kx leI qW qd ikhw jWdw, jd aunHW dI aukq
ivAkqIAW nwl koeI nyVqw huμdI[ pRo: drSn isμG
qW AwpxI pRcwr muihμm iek`ly qOr ’qy hI clwauNdy
rhy hn Aqy ^wskr sOdw sμpwdk qoN qW aunHW ny
hmySw hI dUrI bxw ky r`KI hY, ijs q`Q ƒ sOdw
sμpwdk ^ud mμndw hY[ spSt hY ik pujwrIAW v`loN
AijhI Srq r`Kx dI g`l iblkul mnGVq qy
AKOqI sμpwdk ƒ aucyrw bxw ky pyS krn dI
Srwrq hY[
hor keI gpOVW dI qrHW aukq ilKq iv`c ieh vI
ikhw igAw hY ik ‘‘pujwrI ies g`loN vI KuS hn
ik pRo: drSn isμG ny Awpxy ros ƒ pujwrIvwd
ivru`D lVweI kihx qoN kμnI kqrweI hy, ‘ipRQm
BgOqI ismr ky’ dI hmwieq kIqI hY qy AwpxI
‘jQydwrI’ dOrwn Akwl q^q ’qy szwvW dyx ƒ
glq nhIN mμinAw[’’ sOdw sμpwdk dI ieh purwxI
Awdq hY ik auh ijs ivAkqI ƒ Awpxw swQI
bxwaux dI pySkS krdw hY, AwpxI mrzI dy
l&z aus dy mUμh/ilKq ’coN kFvwauxw cwhuμdw hY qy
ijhVw ivAkqI auh l&z vrqx qoN ienkwr
krdw hY, ausƒ auh pujwrIAW dw swQI jW
gurmiq-ivroDI krwr dy idμdw hY[ pRo: drSn isμG
dy mwmly iv`c vI iehI nIqI ApxwauNidAW ies
q`Q ƒ lukox dI koiSS kIqI jw rhI hY ik jd
aunHW (pRo:) ny q^qW dy pujwrIAW v`loN bμd kmry
iv`c pyS hox dI Srq ƒ nw-mnzUr krky ^ud ƒ
‘iCkvw’ ilAw, qW ieh pujwrIvwd ivru`D lVweI
nhIN qW hor kI hY[
ieh mμnxw peygw ik pRo: drSn ny ‘ipRQm BgOqI
ismr ky’ vwlI quk iv`c BgOqI dy ArQ durgw dI
bjwey suKmnI swihb ivclI qu`k dy ADwr ’qy
‘‘Bgμvq (r`b) dI BgqI krn vwlw’’ kIqw hY,
joik srwsr glq hY[ pihlI g`l, ieh pμkqIAW
bic`qr nwtk dI rcnw ‘‘BgOqI kI vwr’’ dy
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ArμBly Bwg dIAW hn[ ikauNik ‘vwr’ iv`c durgw
dI ausqiq kIqI geI hY Aqy bwr-bwr durgw leI
‘BgOqI’ l&z aupXog kIqw igAw hY, iesleI
spSt hY ik isrlyK (vwr sRI BgOqI jI kI) iv`c
vI BgOqI dyvI dw hI izkr kIqw igAw hY Aqy
AglI pμkqI (ipRQm BgOqI ismr kY) iv`c vI[
Aijhw kihxw do qy do pμj kihx qu`l hY ik
isrlyK Aqy bwkI vwr iv`c qW BgOqI dy ArQ
durgw hn pr ‘ipRQm BgOqI’ vwlI pμkqI iv`c
iesdy ArQ r`b dI BgqI krn vwlw BgOqI hY[
jykr QoVI dyr leI Aijhw mμn vI ilAw jwey ik
ies qu`k iv`c vwkeI durgw dyvI dw izkr nhIN,
qW vI ieh socxw peygw ik kI r`b dI BgqI krn
vwly iksy ienswn dI swfy leI eynI izAwdw
mh`qqw hY ik AsIN gurU nwnk Aqy hor gurU
swihbwn qoN vI pihlW ausƒ ismrIey?
pRo: drSn isμG dy ies stYNf iv`c ijμnIAW vI
KwmIAW hox, iDAwn dyx Xog q`Q hY ik aunHW dw
ieh stYNf bic`qr nwtk gRμQ dI ivroDqw dI
muihμm iv`c Swml hox smyN qoN hI irhw hY - Awpxy
iKlw& Pqvw jwrI ho jwx auprμq nhIN[ iesleI
ieh kihxw v`fI m`kwrI qy Srwrq hY ik aunHW ny
ieh stYNf pujwrIAW nwl smJOqw krn leI
A^iqAwr kIqw hY[ ijQoN q`k aunHW dy kwrj-kwl
dOrwn Akwl q^q qoN prμprwgq szwvW dyx dI
g`l hY, surjIq isμG brnwlw vrgy pμQ-DRohI qoN
spStIkrn mμgx Aqy ausƒ doSI AYlwnx iv`c kuJ
glq pRqIq nhIN huμdw[ g`l isr& eynI hY ik pRo:
drSn isμG ƒ bdnwm krn Aqy ^ud ƒ mhwn
drswaux leI sOdw sμpwdk ny Awpxy iksy p`qrkwr
dy nwm qoN ieh q`Q-hIx ^br pRkwiSq kIqI sI,
ijs iv`c iksy vI dwAvy leI iksy ivAkqI dw
hvwlw nhIN id`qw igAw[
Biv`KbwxI krn vwlI AijhI ^br dI
ivSvsnIkqw dw Aμdwzw ies q`Q qoN vI lgwieAw
jw skdw hY ik jd fw: mnmohn isμG pihlI vwr
pRDwn mμqrI bxy sn qW iesy bhuqy isAwxy bxdy
sμpwdk ny Awpxy rswly dy mu`K pμny ’qy ieh g`l
ilK mwrI sI ik fw: isμG dI srkwr isr& ds ku
mhIny hI c`l skygI[ jdik hr koeI jwxdw hY ik
fw: mnmohn isμG ny isr& Awpxy kwrjkwl dy 5
swl pUry kIqy, blik AglIAW coxW iv`c kWgrs ƒ
hor vDyry mjbUqI nwl sμsd iv`c ilAw ky dubwrw
srkwr sQwipq kr leI[ spSt hY ik pRo: drSn
isμG dy bwry vI sOdw sμpwdk dI Biv`KbwxI eynI hI
JUTI qy q`QhIx hY[
pRo: drSn isμG ƒ hor bAwc-p`KI (defensive)
krn Aqy aunHW dw swQ dy rhy lokW ivckwr aunHW
pRqI Sμky KVy krn leI sOdw sμpwdk ny 10 mwrc
dI AwpxI A^bwr iv`c pRo: ieμdr isμG G`gw dy
nwm qoN ieh ibAwn lgvw id`qw ik pRo: drSn
isμG cOpeI, jwpu, sveIey Aqy BgOqI dy mu`dy qy
sμgqW ƒ guμmrwh kr rhy hn[ pr ijvyN ik
au_pr izkr kIqw igAw hY, ienHW mu`idAW ’qy pRo:
drSn isμG dw stYNf (rihq mirAwdw dy dwier
ADIn rihxw) BwvyN SlwGwXog nw hovy, pr
iblkul ADwrhIn nhIN hY[ aunHW ny hmySw iehI
ikhw hY ik aukq rcnwvW ‘pμQ pRvwnq’ hn (gurU
ikRq hox jW nw hox bwry koeI ivcwr pyS nhIN
kIqw)[ iPr, injI qOr ’qy iksy rcnw dw pwT
krnw jW nw krnw hor g`l hY pr rihq mirAwdw
rwhIN is`K sμskwrW dw ih`sw bx cukIAW rcnwvW
pRqI rihq mirAwdw iv`c qbdIlI qoN pihlW hI
swrw zor ies pwsy lw dyx nwl tkswlIAW qy
bRwhmxvwdI mwniskqw vwly hornW smUhW ƒ hI
lwB hovygw[ ieh vI iDAwl dyxw cwhIdw hY ik
pRo: drSn isμG qRIAw-cir`qrW dy iKlw& qW pRcwr
kr hI rhy hn Aqy cOpeI vI qRIAw-cir`qrW dw
hI ih`sw hY[ iesleI ijhVw ivAkqI AigAwn qoN
mukq ho ky ieh smJ jweygw ik ieh ASlIl
khwxIAW gurU goibμd isμG jI dIAW ilKIAW nhIN,
auh ieh vI smJ skdw jweygw ik ienHW khwxIAW
dw ih`sw hox Aqy isDWqk qOr ’qy gurmiq-ivroDI
hox kwrn cOpeI vI gurU ikRq nhIN hY[ ijhVw
ivAkqI cOpeI ijhI pRcilq rcnw dw iqAwg kr
skdw hY, auh hor vDyry mwnisk ivkws hox ’qy
jwpu swihb qy sveIey dw ip`Cw vI C`f skdw hY[
mOjUdw smyN iv`c isr& gurU gRμQ swihb ƒ gurU
mμnx vwly izAwdwqr is`KW dw mwnisk ivkws vI
ienHW hI pVwvW iv`c hoieAw hY[
pRo: ieμdr isμG G`gw vI ies siQqI ƒ cμgI qrHW
smJdy hn Aqy aunHW ipCokV iv`c kdy pRo: drSn
isμG iKlw& koeI nrwzgI zwihr nhIN kIqI blik
kYnyfw iv`c ^ud bwry tkswlIAW v`loN clweI geI
JUTy pRwpygμfw dI lihr dy twkry dOrwn pRo: drSn
isμG nwl slwh-mSvrw zrUr kIqw sI[ mOjUdw
smyN iv`c vI aunHW ƒ vwkeI pRo: drSn isμG dI
muihμm dIAW nIqIgq sImwvW nwl koeI ieqrwz
nhIN ho skdw pr auh AijhI siQqI iv`c vI
nhIN ik sOdw sμpwdk ƒ Awpxy nW dI durvrqoN
krn qoN rok skx ikauNik pujwrIAW v`loN aunHW
iKlw& Pqvw jwrI krn qoN bwAd sOdw sμpwdk hI
aunHW dy ivcwr pRgt krn leI iek-mwqr swDn
(A^bwr) pyS krdw hY[ qy ies mjbUrI ADIn
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auh aukq ibAwn ƒ AwpxI mrzI nwl jwrI kIqw
igAw ibAwn hI kihμdy rihx[ pRo: G`gw ieh vI
jwxdy hn ik aunHW ƒ pRo: drSn isμG ƒ ieh
svwl pu`Cx dw koeI nYiqk AiDkwr nhIN ikauNik
aunHW ^ud gurduAwirAW iv`c Awpxy lYkcrW dOrwn jW
AwpxI pusqkW iv`c Aijhy ivcwr pyS nhIN kIqy[
KYr, ies ‘^br’ rwhIN sOdw sμpwdk m`kwrI iesy
nukqy qoN smJI jw skdI hY ik ilKq dy ArμB
iv`c qW auh izkr krdw hY ik ‘‘pRo: drSn isμG
dy Acwnk bdly rveIey ny ijQy is`K icμqkW ƒ
BμblBUsy iv`c pw id`qw hY...’’ auQy Agly hI vwk
iv`c izkr hY ik ‘‘pRo: drSn isμG ny BgOqI,
cOpeI, jwpu swihb Aqy sveIhy Awid dy mu`dy ’qy
Awpxw purwxw stYNf brkrwr rìKAw hoieAw
hY...’’[ Bwv, dovyN pμkqIAW Awpw-ivroDI jwxkwrI
pyS kr rhIAW hn - pihlI pμkqI iv`c aukq
mu`idAW bwry pRo: drSn isμG dw stYNf bdl jwx
(kiQq qOr ’qy pujwrIAW nwl smJOqy kwrn) dw
izkr hY qW dUjI pμkqI iv`c ies ƒ aunHW dI
purwxI nIqI d`isAw igAw hY[ spSt hY ik swrI
‘^br’ ADwrhIx qy JUTw pRwpygμfw mwqr hY[
JUTy sμpwdk ny pRo: drSn isμG iKlw& pRwpygμfw dI
muihμm jwrI r`KidAW 15 mwrc dI AwpxI A^bwr
iv`c ^br pRkwiSq kIqI ik ‘‘jdoN ivdvwn
ivcoilAW ny pRo: drSn isμG ƒ spoksmYn (sOdw
sμpwdk) nwl j`PI pwaux leI iqAwr kr ilAw
pr rwqo rwq iek tYlIPon sunyhy ny aunHW ƒ
ivcoilAW dy Xqn Tukrw dyx leI iqAwr kr
idqw’’[ ies AKoqI irport iv`c ig: jgqw isμG
jwck, aupkwr isμG, qrsym isμG qy jsjIq isμG
tonI dy nW vrqky sOdw sμpwdk ny pRBwv id`qw hY
ik ienHW ivAkqIAW dI ivcolgI sdkw pRo: drSn
isμG ausdy Gr kIrqn krn leI pihlW iqAwr ho
gey pr ‘‘rwqo rwq iksy gupq QW qoN Awey sunyhy ƒ
mμn ky’’ (XwnI sOdw sμpwdk muqwibk, pujwrIAW dy
inrdyS ’qy) AwpxI ^rwb ishq dw bhwnw bxw ky,
ausdy Gr kIrqn krn qoN mukr gey[ pr sOdw
sμpwdk ƒ pu`iCAw jwvy ik jd pRo: drSn isμG
bhuq hI mwVw, gYr-isDWqk qy pujwrIvwd dw
smrQn krn vwlw ivAkqI (sOdw sμpwdk dIAW
il^qW muqwibk) hY, qW iPr qUμ Awpxy Gr ausdw
kIrqn krvwaux dI iejwzq dyx dI ‘imhrbwnI’
ikauN kIqI? jykr pRo: drSn isμG ny sOdw sμpwdk
dI iksy mhwn il^q qoN nrwz ho ky ‘sμpwdk ivru`D
bolxw SurU kr id`qw sI’, qW kI aunHW dw ieh gu`sw
isr& ausdy Gr kIrqn krn nwl hI SWq ho
skdw sI? aunHW dw gu`sw qW sOdw sμpwdk v`loN JUTw
pRwpygμfw rokx Aqy ipClIAW krqUqW leI muAwPI
mμgx nwl hI Tμfw ho skdw sI[ nhIN, s`cweI ieh
hY ik kIrqn krvwaux dw AwiefIAw qy pySkS
isr& ienHW ivcoilAW dI hI sI - sOdw sμpwdk ny
kdy vI pRo: drSn ƒ ilKqI jW Pon rwhIN Awpxy
Gr kIrqn krn dw koeI s`dw hI nhIN id`qw Aqy
ivcoilAW v`loN Aijhw krn dI bynqI krn ’qy vI
ies qoN sw& ienkwr kr id`qw[ ikauNik sOdw
sμpwdk cwhuμdw sI ik pRo: drSn isμG AwpxI
mrzI nwl jW ivcoilAW dy dbwA kwrn hI ausdy
Gr kIrqn krn Aw jwey qy pwTkW PYl jwey ik
spoksmYn iv`c do-cwr idn Awpxy iKlw& ^brW
lgidAW hI pRo: drSn isμG fr ky sOdw sμpwdk
dy Gr cly gey (Aqy izAwdw mhwn hox nwqy sOdw
sμpwdk aunHW ƒ imlx nhIN igAw)[ sB qoN v`fI
g`l, sOdw sμpwdk ny ^ud ieh iekbwl kIqw hY ik
aus ƒ qW pRo: drSn isμG dw kIrqn krvwaux
iv`c koeI idlcspI hI nhIN sI, auh qW isr&
ivcoilAW Aqy pRo: drSn isμG ’qy Aihswn krn
leI iqAwr hoieAw sI[
Awpxy GmμfI suBwA kwrn q^qW dy pujwrIAW dI
ies mμg ik pRo: drSn isμG bμd kmry iv`c swfy
swhmxy pyS hox, dI qrHW sOdw sμpwdk vI kihμdw
Aqy cwhuμdw hY ik pRo: drSn isμG myry Gr, myry
swhmxy pyS hox[ ieh vI iDAwn dyx Xog hY ik
ies GtnwkRm sbμDI ‘^br’ iv`c ausny pRo: drSn
isμG dw nwm vrq ky hor vI bhuq swrIAW
mnGVq g`lW (ijvyN ik AwpxI Aqy AwpxI
A^bwr dI ausqiq jW jzbwqI pμQk msilAW
sbμDI ^ud ƒ lwB phuμcwaux vwly ibAwn) ilK
dyxIAW sn[ jykr ies siQqI ƒ mihsUs kridAW
pRo: drSn isμG ny sOdw sμpwdk dy Gr jwx qoN
ienkwr kr id`qw, qW iesƒ aunHW dI sUJbUJ hI
ikhw jw skdw hY[
sOdw sμpwdk Ais`Dy Fμg nwl kihμdw hY ik jsjIq
isμG tonI v`loN ‘smJOqw’ krvwey jwx dI pySkS dy
bwvjUd pRo: drSn isμG ny pujwrIAW dy inrdyS
kwrn AwpxI AmrIkw Xwqrw A`gy nhIN kIqI[ pr
ijvyN ik pihlW vI dìsAw igAw hY, pRo: drSn
isμG ny AwpxI vwpsI dI itkt 17 sqμbr 2009
ƒ hI bu`k krvw leI sI Aqy aunHW dw vwpsI dw
pRogrwm bhuq pihlW hI inSicq sI[ ieh TIk hY
ik auh AwpxI itkt r`d krvw ky dubwrw nvIN
itkt vI bxvw skdy sn pr ausdw lwB kI hoxw
sI? sOdw sμpwdk nwl smJOqy dw ieko-iek Srq
hY ausdI eIn mμn ky ausdy swhmxy pyS hoxw Aqy
AwpxI pRcwr muihμm ƒ ausdI mrzI muqwibk bdl
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dyxw[ ikauNik Aijhw krnw nYiqk Aqy isDWqk
qOr ’qy iblkul glq hovygw, iesleI pRo: drSn
isμG v`loN im`Qy pRogrwm muqwibk Xwqrw krn nwl
koeI ‘pwp’ nhIN ho igAw[
ies ilKq iv`c sOdw sμpwdk doS lwauNdw hY ik pRo:
drSn isμG ny (pRo: G`gw dy ibAwn dy pRqIkrm
iv`c) iC`Qy pey bμdy vwlI BwSw vwlw ibAwn jwrI
kr id`qw[ jdik hr inrp`K ivAkqI ies ibAwn
ivclI npI-qulI SbdwvlI Aqy sOdw sμpwdk dIAW
kVvwht BrpUr ilKqW dI qulnw krky ^ud
mihsUs kr skdw hY ik ienHW iv`coN iC`Qw ipAw
ivAkqI ikhVw hY qy ‘hlkI SbdwvlI’ iksny
vrqI hY[
A`gy, sOdw sμpwdk iPr iek vwrI Awpxy ‘dwnI’
hox dw JUTw FμForw ip`tdw hY qy pYsy dugxy vwps
krn dw dwAvw kridAW-kridAW AwpxI eIrKwlU
privrqI zwihr kridAW ilKdw hY ik ‘‘pRo:
swihb hr roz hzwrW rupey kIrqn bdly mμgdy
hn qy jwxkwrW Anuswr, kIrqn vyc ky ijμnI dOlq
aunHW ny bxweI hY, Swied hI iksy hor ny bxweI
hovy pr iek ruipAw vI aunHW ny kdy kOmI kwrjW
leI nhIN id`qw hoxw[’’ hux ieQy sB qoN v`fw JUT
qW ieh hY ik pRo+ drSn isμG Awpxy kIrqn bdly
hzwrW rupey mμgdw hY[ ikauNik ^ud myry sμprk
iv`c Aijhy keI ivAkqI hn, ijnHW ny mYƒ d`isAw
hY ik aunHW ny pRo: drSn isμG ƒ koeI vI Bytw id`qy
ibnW aunHW qoN kIrqn krvwieAw sI[ kuJ hor
s`jxW ny dìsAw hY ik aunHW ny AwpxI smr`Qw
muqwibk pRo: drSn isμG ƒ, hornW rwgIAW mukwbly
bhuq G`t pYsy id`qy sn, pr pRo: drSn isμG ny
ibnW iksy iSkn dy, blik pYsy igxy ibnW hI
svIkwr kr ley sn[ ieh vI iDAwn dyx vwlI
g`l hY ik jykr iksy ivAkqI dI Avwz qy sur
cμgw hovy Aqy kIrqn krnw ausdw ik`qy iv`c
qbdIl ho jwvy, qW iPr aus v`loN AwpxI ies
muhwrq dI pySkwrI bdly Xog mwieAw lYx iv`c
gurmiq dy ikhVy isDWq dI aulμGxw huμdI hY? jykr
pySyvr rwgIAW v`loN kIrqn bdly Bytw lYxw ‘pwp’
hY qW iPr kI is`K pμQ dy swry rwgIAW ƒ inSkwm
kIrqn krnw cwhIdw hY jW AijhI Aws isrP
drSn isμG rwgI qoN kIqI jwxI cwhIdI hY? kI
muPq kIrqn krn vwly swry rwgIAW ƒ aunHW dy
prvwrk KricAW dI qn^wh sOdw sμpwdk qy ausdI
pqnI dyxgy? iPr, kIrqn rwhIN mwieAw kwmauxw
jykr glq hY qW ^brW vyc ky (ieSiqhwr dyx
vwilAW dIAW is&qW dIAW ^brW lgw ky qy aunHW dy
iKlw& AwauNdIAW ^brW ƒ dbw ky) mwieAw
kmwauxw ikμnw ku jwiez hY?
jykr pRo: drSn isμG ny kIrqn krky iksy vI
hor rwgI nwloN kiQq qOr ’qy izAwdw dOlq bxweI
hY, qW ies nwl sOdw sμpwdk dy iF`f iv`c pIV
ikauN ho rhI hY? kI izAwdw pYsw kmwauxw gurmiq
dy iksy isDWq dI aulμGxw hY? iPr, pRo: drSn
isμG ƒ qwAxw mwrn qoN pihlW sOdw sμpwdk ƒ
AwpxI pIVHI hyTW sotw Pyrlw cwhIdw hY ik pμQk-
A^bwr dw SoSw C`f ky A`j q`k sB qoN v`D dOlq
iek`TI krn vwlw S^s auh ^ud hY[ pr dUijAW
dIAW kmIAW l`Bx qoN pihlW auh Awpxy bwry qW
d`sy ik pμQk kwrj vwsqy mYN AwpxI AwmdnI
iv`coN (sμgqW v`loN Byt kIqy gey pYsy iv`coN nhIN)
iksy ƒ ikμnw ku dwn (Asl dwn, AwpxI hI
jwiedwd dw kμtrol AwpxI hI mlkIAq vwly
tRst krn dw FoNg nhIN) id`qw hY[ kI pRo: drSn
isμG ƒ Awpxy pYsy rwhIN kIqy gey smwj BlweI dy
kwrjW leI pihlW sOdw sμpwdk koloN koeI
srtIiPkyt jwrI krvwauxw peygw?
sOdw sμpwdk Bolw ijhw bx ky kihμdw hY ik
spoksmYn iv`c qW kyvl isDWqk p`Dr dy kuJ
swl hI ivdvwnW ny auTwey sn[ pr ^ud jd
iesƒ koeI ivAkqI isDWqk svwl pu`Cdw hY qW
ieh swP kihμdw hY ik mYN kwvW-icVIAW dy jvwb
nhIN idμdw !! kI iesy qrz qy, hux pRo: drSn
isμG ƒ ieh g`l kihx dw h`k nhIN? vYsy
isDWqk svwlW dw jvwb auh Awpxy ibAwn iv`c
dy cu`ky hn[
sOdw sμpwdk dI bySrmI qy lwlc ies ‘suJwA’ qoN
vI pRgt huμdw hY ik pRo: drSn isμG AwpxI
jwiedwd dw dsvμD hI sOdw sμpwdk ƒ AμgryzI
A^bwr, tI.vI. cYnl jW ‘au`cw dr bwby nwnk dw’
vrgy SoiSAW (AKOqI pμQk kwrjW) leI dy dyx
nwl swrI sm`isAw ^qm ho jweygI[ XwnI, jykr
pRo: drSn isμG, sOdw sμpwdk dI mwiek qOr ’qy
syvw kr dyx, iPr qW auh cμgy qy isDWqk p`KoN
pUrn is`K hn pr ikauNik auh Aijhw nhIN kr
rhy, iesleI sOdw sμpwdk dUjy ivAkqIAW dy nwvW
dw durpXog krky pRo: drSn isMG ƒ iek mwVy,
lwlcI qy isDWqhIx is`K vjoN pRcwr irhw hY[
JUTI ilKq ilK ky pRo: drSn isμG ƒ nIvW
idKwaux dI hoV iv`c sOdw sμpwdk ieQoN q`k ifg
jWdw hY ik swbkw mu`K syvwdwr dy aukq ibAwn ƒ
qoV-mroV ky pyS kridAW kihμdw hY ik ‘‘ivdySW
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ivcoN fwlrW dy Fyr mμg-mμg ky vI jy auh ‘QYNk XU’
kihxw nhIN is`Ky qW r`b vI Swied aunHW ƒ
iSStwcwr dw sbk nhIN dy skygw[ aunHW dy krIbI
swQIAW ny vI hYrwnI pRgt kIqI hY ik ‘Dnvwd’
krn qoN ienkwr krn ƒ vI auh Awpxw ‘gux’ ds
rhy hn[’’ ieQy iDAwn dyx Xog pihlI g`l ieh
hY ik pRo: drSn isμG ny sOdw sμpwdk dI qrHW
is`KW dw kdy jzbwqI qy AwrQk SoSx nhIN kIqw[
jykr auh ivdySW iv`c iksy QW kIrqn krdy hn,
qW zwihrI qOr ’qy aunHW ƒ Bytw vI fwlr jW pONf
Awidk mudrwvW iv`c imlygI[ pr sOdw sμpwdk ƒ
ieh AkwSvwxI ikvyN ho geI ik pRo: drSn isμG
Bytw dyx vwly dw Dμnvwd nhIN krdy[ Dμnvwd nw
krnw qW sOdw sμpwdk dI nIqI hY, ijsdw iksy vI
QW Aqy iksy vI mOky id`qw igAw lYkcr is`KW ƒ
iesy g`l leI Bμfdw rihμdw hY ik auh ausƒ AKOqI
pμQk kwrjW vwsqy mwieAw nhIN idμdy[ iPr, pRo:
drSn isμG ny Dμnvwd krn qoN ienkwr nhIN kIqw
blik ieh ikhw hY ik mYN (AwpxIAW syvwvW jW
pRcwr muihμm leI) Dμnvwd nhIN mμgdw (jo koeI
mwVI nhIN blik SlwGwXog g`l hY)[
pr pwTkW ƒ guμmrwh krn leI sOdw sμpwdk iksy
vI h`d q`k Q`ly ifg jwx iv`c Srm mihsUs nhIN
krdw[ ausdI iesy igrwvt dI iek hor imswl 17
mwrc ƒ ilKy gey ausdy sμpwdkI qoN vI pRq`K ho
jWdI hY, ijs iv`c ausny ivvwidq fyrydwr rxjIq
isμG FFrIAW vwly ƒ pRo: drSn isμG nwloN vDIAw
pRcwrk swibq krn dI koiSS kIqI hY[ ies
ilKq iv`c sOdw sμpwdk ny FFrIAW vwly leI
‘sμq’ ivSySx dw aupXog kIqw hY, jdik Awpxy
rswly qy A^bwr iv`c ieh keI lyKkW dy Aijhy
lyK Cwp cu`kw hY, ijnHW muqwibk gurmiq iv`c ‘sμq’
l&z gurU dy qu`l mμinAw igAw hY Aqy iesƒ iksy
vI ivAkqI dy nwm nwl nhIN joiVAw jwxw cwhIdw[
dUjw, iesy rxjIq isμG FFrIAW vwly iKlw& sOdw
sμpwdk AijhIAW ^brW lgwauNdw irhw hY ik
FFrIAW vwlw vwjw vjwauNdw rih igAw, pr ausdy
cyly pYsy ’k`Ty kr ky lY gey[ qIjw, hr koeI
jwxdw hY ik fyrydwr swD, smwj BlweI dy kuJ
kwrj krdy zrUr hn, pr ienHW kwrjW dw mksd
Sohrq K`t ky, DnwF lokW qoN ies syvw vwsqy hor
Dn pRwpq krnw huμdw hY, jo Asl iv`c ienHW dIAW
AwpxIAW jybW iv`c clw jWdw hY[ Aijhy iv`c, pRo:
drSn isμG ƒ FFrIAW vwly vrgy fyrydwr qoN vI
nIvyN drjy dw pRcwrk swibq krn dI APsosjnk
koiSS isr& sOdw sμpwdk vrgw bySrm ivAkqI
hI kr skdw hY[
aukq lμmI-cOVI crcw Aqy sOdw sμpwdk dIAW
ilKqW dy ivSlySx rwhIN ieh spSt kIqw igAw
hY ik pRo: drSn isμG ƒ nIvW drswaux sbμDI
spoksmYn A^bwr iv`c pRkwiSq ho rhIAW
irportW, ibAwn qy sμpwdkI iblkul JUTy, q`QhIx
Aqy guμmrwhkuμn hn[ pr hr g`l dI koeI vjHw jW
kwrn zrUr huμdw hY[ iesleI ies q`Q dI pVcol
krn dI vI bVI loV hY ik AKIr sOdw sμpwdk,
pRo: drSn isμG ƒ bdnwm krn dI muihμm clw
ikauN irhw hY[
sOdw sμpwdk dI S^sIAq qoN vwik& izAwdwqr
s`jx ies vrqwry ƒ ausdI ‘eIrKw’ dI aupj
d`sxgy[ ieh g`l kwPI h`d q`k hY vI TIk[ Aiq
eIrKwlU qy hYNkV suBwA dw ieh ivAkqI cwhuμdw
hY ik is`K pμQ isr& ausy ƒ Awpxw iek-mwqr
bu`DIjIvI, pRcwrk, lyKk, p`qrkwr qy msIhw mμn
ky, hr msly bwbq aus qoN hI slwh mμgy qy ausdy
inrdySW muqwibk hI c`ly[ ies vwsqy auh AwpxI
A^bwr dy mu`K pμny ’qy, AwpxI hI jQybμdI dy nwm
qoN ieh mμg krvwaux iv`c vI koeI Srm mihsUs
nhIN krdw ik id`lI iv`c krvweI jw rhI ivSv
is`K knvYnSn iv`c ausƒ ‘kOmI hIrw’ AYlwn
id`qw jwvy !!! knvYnSn dy pRbμDkW v`loN ies
hwsohIxI mμg pRqI koeI huμgwrw nw id`qy jwx ’qy
auh kuJ bulwirAW dy nwvW dy ADwr ’qy knvYnSn
ƒ iPzUl d`sidAW iesdy mksd ’qy hI svwlIAw
inSwn lgw idμdw hY[ pr kuJ idnW bwAd bVI
bySrmI nwl sμgqW ƒ ausy knvYnSn iv`c Swml
hox dI ApIl krdw ieSiqhwr vI pRkwiSq kr
idμdw hY[
pr pRo: drSn isμG vwlw mslw aukq imswl nwloN
ikqy v`D gμBIr qy pycIdw hY[ BrosyXog sUqrW qoN
imlI jwxkwrI muqwibk, s`cweI ieh hY ik sOdw
sμpwdk KuPIAw eyjμsIAW Aqy bwdl dl dy h`QW
iv`c Kyf irhw hY Aqy iesdy d&qr iv`c Aihm
AhuidAW ’qy kμm kr rhy keI ‘mulwzm’ Asl
iv`c KuPIAw eyjμsIAW dy plwt kIqy gey eyjμt hn,
jo nw isr& spoksmYn A^bwr ƒ pμQ-drdIAW
v`loN ByjIAW jWdIAW ^brW Aqy lyKW ƒ ‘sYNsr’
krdy rihμdy hn blik Aijhy pμQ-drdIAW dy
ivcwrW Aqy Biv`K dIAW XojnwvW bwry Awpxy
sInIAr APsrW ƒ sUicq vI krdy rihμdy hn[
ipCly do-FweI swl qoN pRo: drSn isμG v`loN ijs
sUJbUJ qy s&lqw nwl bic`qr nwtk gRμQ ivru`D
jwgrukqw dI muihμm clweI geI sI, aus nwl
bRwhmxvwdI nIqIAW dw pwlx krdIAW KuPIAw
eyjμsIAW Aqy bwdlikAW iv`c KlblI mcxI SurU
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ho geI sI[ iesleI aunHW v`loN sOdw sμpwdk ’qy
dbwA pwieAw jw irhw sI ik auh pRo: drSn isμG
ƒ bdnwm krky sμgqW dw aunHW pRqI Brosw ^qm
kr dyvy Aqy ies qrHW ivvwidq gRμQ ivroDI muihμm
ƒ T`p kr dyvy[ ies mksd leI sOdw sμpwdk ny
gurbKS isμG kwlw A&gwnw dI iek pusqk iv`c
pRkwiSq pRo: drSn isμG dy nwm iek p`qr ƒ keI
vwr pRkwiSq krdw irhw[ pr ies nwl siQqI
iv`c kuJ ^ws &rk nw ipAw[ iesleI
bRwhmxvwdIAW qy bwdlikAW ny Awpxy purwxy
hQkμfy, XwnI q^qW dy pujwrIAw ƒ vrqx dI
Xojnw ƒ Aml iv`c lY AWdw[
pujwrIAW v`loN pRo: drSn isμG ƒ 5 dsμbr 09 ƒ
Awpxy swhmxy pyS hox dw Pqvw jwrI huμidAW hI
sOdw sμpwdk ny KuPIAw eyjμsIAW dy inrdyS ’qy
Awpxy sμpwdkIAW rwhIN ieh rOlw pwauxw SurU kr
id`qw ik pRo: drSn isμG pujwrIAW kol pyS ho ky
muAwPI mμg leygw[ 2 Aqy 3 dsμbr ƒ qW sOdw
sμpwdk ny bhuq hI bySrmI Bry qy guμmrwhkuμn
sμpwdkI ilK mwry, ijnHW dw dws ny qurμq q`QW ’qy
ADwirq Kμfn pyS krky v`K-v`K vYbsweItW ’qy
pRkwiSq krvw id`qw sI[ ies kwrvweI nwl pwTkW
iv`c AweI kuJ jwigRqI kwrn sOdw sμpwdk ny Agly
kuJ idnW q`k pRo: drSn isμG iKlw& ilKxw bμd
kr id`qw[ iPr, pRo: drSn isμG ƒ Awpxy Kymy
iv`c rlw ky, aunHW qoN is`K kOm dy ihqW dy ault
jWdy ibAwn idvwaux leI, sOdw sμpwdk ny iekdm
‘XU-trn’ lY ilAw Aqy pRo: v`loN Akwl q^q swihb
’qy cly jwx ƒ ‘‘pRo: drSn isμG dw TIk kdm’’
d`s ky aunHW dI is&q krn l`g ipAw[ ies dy
nwl-nwl, iesny Awpxy smrQkW rwhIN pRo: drSn
isμG kol sμdyS iBjvwauxy SurU kr id`qy ik auh
sOdw sμpwdk nwl rl ky ivvwdq gRμQ ivroDI muihμm
ƒ clwaux[ sOdw sμpwdk dw iek eyjμt qW roz hI
pRo: drSn isμG nwl rihx l`g ipAw Aqy aunHW dy
nwl hr pRogrwm iv`c iSrkq krn l`g ipAw pr
ausdw Asl mksd pRo: drSn isμG dIAW Biv`K
dIAW nIqIAW qy pRogrwmW bwry jwxkwrI pRwpq krnw
sI[ (iesy jwxkwrI dy ADwr ’qy hI bwAd iv`c
ieh guμmrwhkuμn ‘irport’ pRkwiSq kIqI geI ik
pRo: drSn isμG CyqI hI ivdyS vwps clw jweygw)[
pr BrosyXog sUqrW muqwibk, iek hμiFAw hoieAw
ibznsmYn qy Swiqr isAwsI soc r`Kx kwrn sOdw
sμpwdk KuPIAw eyjμsIAW qy bwdlikAW v`loN iml
rhy ‘syvw-Pl’ dy nwl-nwl jwgruk pr jzbwqI
is`KW qoN vI mwieAw augrwhux dw mOkw h`QoN C`fxw
nhIN cwhuμdw sI[ iesleI ausny pRo: drSn isμG ƒ
Cyky jwx auprμq QoVw smW aunHW iKlw& ilKx dI
nIqI bμd kr id`qI Aqy pRo: iKlw& jwrI hoey Pqvy
vjoN ros pRgtwaux dy ieCu`k lokW qoN ieSiqhwrW dy
rUp iv`c mwieAw augrwhuxI SurU kr id`qI[
jzbwqI ivcwrW vwly Aijhy ieSiqhwr kuJ smyN
q`k hI iml skdy sn Aqy hoieAw vI ieμj hI[
ies qrHW dI siQqI ivkisq huμidAW vyK sOdw
sμpwdk ny pihlW pRo: drSn isμG dy kIrqn
smwgmW dIAW ^brW pRkwiSq krnIAW bμd krvw
id`qIAW Aqy iPr AwpxI injI fwierI dy pμinAW
vwly lyK rwhIN pRo: drSn isμG iKlw& iek
AYlwnIAw jμg CyV ky aunHW ƒ bdnwm krn Aqy
bic`qr nwtk gRμQ dy ivroDIAW ivckwr Pu`t
puAwaux dI kwrvweI iv`c bVI qyzI lY AWdI[
KuPIAw eyjμsIAW qy bwdlikAW dy ieSwry ’qy KyfI
jw rhI ies Kyf qoN pμjwb dy swry isAwsqdwn
Aqy fyrydwr vwik& hn, iesleI sOdw sμpwdk v`loN
in`qnym dIAW bwxIAW sbμDI, blik gurU gRμQ
swihb dIAW mOjUdw bIVW dI ivSvsnIkqw ’qy
svwl cukx dy bwvjUd vI SRomxI kmytI jW iksy
hor AwgU/sμsQw ny koeI ieqrwz nhIN jqwieAw
jdik ies qoN pihlW auh Coty-moty nukiqAW dy
ADwr ’qy vI sOdw sμpwdk dI Awlocnw krdy rhy
hn[ Aijhw iesy krky hoieAw hY ik ienHW is`KivroDI
qwkqW ƒ pqw hY ik jykr ies smyN aunHW
ny sOdw sμpwdk ivru`D koeI ibAwnbwzI kIqI, qW
aus nwl is`KW dw iDAwn sOdw sμpwdk dIAW kOmmwrU
nIqIAW v`l clw jweygw Aqy iPr aus dI pRo:
drSn isμG ivroDI ilKqW dw vI koeI pRBwv nhIN
rhygw[
AijhIAW gu`JIAW cwlW smJx qoN Asmr`Q Awm
is`K qW kI, ^ud ƒ jwgruk smJx vwly lyKk Aqy
pRcwrk vI sOdw sμpwdk dI ies cwl dy iSkwr ho
gey hn Aqy bic`qr nwtk gRμQ ivru`D iekjutqw
nwl koeI swrQk lihr KVI krn dI bjwey,
pihlW AwpsI mqBydW (jwpu, sveIey, cOpeI,
BgOqI Awidk) mwqr bwry crcw q`k, auh vI
A^bwrW qy vYbsweItW rwhIN ArμB kr id`qI hY[
ies qrHW, ipCly iqμn-cwr mhIinAW qoN pihlW
nwloN kwPI v`D srgrmI Aqy pRBwvSwlI Fμg nwl
c`l rhI bic`qr nwtk gRμQ ivroDI muihμm iblkul
Tu`s Aqy PylH ijhI ho ky rih geI hY[ ies qrHW,
sOdw sμpwdk qy aus dy cwr-pμj ipCl`gUAW ny auh
kμm kr idKwieAw hY, jo ipCly keI swlW qoN
tkswlIey Aqy bRwhmxvwdI mwniskqw vwly hor
‘is`K’ vI nhIN kr sky sn[
kUV qy AigAwnqw dy ies mwhOl ƒ vyK keI vwr
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qW bhuq inrwsqw huμdI hY pr iPr gurU gRμQ swihb
dy ienHW piv`qr bcnW ik :
kUV inKuty nwnkw EVik sic rhI[[
qoN mn ƒ ies kUV vrqwry dw twkrw krn leI
muV qoN Awqm-bl iml jWdw hY[ hwl dI GVI BwvyN
sOdw sμpwdk iek jyqU Aμdwz iv`c AwpxIAW JUTIAW
qy guμmrwhkuμn ilKqW nwl is`KW ƒ pRBwivq krn
iv`c s&l ho irhw hY, pr Aijhw hmySw nhIN huμdw
rhygw[ AmrIkI ivdvwn nwEm cOmskI dw vI
kihxw hY :
‘‘qusIN swry lokW ƒ QoVw smW mUrK bxw skdy ho[
qusIN QoVy lokW ƒ swrw smW mUrK bxw skdy ho[
pr qusIN swry lokW ƒ swrw smW mUrK nhIN bxw
skdy[’’
ies g`l dI KuPIAw eyjμsIAW dy eyjμtW ƒ ijμnI
mrzI smJ hovy, pr aunHW ƒ Awpxy AwkwvW dy
hukmW dI pwlxw krky is`KW ƒ guμmrwh krdy hI
rihxw hovygw[ pr jwxy-Anjwxy iv`c ienHW pμQ-
GwqIAW dy hmwieqI bxy hoey jW pRo: drSn isμG ƒ
bdnwm krn dy aunHW dy mnsUibAW ƒ pUrw krn
vwly lokW ƒ hI QoVw ijhw Awqm-mμQn kr lYxw
cwhIdw hY[
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kI BwulF nUM suDfrnf awvigaf hY?
srvjIq isMG kYlyPornIafM
lMmy avyslypx kfrn sfzIaF keI smwisafvF eynIaF
guMJl dfr ho geIaF hn ik ienHF df hwl krnf qF iek
pfsy, awj ienHF bfry socxf vI gunfh bx igaf hY. afpxy
afp nMU ÈoRmxI aKvfAux vflI sMsQf, afpxy aslI mwksd
qoN awj eynI Btk cuwkI hY ik Aus qoN koeI afs rwKxI hI
byarQ hY. iek-awDf lyK ilKx jF injI pwDr dI kfrvfeI
vI koeI arQ nhIN rwKdI. ieh qF iek smfbwD Xojnf bxf
ky, lihr clfAux nfl hI iksy iswty qy puijaf jf skdf hY.
ies leI iswK sMgq ivwc jfgRqI ilafAuxI buhq hI jrUrI
hY.
gurU gRMQ sfihb jI df pfT krn vfly sfry swjx BwlIBFq
jfxdy hn ik gurU gRMQ sfihb jI dy arMB ivwc aqy jdoN
vI nvF rfg arMB huMdf hY AuQy aqy Ausy rfg ivwc jdoN
mhlf bdldf hY AuQy sMpUrn jF sMKyp mMgl (mMglfcrn,
mMglcfr) ilKy hoey imldy hn. jo gurmq mfrqMz (pMnf
594) ivwc hyT ilKy anusfr drj hn.
(1) ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl
mUriq ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ],
(2) ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu gur pRsfid ],
(3) ÃÄ siq nfmu gur pRsfid ]
(4) ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ],
(5) ÃÄ
ies qo pihlF ik ivcfr nMU awgy qoiraf jfvy iewQy ieh
hkIkq nUM dwsxf vI jrUrI hY ik (5) ‘ÃÄ’ ijs df
ijkr gurmq mfrqMz ivwc afieaf hY ieh Cfpy dI bIV
ivwc nhIN hY. (krqfrpurI bIV dy drÈn pMnf 83) Cfpy
dI bIV ivc, ‘ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid’ hY. ÃÄ siqgur
pRsfid ] jb dyKf qb gfvf ](pMnf 656) (4) ÃÄ
siqgur pRsfid ] jo sB qoN vwD vyr (522) afieaf hY
ies dy Èbd joV vwl vI iDafn dyx dI loV hY. ‘gur’df
sbMD pRsfid nfl hY nF ik siq nfl. ÃÄ siq gur
pRsfid ] ieh Aupr nM: 1, 2 aqy 3 qoN vI spwÈt hY. mYnMU
iek hwQ ilKq poQI vyKx df suBfg pRfpq hoieaf. ies dy
aKIr ivwc sMmq 1825 imqI BfdoN vdI dsmI 10]
iliKaf hoieaf hY. ijs ivwc 250 pwqiraF Aupr bfxI
drj hY aqy do ilKfrIaF dI ilKq hY. jup, so dru, so
purK aqy soihlf qfeIN qF bfxI dI qrqIb TIk hY pr
awgy nhIN. ies hwQ ilKq poQI df hvflf dyx df myrf
mMqv, isrP mMglF dy asQfn bfry ivcfr krn qfeIN hI
sImq hY. pRfcIn hwQ ilKqF `c, mMgl nUM pwqry dy awD qoN
swjy pfsy iliKaf hoieaf hY aqy rfgF dy isrlyK Kwby pfsy.
Bfv swjy pfsy nMU sRyÈt smJy hoey mMgl pihlF iliKaf
igaf hY.
hux jy AupRokq Èbd nMU ilKx ÈYlI anUsfr piVaf jfvy qF
ieh hyT ilKy anuMsfr hovygf.
ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq
ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ]
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rfgu soriT mhlf ñ Gru ñ cAupdy ] sBnf mrxf afieaf
vyCoVf sBnfh ] puChu jfie isafixaf afgY imlxu iknfh
] iek hor Audfhrx-
kI asIN AupRokq ilKq nMU ijvyN ieh idKfeI dy rhI hY AuvyN
hI pVH skdy hF?
rfgu rfmklI mhlf ñ ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu
inrvYru cAupdy] Gr ñ akfl mUriq ajUnI sYBM gur
pRsfid ] ieQy ieh vI spwÈt hY ky jdo mMgl pUrf iliKaf
igaf hY AuQy pihlI pMgqI df bicaf ihwsf dUjI pMgqI
ivc iliKaf igaf hY. pr Cfpy dI bIV ivc ieh ies qrHf
nhI sgoN vwKrI qrHF iliKaf igaf.
rfmklI mhlf ñ Gru ñ cAupdy ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf
purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid
] koeI pVqf shsfikrqf koeI pVY purfnf ] (pMnf 876)
ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq
ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ]] jpu ] afid scu jugfid scu ] hY
BI scu nfnk hosI BI scu ]ñ]
hwQ ilKq dy arMB ivwc drj mMgl qoN vI AupRkq dlIl
dI puÈtI huMdI hY ik mMgl nMU Auqm jfx ky pihl idwqI
geI hY. iPr bfxI df nfm ‘jpu’ iliKaf igaf hY. gurU gRMQ
sfihb jI dy arMB ivwc vI ievyN hI drj kIqf igaf hY.
“jd pfvn bIVF df kfrj sUJvfn pRymIaF dI QF, ikwqf
kfrF (Professional) ilKfrIaF dy hwQ af igaf qF AunHF
ny isrlyKF qy rfgF dI, swjy Kwby dI shI qrqIb qy ÈYlI nMU,
ibnF smJy, AuGwV-duwGV kr idwqf aqy buhqy QfeIN isrlyK
nMU, mMgl nfloN, spÈt AuWpr pihl dy idwqI”. ( ibbyk
buD, pMnf 28) ies nMU smJx leI hyT ilKIaF hor
AudfhrxF buhq hI ZukvIaF hn.
hux ies pfvn sLbd nUM jy purfqn ilKq dy ilKx dI
ivAuNqbMdI anusfr piVHaf jfvy qF ies qrHF pVFgy. ÃÄ
siqgur pRsfid ] rfgu gAuVI mfJ mhlf õ] qUM myrf bhu
mfxu krqy qUM myrf bhu mfxu ] pr awj asIN ies qrHf
pVHdy hF, rfgu gAuVI mfJ mhlf õ ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid
] qUM myrf bhu mfxu krqy qUM myrf bhu mfxu ] (pMnf 217)
ies muqfbk ies rcnf df rfg qF hY gAuVI mfJ, rcnf
kfr hn mhlf õ] hux mMgl, ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ], df
sbMD agly Èbd nfl juVdf hY ijs dy Aucfrn vfly hn
pMjvyN nfnk. jdoN ik ies dy Aucfrn vfly qF gurU nfnk
jI hn. ijAuN-ijAuN asIN sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb jI df pfT
krdy jfvFgy, iqAuN-iqAuN ajyhy isrlyK sfnUM afm hI
imlxgy. iksy ieksfr inXm dI pflxf njLr nhIN
afAuNdI.
isrIrfgu mhlf õ Gru ÷ ] qyrY BrosY ipafry mY lfz
lzfieaf ] BUlih cUkih bfirk qUM hir ipqf mfieaf ]ñ]
(pMnf 51) ieQy hwQ ilKq ivwc qF ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid
hY pr Cfpy dI bIV ivwc nhIN hY. hwQ ilKq ivwc rfg
isrIrfg hY jdoN ik Cfpy dI bIV ivwc iewklf isrIrfg.
mfJ mhlf õ cAupdy Gru ñ ] myrf mnu locY gur drsn
qfeI ] iblp kry cfiqRk kI inafeI ] (pMnf 96) hwQ
ilKq muqfbk qF rfg df nfm rfgmfJ mhlf õ hY. ieQy
vI Cfpy dI bIV ivwc ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid nhIN hY.
ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq
ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ] rfgu iblfvlu mhlf ñ cAupdy
Gru ñ ] qU sulqfnu khf hAu mIaf qyrI kvn vzfeI ] jo
qU dyih su khf suafmI mY mUrK khxu n jfeI ]ñ](795)
ieh Èbd hwQ ilKq muqfbk TIk hY, mMgl pihlF hY,
rfgu iblfvlu mhlf ñ cAupdy Gru ñ ] Prk isrP eynf
hI hY ik hwQ ilKq ivwc ‘]’ cAupdy qoN ipCoN hn pr Cfpy
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dI bIV ivwc Gru ñ qoN ipCoN.
so dru rfgu afsf mhlf ñ
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] so dru qyrf kyhf so Gru kyhf ijqu
bih srb smfly ](8)
ieQy hwQ ilKq ivwc qF ‘rfgu afsf mhlf ñ’ hY aqy bfxI
df nfm ‘ so dur’ ipCoN pr Cfpy dI bIV bfxI df nfm pihlF
aqy rfg ipCoN.
rfgu afsf mhlf ô so purKu
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] so purKu inrMjnu hir purKu inrMjnu
hir agmf agm apfrf ](ñ0) iewQy hwQ ilKq vFgU rfg
pihlF aqy bfxI df nfm ipCoN hY pr soihlf `c iPr
Ault.
soihlf rfgu gAuVI dIpkI mhlf ñ ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid
] jY Gir kIriq afKIaY krqy kf hoie bIcfro ] iqqu Gir
gfvhu soihlf isvirhu isrjxhfro ]ñ](12) ieQy Pyr
bdl idwqf igaf hY. hwQ ilKq ivwc qF ‘rfgu gAuVI
dIpkI mhlf ñ’ pihlF hI hY aqy bfxI df nfm ‘soihlf’
ipCoN.
mfJ mhlf õ cAupdy Gru ñ ] myrf mnu locY gur drsn
qfeI ] iblp kry cfiqRk kI inafeI ]( 96) iewQy hwQ
ilKq ivwc qF rfg dy nfm qoN pihlF rfg aqy ÃÄ
siqgur pRsfid vI hY pr Cfpy dI bIV ivwc nhIN hY.
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] rfgu afsf Gru ÷ mhlf õ] lflu
colnf qY qin soihaf ] suirjn BfnI qF mnu moihaf
]ñ](384) iewQy mMgl qF hwQ ilKq dI qrHf pihlF drj
kIqf igaf hY pr mhlf õ aqy Gru ÷ nhIN.
ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq
ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ] rfgu tozI mhlf ô Gru ñ ] hir
ibnu rih n skY mnu myrf ] myry pRIqm pRfn hir pRBu guru
myly bhuir n Bvjil Pyrf ]ñ] rhfAu ](711) iewQy hor
qF sB TIk hY pr Cfpy dI ilKq ivwc ‘Gru ñ’qoN ipCo
`cAupdy’ nhIN hY.
ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq
ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ] rfgu iblfvlu mhlf ñ cAupdy
Gru ñ] qU sulqfnu khf hAu mIaf qyrI kvn vzfeI ] jo
qU dyih su khf suafmI mY mUrK khxu n jfeI ]ñ](795)
ieh Èbd Cfpy dI bIV ivwc vI hwQ ilKq muqfbk hI hY.
iewQy qfeIN qF sfry iewk mwq hn ik, ‘ÃÄ siq nfmu
krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru akfl mUriq ajUnI sYBM gur
pRsfid ]’ ieh gurU nfnk jI df Aucfrn kIqf hoieaf hY
nFik siqkfr Xog BgqF jF BwtF df .
gurU jI ny BgqF dI bfxI nUM iekwqr kIqf sI. gurU gRMQ
sfihb jI ivwc bfxI nUM drj krn vyly hryk Bgq jI dI
bfxI qoN pihlF mMgl drj kIqf sI. pr jdoN asIN BgqF
dI bfxI dy drÈn krdy hF qF ieh igafn huMdf hY ky
Auqfry krn vfilaF ny bfxI dI ilKx ÈYlI nUM smJx qoN
bgYr hI mMgl nUM asl QF qoN bdl idwqf hY. ijs qo ieh
BulyKf pY irhf hY ik mMgl Bgq jI df Aucfrn kIqf
hoieaf hY.
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rfgu gAuVI rivdfs jI ky pdy gAuVI guafryrI ÃÄ
siqnfmu krqf purKu gurpRsfid ] myrI sMgiq poc soc idnu
rfqI ] (345) pr iesy hI pMny qy Bgq rivdfs jI df hI
aglf Èbd vyKo , ieQy mMgl Èbd qoN pihlF, TIk asQfn
`qy hY.
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] gAuVI bYrfgix rivdfs jIAu ] Gt
avGt zUgr Gxf ieku inrguxu bYlu hmfr ] (345)
gurU jI vloN pRvfnI geI bfxI ilKx dI qrqIv nUM jy iksy
ny jfxy-axjfxy bdl idwqf hY qF ikE awj afpxy afp nUM
bRhmigafnI aKvfAux vfly afpxI ijd kfrn ies nUM shI
mMn rhy hn? dUjy pfsy afp hI afpxIaF ilKqF ivwc ieh
vI ilK rhy hn ik “ieiqafidk kRIbn 1500 pfT hn jo
dmdmI dy pfTF nfl nhIN imldy”. awj isafsI ihwqf dI
Kfqr ivroD krn vfilaF nUM jy hor ivdvfnF dIaF ilKqF
nhIN qF Gwto-Gwt afpxIaF ilKqF qF pVH hI lYxIaF
cfhIdIaF hn. ieQy ieh vI svfl pYdf huMdf hY ik ijhVy
bRhmigafnIaF nUM 1500 pfT Byd qF idKfeI idMdy hn pr
mMglF dI by-qrqIbI idKfeI nhI idMdI AunHF nUM iemfndfr
ikvy mMinaF jf skdf hY?
hAu dohfgix KrI rMÖfxI ] gieaf su jobnu Dn pCuqfxI
]ò] (pMnf 990) Cfpy dI ilKq ivwc rMÖfxI ivwc itwpI hY
jdoN ik hwQ ilKq ivwc nhIN hY. ieQy svfl pYdf huMdf hY
ik Bwul hwQ ilKq dy Auqfry vyly hoeI hY jF Cfpy vyly? gurU
gRMQ sfihb jI ivc, gurU nfnk jI dI bfxI vfsqy mhlf 1
iliKaf igaf hY Bfv Èbd mhlf hY pr pMnf 16 AuWpr,
isrIrfgu mhlu ñ ] jfil mohu Gis msu kir miq kfgdu kir
sfru ] aqy pMnf 19 Aupr isrIrfgu mhl ñ ] qnu jil bil
mftI Bieaf mnu mfieaf moih mnUru ]Cwipaf hoieaf hY. iesy
qrHF hI sfrMg dI QF sfrg mhlf ñ ] hir ibnu ikAu
rhIaY duKu ibafpY ] (pMnf 1197)
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] rfgu gAuVI iQqMØI kbIr jI kMØI ]
sloku ] pMdRh iQqMØI sfq vfr ] (343) Bgq kbIr jI
AupRokq Èbd ivc iQqI aqy kI Apur itwpI hY. pr Bgq
jI dy hI agly Èbd ivwc ‘kI’ Aupr itwpI nhIN hY.
gAuVI kbIr jI kI nfil rlfie iliKaf mhlf 5 ]
(326)
iewQy ieh vI Xfd rhy ky itwpI smyq ‘kMI’ isrP iek vfr,
AupRokq Èbd ivc afANudf hY jdo ky ‘kI’ 2551 vfr
afAuNdf hY. iesy qrHF hI ‘iQqMI’ vI isrP 3 vfr AupRokq
Èbd ivwc hI afAuNdf hY. jdoN ik ‘iQqI’ 13 vfr. iQqI
gAuVI mhlf õ ] sloku ] ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] jil
Qil mhIail pUiraf suafmI isrjnhfru ] (pMnf 296)
soriT bfxI Bgq nfmdy jI kI Gru 2 ÃÄ siqgur
pRsfid ] jb dyKf qb gfvf ] (pMnf 656) pr
krqfrpurI bIV ivc mMgl isrP ‘ÃÄ’ hY. ies dy
isrlyK vwl vI iDafn dyx dI loV hY Cfpy dI bIV ivc
isrlyK hY, soriT bfxI Bgq nfmdy jI kI Gru 2, ieQy
Bgq jI df nfm ‘nfmdy’ iliKaf hoieaf hY jdoN ik Bgq
jI df nfm hY ‘nfmdyv’ jF ‘nfmdyAu’. krqfrpurI bIV
ivwc ieh nfm ‘nfmdyv’ hI hY. (krqfrpurI bIV dy drÈn
pMnf 83)
ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] isrIrfg (pMnf 14), jYqsrI
(pMnf 696), bYrfVI (pMnf 719), quKfrI (pMnf 1107) aqy
kydfrf (pMnf 1118) ieQy rfg dI arMBqf vyly mMgl
sMKyp hI hY. jdoN ik bfkI sfry rfgF dy arMB vyly mMgl
pUrf hY- ÃÄ siq nfmu krqf purKu inrBAu inrvYru
akfl mUriq ajUnI sYBM gur pRsfid ]
isrIrfgu ] qohI mohI mohI qohI aMqru kYsf] knk kitk
jl qrMg jYsf ]ñ] (pMnf 93)
AupRokq Èbd, sRIrfg bfxI Bgq byxI jIAu kI ] phiraf
kY Gir gfvxf ] dy isrlyK hyT drj hY. ijs muqfbk
ieh Èbd Bgq byxI jI df hY pr asl ivc ajyhf nhI
hY ieh Èbd qF Bgq rivdfs jI df hY. (rivdfs sm
dl smJfvY koAU ]3])
jYqsrI bfxI Bgqf kI] ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] nfQ
kCUa n jfnAu ] mnu mfieaf kY hfiQ ibkfnAu ] ñ]
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rhfAu ] (pMnf 710) ieh pfvn Èbd iks Bgq jI df hY?
(ieh Èbd Bgq rivdfs jI df pr AunHF df nfm iewQy nhIN
hY)
ieh qF sI mMgflF dy asQfn, rfg, mhlf aqy ivafkrx
sQMDI BulF df vyrvf, hux ivcfr krdy hF aMkF dI Bul
bfry.
sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb dI bfxI nUM ilKvfAux vyly gurU arjn
sfihb jI ny iek ajyhf anoKf ZMg vriqaf ik koeI vI
ies ivwc imlfvt nF kr sky. (Xfd rhy rfgmflf dI
imlfvt gurbfxI dy aMdr nhIN hY sgoN bfhr hY) imsfl
vjoN, jdoN gurU nfnk jI df pihlf Èbd ‘moqI q mMdr
AUsrih rqnI q hoih jVfAu ]… mqu dyiK BUlf vIsrY qyrf
iciq n afvY nfAu ]4] ñ]’ drj kIqf igaf qF ies dy
aKIr ivc ]4]ñ] iliKaf igaf. aMk 4 df Bfv hY ky ies
Èbd dy 4 pdy hn aqy Aus qoN ipCoN ñ df Bfv hY ik ieh
gurU nfnk jI df pihlf Èbd hY. ies Èbd smUh dy afKrI
Èbd ‘khu nfnk bfh luzfeIaY ]4]33]’ dy aKIr ivwc 4
df Bfv hY ies Èbd dy 4 pdy hn aqy 33 df Bfv hY ik
hux qfeIN mhly pihly dy kul 33 Èbd hn. hux ies qoN
agly Èbd nMU iDan nfl vyKo-
isrIrfgu mhlf 3 Gru ñ ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid ] hAu
siqguru syvI afpxf iek min iek iciq Bfie ] … nfnk
ndrI pfeIaY scu nfmu guxqfsu ]4]ñ]34]
ieh Èbd gurU amrdfs jI df Aucfrn kIqf hoieaf hY .
ies dy aKIr ivwc afey aMk 4 df Bfv hY ik ies Èbd dy
4 pdy hn aqy ñ df Bfv hY ik ieh mhly qIjy df pihlf
Èbd hY. aKIr ivwc hY 34 iesdf Bfv hY ik hux qfeIN
isrIrfg ivwc kul 34 Èbd drj hoey hn . 33 mhly
pihly dy aqy iewk mhly dUjy df. sfrI bfxI iesy hI
qrqIb nfl drj kIqI geI hY. hux ies Èbd nMU iDafn
nfl vyKo-
mhlf õ rfgu gAuVI guafryrI cAupdy ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid
]
ikn ibiD kuslu hoq myry BfeI] … ieAu pfeIaY hir rfm
shfeI ]1] rhfAu dUjf ] (pMnf 176)
ies Èbd dy aKIr ivwc koeI vI aMk nhIN hY. jdoN asIN
ies qo pihlF Èbd dyKdy hF qF Aus df aMk hY ‘jn nfnk
hir rsu pfeI jIAu ]4]6]20]18]32]70]’ (pMnf 175)
aqy ies qo agly Èbd nMU vI ivcfro, gAuVI guafryrI
mhlf õ] ikAu BRmIaY BRmu iks kf hoeI ]… jn nfnk kI
hir pUrn afsf ]4]2]71] (pMnf 176)
ivcfr:- ‘jn nfnk hir rsu pfeI jIAu
]4]6]20]18]32]70]’ (pMnf 175) ies Èbd dy aKIr
ivwc drj aMk 4 df Bfv hY ky ies Èbd dy cfr pdy, 6
df Bfv hY cOQy mhly df gAuVI mfJ ivwc CyvF Èbd, 20
df Bfv hY mhly pihly dy rfg gAuVI dy 20 Èbd, 18 df
Bfv hY mhly qIjy dy 18 Èbd, 32 df Bfv hY mhly cOQy dy
rfg gAuVI dy kul 32 Èbd aqy 70 Bfv hY hux qfeIN
rfg gAuVI ivwc kul 70 (20+18+32) Èbd drj hoey
hn. hux ies qoN agly Èbd dy drÈn kro-
mhlf õ rfgu gAuVI guafryrI cAupdy ÃÄ siqgur
pRsfid ] ikn ibiD kuslu hoq myry BfeI] … ieAu pfeIaY
hir rfm shfeI ]1] rhfAu dUjf ] (pMnf 176)
hux ies qrqIb nfl AupRokq ivcfr Xog Èbd dy aKIr
ivc qF 4]1]71] hoxf cfhIdf sI jo nhI hY. jdo ik ies
qo agly Èbd dy aKIr ivwc aMk hY ‘jn nfnk kI hir
pUrn afsf ]4]2]71]’ (pMnf 176) ies df Bfv hY ies
Èbd dy 4 pdy hn, mhly pMjvyN df dUjf Èbd hY aqy
gAuVI rfg dy kul Èbd 71 hn pr ieQy qF 72 hoxf
cfhIdf sI ikAuNik hux qFeI qF gAuVI rfg dy kul 72
Èbd drj ho cuky hn. so spwÈt hY ik ‘jn nfnk kI hir
pUrn afsf ]4] 2]71]’ ieh Èbd jo gAuVI rfg ivc
mhly pMjvyN df dUjf Èbd qF TIk hY pr kul joV 71 TIk
nhI hY asl ivwc ieQy kul joV 72 hoxF cfhIdf hY. ieh
lVI iesy qrF hI, ‘inq inq nfnk rfm nfmu smfil
]4]105]174]’ (pMnf 200) qwk cldI hY. jdoN ik iewQy
kul joV 105+70=175 hoxf cfhIdf sI.
ies Èbd df lyKk kOx hY? sfrMg ] ÃÄ siqgur pRsfid
] qY nr ikaf purfnu suin kInf ] {pMnf 1253}
hyT ilKI pMgqI df lyKk kOx hY?
Cfiz mn hir ibmuKn ko sMgu] {pMnf 1253} ies pMgqI
nfl sMbDq bfkI Èbd ikAuN nhIN iliKaf igaf?
ies qoN pihly Èbd dy aKIr ivwc aKIr ivwc aMk 6 hY
aqy ies qoN agly Èbd df aMk 8. kI ies Èbd df aMk
7 qF nhIN hY?
rfgmflf-isK rihq mrXfdf ivwc pMnf 18 Aupr drj
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Bog (A) “sRI gurU grMQ sfihb dy pfT (sihj jF aKMz)
df Bog muMdfvxI Auqy jF rfgmflf pVH ky cldI sQfnk
rIqI anusfr pfieaf jfvy. ies gwl bfbq pMQ `c ajy mq
Byd hY, ies leI rfgmflf qoN ibnF sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb jI
dI bIV ilKx jF Cfpx df hIaf koeI nf kry”. hux svfl
pYdf huMdf hY ik ajyhf PYslf sfnMU kI syD idMdf hY? ies
ivvfdpUrn PYsly dI QF spwsLt PYslf lYx leI sfnUM ajy
hor ikMny dhfky lwgxgy? hux jdoN ieh spwsLt ho cukf hY
ik rfgmflf kvI afilm dI ikRq ‘mfDv nl kfm kMdlf’,
ijs dy kul 179 CMd hn, `c 5 CMd (CMd 34 qoN 38 qFeI)
hn. kI rfgmflf qoN ibnF bIVF Cfpx df spwsLt PYslf
nhIN kr lYxf cfhIdf?
AupRokq ivcfry gey nukqy sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb jI dI
aMdrUnI ilKq `qy aDfirq hn. ies lyK df mMqv ieh
jrUrI nukqy ivdvfnF dy iDafn ivc ilafAuxf hI hY nfik
koeI injI PYslf. kI ieh aqy ajyhIaF hor BulF, jo Auqfry
krn vyly axjfxy ivwc hI jF afpo afpxI sUJ vrqx
kfrn ho geIaF hn, nMU suDfr nhIN lYxf cfhIdf? awj sfzy
pfs byaMq sfDn hn kI ienF dI vrqoN krky sfnMU ieh
mslf sdf leI nijT nhIN lYxf cfhIdf? kI Auh bfby ijnHF
ny afpxI ipCFh iKwcU soc kfrn, zFg dy jor ÈRomxI kmytI
nMU, mMglF dy siqkfr nMU muK rwK ky pihlF Cfpx df kfrj
bMd krn leI mjbUr kr idwqf sI, klm dy jor ies ivÈy
qy dlIl nfl afpxf pwK pyÈ krn dI ikRpflqf krngy?
kI hux iswKF nUM jlsy-jlUsF vloN iDafn htf ky ajyhy
gMBIr pRÈnF nUM iekfgrqf nfl hwl nhIN krnf cfhIdf? kI
iekoqrIaF krn-krvfAux jF quk-quk dy sMpt pfT krn
nfl ieh smwisafvF hwl ho jfxgIaF? jy nhIN qF ikAuN
nhIN ivdvfn isr joV ky bYTdy?
aKIr ivwc zf: gurÈrnjIq isMG dy ÈbdF `c bynqI,
“ies qoN pihlF ik bgfny sfzy Drm-gRMQ AuWpr AuNgl
AuTfAux, sfnMU pMQk qOr `qy Xqn krky aYsy pfT BydF nUM
TIk kr lYxf cfhIdf hY. ies ivwc nF qF imhxy vflI aqy
nF hI Èrm vflI gwl hY. sB Drm gRMQ smyN dy nfl dUÈq
huMdy afey hn. sUJvfn kOmF cfr sdIaF qIk aijhy gMBIr
kMm krn leI ieMqjfr nhIN krdIaF. hwT Cwz ky afpxI
soc nMU KulHf krn nfl msly hwl ho skdy hn. ivdvfnF nUM
inMdx nfl koeI Pfiedf nhIN” (gurU gRMQ sfihb : prMprf
aqy ieiqhfs, pMnf 200)
*****
spoksmYn i^lw& prcwr isAwsI,
byAsUlw, byDrmw, byiensw&,
ie^lwkhIx qy D`kySwhI hY-
fw: hrijMdr isMG idlgIr
D`kySwhI dI vI h`d huMdI hY, byiensw&I dw vI koeI ihswb
huMdw hY, p`qrkwrI dw vI koeI ie^lwk huMdw hY, mu^wl&q
krn dy vI koeI AsUl huMdy hn[ pr jwpdw hY ik s.
joigMdr isMG dy ivroDIAW dy koeI AsUl nhIN, koeI
imAwr nhIN, koeI ihswb nhIN, koeI h`d nhIN, qy Swied
koeI Drm nhIN (aunHW nUM Drm nwloN DVw ipAwrw hY; auh
qW gurUAW nwloN bwdl qy igAwnI gurbcn isMG iBMfrWvwly
nUM vD ipAwr krdy hn)[
s. joigMdr isMG ny Awpxy iek mzmUn ivc iek g`l khI
ijs dy i^lw& qU&wn auTwieAw igAw hY[ aus nukqy nwl
mYN vI pUrI qrHW iek rwey nhIN[ pUrI qrHW mYN ies vwsqy
ikhw hY ik mYN mMndw hW ik guru gRMQ swihb dI CpweI
ivc bhuq swrIAW ZlqIAW ho geIAW hoxgIAW[ pihlI
vwr jdoN mYN igAwnI gurbcn isMG iBMfrW vwilAW dw
iliKAw ieh nukqw piVHAw ik gurU gRMQ swihb dy mOjUdw
srUp ivc 1500 qoN vD ZlqIAW hn qW mYnUM bhuq gu`sw
AwieAw pr jd mYN Koj kIqI qW jwipAw ik auh Zlq
nhIN sn[
1998 ivc mYN is`K ihstrI rIsrc borf dw fwierYktr
sI[ audoN igAwnI joigMdr isMG vydWqI myry kol gurbwxI
dy rIsrc skwlr dy qOr ’qy nOkrI krdy sn[ auh gRMQI
vjoN rItwier ho cuky sn qy j: gurcrn isMG tOhrw ny myry
kol luAw id`qw sI[ auh audoN Awpxy iek hor swQI
igAwnI joigMdr isMG qlvwVw (AKMf kIrqnI jQw) nUM lY
ky myry kol Aksr Aw ky bYTy rihMdy sn qy AsIN ikMnwikMnw
icr slwh mSvry krdy huMdy sI[ iek idn mYN qy
j: gurcrn isMG tOhVw dovyN kuJ ivcwr kr rhy sI ik
qlvwVw jI Aw gey qy aunHW ny ikhw ik gurU gRMQ swihb
dw nvW AYfISn Cwpx vyly kuJ drusqIAW kr dyeIey[
j: tOhVw kihx lgy ik jy pMj-s`q suDweIAW krnIAW
hn qW fw: idlgIr swihb nwl mSvrw kr lE pr jy
bhuq kuJ bdlxw hY qW mYN nhIN kr skdw[ mYN swry
blwk nhIN bdlxy[ ^Yr kuJ icr cup rihx mgroN
qlvwVw jI cly gey[ mYN qy jQydwr tOhVw iPr iek`ly
rih gey[ j: tOhVw ny mYnUM pu`iCAw ikvyN krIey[ mYN ikhw
vydWqI jI qy qlvwVw jI ny bhuq v`fw kMm kIqw hY qy mYN
kuJ drusqIAW vyKIAW vI ny jo ik shI jwpdIAW ny[
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ies qy j: tOhVw ny ikhw fwktr swihb qU&wn auT
paUgw[ DUiqAW dI kOm AY, koeI DUSw auT ipAw qW myrI
prDwngI clI jwaU[ vydWqI qy qlvwVy nUM kho ik hr nvIN
AYfISn ivc pMj-pMj, s`q-sq drusqIAW krI clx[
ieh g`l dsMbr 1998 dy pihly h&qy dI hY[ pr r`b dI
krxI, kuJ idnW mgroN hI AYNtI-tOhVw qU&wn auT ipAw qy
swrI g`l DrI DrweI rih geI[ (auN\ ies qU&wn dy ip`Cy
vI myrw v`fw vIr AjIq dw AYfItr s: brijMdr isMG
hmdrd hI sI)[ iek idn vydWqI jI qy qlvwVw jI myry
kol Awey qy kihx lgy ik AsIN swrw gurU gRMQ swihb
drusq kr ilAw hY pr hux tOhVw swihb bwdl dy h`QoN
bc nhIN skxgy, so ies dw kI krIey? mYN ikhw jy quhwfy
ivc jurAq hY qW Awp Cwp idE[ auh kMb gey[ eynI
jurAq ik`Qy! Agly idn qlvwVw jI myry kol Awey qy
kihx lgy fw: jI ies nUM Cwpx vwsqy gurdw cwhIdw hY qy
auh quhwfy vrgy bbr Syr kol hI hY[ mYN ikhw qlvwVw jI
jy mYN ieh jurAq kr vI lvW qW klH nUM iBMfrW-mihqw
jQw qy AKMf kIrqnI jQw ny hI myry i^lw& qU&wn KVHw
kr dyxw hY[ qlvwVw jI ‘hI…hI…hI’ kr ky cup kr
gey[ Aj qlvwVw jI cVHweI kr cuky hn pr vydWqI jI
Ajy vI ijaUNdy hn[
ieh g`l mYN ies kr ky d`sI hY ik guru gRMQ swihb dIAW
‘ZlqIAW’ TIk krn dI g`l iek`ly s. joigMdr isMG ny
nhIN khI, vydWqI qy qlvwVw vI kr cuky hn[ ies qoN
pihlW ies qoN vI v`fI g`l BweI qyjw isMG BsOV ny vI
kIqI sI[ aunHW ny qW ies qy A`Dw kU Aml vI kr ilAw
sI[ aunHW nUM pMQ coN AKOqI qOr ‘qy Cyk vI id`qw igAw
sI[(mYN AKqI qOr ’qy l&z vriqAw hY ikauN ik is`K
&ls&y ivc ieh Cykx vwlw isDWq hI nhIN hY)[
hux s. joigMdr isMG dI g`l krW[ aus S^s ny iek g`l
khI qy auh vwips vI lY leI[ dunIAW dw ikhVw AsUl hY
ik iek g`l vwips vI lY leI geI hY qy iPr vI aus dy
i^lw& zihr augl ky jhwd KVHw kIqw hoieAw hY[ mYN
ienHW bwdlikAW, iBMfrw jQw vwilAW, rwStr is`K sMgq
dI bI tIm nUM pu`Cdw hW ik mu^lw&q dw, eIrKw dw, ikV
k`Fx dw koeI AsUl, Awdwb, qwAmIz, qOr-qrIkw vI
huMdw hY! ies ivroDqw, BMfI prcwr nUM ‘GtIAw’ kihxw
l&z ‘GtIAw’ dI vI byiezqI krnw hY[ nIcqw l&z vI
ies ivroDqw vwsqy Fukdw nhIN hY[ mYN pu`CdW ienHW nUM ik
s: qyjw isMG BsOV ny qW AKOqI ZlqI krn mgroN muAw&I
vI nhIN sI mMgI; aus ny qW ZlqI dw suDwr vI nhIN sI
kIqw; iPr Akwl q^q swihb dy ‘AKOqI jQydwr’ mnjIq
isMG ny aus dy poiqAW qoN Akwl q^q swihb ’qy isr&
dyZ krvw ky qyjw isMG BsOV nUM muAw& vI idvw id`qI
sI[
(muAw& krnw iek hor s`c vI bol idAW ik mnjIq isMG
bwdl dw bMdw sI qy quhwfy qoN pu`Cy ibnW pySwb krn vI
nhIN jWdw sI[ pr jd aus ny quhwfI isr& iek g`l nw
mMnI qW aus nUM qusI ivBcwrI kih ky gRMQI dy Ahudy qoN vI
k`F id`qw sI, pr mnjIq isMG klk`qw, qy aus dy ip`Cy
l`g ky prmjIq isMG srnw qy bwdl dl dw SRomxI kmytI
mYNbr jsivMdr isMG AYfvykyt qy aus dy kuJ hor cyly aus
nUM hr vyly isr qy cu`kI iPrdy hn)
dUjy pwsy s. joigMdr isMG spoksmYn ny &rw^ idlI
ivKWidAW myry qy hor swQIAW (igAwnI jgqwr isMG
jwck, jsjIq isMG tonI, kMvr mihMdr pRqwp isMG,
ieMdrjIq isMG rwxw, srbjIq isMG DUMdw qy hor drjnW)
dy kihx ’qy Awpxw lyK, ibnw Srq qoN, vwips lY ilAw[
kI s. qyjw isMG BsOV ny kdy vI Awpxy iksy AYkSn ’qy
swDwrn pCqwvw vI kIqw sI jW koeI kwrvweI krnI bMd
vI kIqI sI? nhIN, auh AwpxI rOA ivc cldw irhw[
kI aus nUM ‘Cykx’ mgroN kdy aus dI iksy ilKq, ikqwb,
gRMQ nUM swiVAw igAw sI? kI kdy aus dy i^lw& muzwhrw
kIqw igAw sI jW kI aus dy ivru`D kdy koeI ibAwn vI
AwieAw sI? hrigz nhIN[ au~Qy hI g`l ^qm kr id`qI
geI sI[ (hW iek ividAwrQx nwl ivAwh krn kr ky
aus dy swQI aus dw swQ C`f gey vrnw A`j aus dI
lihr kI huMdI, ikhw nhIN jw skdw)[
mYN pu`Cdw hW byAsUly mu^wl&W qoN ik swrI aukr kdy vI
muAw&I nw mMgx vwly qyjw isMG BsOV nUM qW qusIN AYvyN hI
muAw& kr dyNdy ho pr jo Awpxw mzmUn vwips lY cukw hY
aus dy i^lw& isAwsI jMg jwrI rKdy ho[
hux sB nUM pqw hY ik ieh swrI ‘jMg’ bwdl DVy Aqy
iBMfrW-mihqw jQw (jo 1977 qk Awpxy AwpxIAW
ikqwbW ivc Awpxy-Awp nUM ‘iBMfrW tkswl’ ilKdy hn
pr aus mgroN Awpxy Awp nUM ‘dmdmI tkswl’ kihx
lg pey hn) dI hY Aqy AjIq A^bwr dI hY[ ies dw
sbuq ieh hY ik s. joigMdr isMG dy i^lw& ^brW isr&
AjIq A^bwr ivc lg rhIAW hn[ pr jgbwxI,
pMjwbI itRibaUn, dyS syvk, nvW zmwnw, AMgryzI dIAW
itRibaUn, ieMfIAn AYkspRYs, ihMdusqwn tweImz, tweImz
Aw& ieMfIAw, ihMdI dIAW jwgrx, Amr aujwlw, dYink
Bwskr, pMjwb kysrI, Xwin pMjwb ivc iksy vI A^bwr
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ivc vI nhIN lg rhIAW[ ies qoN sw& zwihr hY ik ieh
swrI myry vIr brijMdr isMG dI injI pr byAsUlI ikV
hY[ dUjw, ies ip`Cy iBMfrW tkswl hY ijhVI AKOqI ‘dsm
gRMQ’ (cirqropwKXwx dw gMd qy ihMdU imQhws) nUM is`KW qy
Qop ky is`KW nUM ihMdUAW dw i&rkw bxwauxw cwhuMdI hY[ qIjw
ies ip`Cy bwdl dl hY ijs ny bwkI swrw ielYktrOink
mIfIAW ^rId ilAw hY qy hux ies nUM isr& spoksmYn qoN
hI ^qrw hY[ ies isr& qy isr& isAwsI jMg hY ijs nUM
bwdl ny byh`d nIvyN p`Dr ’qy ilAw KVHw kIqw hY[ ies
ivc kuJ bwdl-ivroDI mUrK AwgU vI hn ijnHW nUM ieh
nhIN pqw ik jy A`j spoksmYn nw hovy qW bwdl SRomxI
kmytI dIAW 170 ivcoN jy 170 nw shI pr Gt qoN Gt 165
zrUr ij`q jwvygw[ ieh mUrK AwgU ikqy, kinMGm dy kihx
vWg, ‘SyrW dI &Oj dy gDy jrnYl’ qW nhIN bx rhy? aunHW
nUM ieh g`l Awpxy-Awp qoN pu`CxI cwhIdI hY; pr ijsijs
’qy kinMGm vwlI g`l FukdI hoeI qW auh socygw vI
ikvyN?
spoksmYn dIAW cwr kwpIAW lY ky swVn vwilAW nUM mYN
ieh vI pu`Cxw cwhvWgw ik AwrIAW smwj dI ikqwb
‘siqAwrQ pRkwS’ ivc gurU nwnk swihb dy i^lw&
bkvws kIqI hoeI hY, qusIN aus nUM kdy swiVAw hY jW aus
dy i^lw& kdy kuJ kIqw hY? guriblws pwqSwhI CyvI Aqy
sMqoK isMG dy ‘sUrj prkwS’ ivc gurU swihb dy i^lw&
ku&r qoilAw hoieAw hY; kI qusIN aus nUM kdy swiVAw hY?;
quhwfy gurduAwirAW (drAsl fyirAW) ivc qW sgoN aus
dI kQw huMdI hY[ kI qusIN inrMkwrIAW dI ‘Avqwr bwxI’
rwDwsuAwmIAW dIAW bhuq swrIAW ikqwbW, nwmDwrIAW dy
ieMdr isMG ckrvrqI dI ikqwb ‘mwlvyNdr’ ivc is`KI dy
i^lw& zihr BirAw ipAw hY; kdy aunHW dy i^lw& iek
l&z vI boilAw hY? (pr iksy ny ienHW ivcoN iksy ikqwb nUM
iksy cODrI ny kdy piVHAw hovy qW hY nw!)[ ipSOrw isMh,
guirMdr mwn qy jy.AYs. gryvwl ny is`KI dy i^lw& bhuq
Zlq iliKAw; kI iksy aunHW dy i^lw& lihr clweI?
jy.AYs. gryvwl nUM qW id`lI gurduAwrw kmytI ny Avwrf vI
dy id`qw sI[ gurU gRMQ swihb ivc scmuc qbdIlIAW krn
vwky BwnUMmqI nUM id`lI kmytI dy swbk prDwn Avqwr isMG
ihq ny qW isropy vI id`qy sI[ qusIN hux ihq dy i^lw&
morcw ikauN nhIN lwauNdy?
so BweI, bMd kro ieh byAsULIAW hrkqW, s`c, AsUl,
iensw& dI g`l kro[ gurU qoN fro, r`b dw Bau r`Ko[ D`kw,
guMfwgrdI, izAwdqI, A`q dw r`b nwl vYr huMdw hY[ is`KI
dy Asl duSmx dy i^lw& jMg kro[ ij`Qy quhwfIAW klmW,
hiQAwr clxy cwhIdy hn aus pwsy v`l mUMh kro[ mYN s.
joigMdr isMG dw irSqydwr nhIN; spoksmYn dw mulwzm
nhIN; mYN s`c dI g``l krdw hW[ jd spoksmYn s`c dw
rwh C`fygw qW mYN sB qoN A`gy ho ky ies dw ivroD krWgw[
myrw iSAr hY:
s`c boilAW dosqI tu`t jwvy, smJo bhuq nhIN s`c dw
mu`l id`qw[
- fwktr hrijMdr isMG idlgIr
- hsdilgeer@yahoo.com (Tel: 0044-
7975608632)
vIr jI, ies nUM lyK bxwvo jW AYfItorIAl, ieh quhwfI cox hY
*****
11 AprYl dI id`lI knvYnSn
jy AKOqI jQydwrI, pujwrIvwd, fyrwvwd nUM r`d
nhIN krdI qW 11 AprYl dI id`lI knvYnSn
isr& pMQ duSmxW dy h`Q hI mzbUq krygI –
fw: hrijMdr isMG idlgIr
lMfn (srbjIq isMG bnUV) – is`K ivdvwn fwktr
hrijMdr isMG idlgIr dw ivcwr hY ik s. prmjIq
isMG srnw v`loN 11 AprYl 2010 nUM s`dI knvYnSn
pMQ dy msilAW nUM h`l krn dI QW sgN ienHW
msilAW nUM pYdw krn vwilAW dy hI h`Q mzbUq
krygI[ ies kwn&rMs dy AjMfy dIAW pihlIAW do
m`dW hI pujwrIAW Aqy bwdl dy h`Q mzbUq krn
vwsqy kw&I hn[
aunHW ikhw ik is`K pMQ dy mOjUdw swry AMdrUnI
msilAW dw iek-iek jW Gto-Gt muK kwrn Akwl
q^q swihb dw jQydwr nW dw nklI Ahudw hY[
AKOqI jQydwr ny hI qkrIbn swry msly KVHy kIqy
hn qy ieh swrw kuJ prkwS bwdl nUM qwkq dyx
vwsqy kIqw igAw hY[ jy pMQ ny AMdrUnI msilAW qoN
injwq pwauxI hY qW Akwl q^q nUM pujwrIAW qoN
Awzwd krvwauxw lwzmI hY[ nw qW is`K isDWqW
muqwibk ieh koeI Ahudw hY qy nw hI is`K qvwrI^
ivc ies dw koeI vjUd sI[ 1920 ivc q^q dI
eImwrq dI syvw sMBwl vwsqy bxwey jQy dw muKI
1984 qoN mgroN ‘jQydwr’ vjoN kOm dw mwlk bxw
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id`qw igAw hY qy hux auh kOm nUM auNglIAW ‘qy ncw
irhw hY qy auh Awp bwdl Aqy Awr.AYs.AYs. dy ip`Cy
pUC ihlwauNdw iPrdw hY[ jy s. prmjIq isMG srnw
ies Ahudy nUM r`d krn vwsqy knvYnSn krdy qW
ies dw koeI mksd bxdw sI[ hux qW ieh nklI
Ahudy vwsqy kwiedw kwnUMn bxwaux dw pqw pws kr
ky ieh iek`T ies Ahudy ’qy p`kI muhr lwaux dw
mqw pws kr ky kOm dw nukswn krygw[
fw idlgIr ny ikhw ik srbq Kwlsw iek`T bulwaux
dw hokw pRo. drSn isMG nUM AKOqI Kwrj krn vwly
idn mYN hI id`qw sI qy sYNkVy &on kr ky dyS qy ivdyS
dy is`K AwgUAW nUM iqAwr kIqw sI[ pr jd s.
prmjIq isMG srnw ny pujwrIAW nUM A`gy lwaux dI
g`l kIqI qW AsIN ies knvYnSn qoN iknwrw kr
ilAw[ sB qoN pihlW mYN ies nUM r`d kIqw[ iPr pRo
drSn isMG, ijs qoN ieh mslw hux SurU hoieAw
sI, aus ny vI ies nUM r`d kr id`qw[ hux ies ivc
nw qW pMjwb dy pMj AkwlI dl (bwdl, mwn,
ib`tU, rvIieMdr, jsjIq isMG tonI) Swiml hn,
nw Kwlsw pMcwieq, nw dl Kwlsw, nw cI& Kwlsw
dIvwn, nw gurmiq tkswl Swiml hn[ ies ivc
dsW imSnrI kwljW ivcoN iek vI Swiml nhIN ho
irhw[ AKMf kIrqnI jQw, iqMny iBMfrW-mihqw jQy
(tkswl), AKOqI sMq smwj, inhMg jQy, is`K
stUfYNts &YfrySnW vZYrw qW A`gy hI ies dw ivroD
kr rhIAW hn[ jy ieh swry hI bweIkwt kr rhy
hn qW ies ivc Swiml kOx ho irhw hY? ivdySW
ivcoN id`qy nWvW ivcoN A`Dy qoN vD bbr Kwlsw
(ieMglYNf dy jogw isMG grup) dy hn[ ivdySW ivcoN vI
muK jQybMdIAW ies knvYnSn ivc nhIN Aw rhIAW[
aunHW ikhw ik srnw jI nUM vydWqI qy mhMq mnjIq
isMG vrigAW qoN bcxw cwhIdw sI qy ienHW pMj
pujwrIAW qy fyrdwrW nUM hI aunHW ny isrmOr bxw ky
ies knvYnSn dw Bog pw id`qw hY (ienHW ivcoN iek
rwm isMG qW B`j igAw)[ aunHW hor ikhw ik iek hor
kmwl ieh hY ik mnjIq isMG klk`qw ies dw swrw
krqw Drqw hY[ klk`qw jI nUM A`j bwdl koeI
in`kI ijhI burkI pw dyvy qW auh kwn&rMs vwly
idn hI bwdl dI JolI ivc jw bYTxgy qy srnw jI
nUM ‘kWgrs dw eyjMt’ AwKx vwsqy ibAwn vI dy
dyxgy, ijhw ik aunNHW ny 2003 ivc kIqw vI sI[
cyqy rhy ik aunHW ny tOhVw-bwdl eykqw vyly srnw jI
nUM ‘kWgrs dw dlwl’ ikhw sI[ ieho ijhy dl-bdlU
qy c`ly kwrqUs nUM srnw jI Azmw cuky hn[ klk`qw
jI is`K imSn ieMtrnYSnl qy SRomxI is`K kONsl nUM
jMmx qoN pihlW hI mwr cuky hn[ hux ies knvYnSn
nUM vI aunHW ny bymwAnw kr id`qw hY[ lokW ivc qW
hux vI crcw hY ik klk`qw jI nUM m`kV jW suKbIr
ny hI ByijAw hovy, qW jo vwips lYx qoN pihlW aunHW
koloN ies knvYnSn dw Bog puAw id`qw jwvy[
aunHW ikhw ik jy srnw jI scmuc kuJ krnw cwhuMdy
hn qW ies knvYnSn ivc:
Akwl q^q swihb dy AKOqI jQydwr dw nklI
Ahudw r`d krn;
pujwrI jmwq nUM r`d krn;
AKOqI sMqW qy fyrwvwd nUM r`d krn;
nMdyV Aqy ptnw ivc AKOqI dsm gRMQ dy pRkwS nOM
pwp grdwnn;
pMQ coN Kwrj krn dy hux qk dy swry frwmy r`d
krn;
rihq mirAwdw nUM soDx vwsqy kmytI bxwaux dw
pqw pws krn; dunIAW Br dy is`KW dI ‘vrlf
is`K pwrlImYNt’ kwiem krn vwsqy mqw pws
krn qW jo is`KW dI p`kI jmwq kwiem ho sky[
nhIN qW ieh knvYnSn vydWqI, klkqw qy srnw nUM
kwiem krn dw frwmw bx ky rih jwvygI[ srnw jI
ieh Brm nw bux lYx ik mYN aunHW nUM r`d krdw hW[
jd vI auh shI stYNf lYxgy mYN sB qoN vD rol Adw
krWgw[
*****
gurduAwrw is`K lihr brYNptn, ikrpwn,
pRo.drSn isMG, Akwl q^q
fwktr hrijMdr isMG idlgIr
swbkw fwierYktr is`K ihstrI rIsrc bof (SRomxI gu. pR.
kmytI)
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2 AprYl 2010 dy idn gurduAwrw is`K lihr dy muK syvwdwr s.
mnjIq isMG mWgt au~qy qlvwr (ikrpwn nhIN) nwl hmlw
kIqw igAw[ hmlwvr PiVAw igAw qy aus nUM ierwdw kql hyT
cwrj kIqw jw irhw hY[ ies Gtnw ivcoN kuJ svwl pYdw hoey
hn:
1. kI ikrpwn nUM hmlwvr qlvwr/hiQAwr vjoN
vrqxw shI sI?
2. kI iek ivroDI DVy dw gurduAwry ‘qy dwvw krnw
shI sI?
3. kI pRo. drSn isMG dw au~Qy kIrqn krn Awauxw
shI sI?
4. kI drSn isMG pMQ coN Kwrj hY?
1. ikrpwn is`KW dw kkwr hY, ieh icMnH nhIN hiQAwr hY;
pr ieh ‘Awn’ nUM bcwaux vwsqy ‘ikrpw nwl’
vriqAw jwx vwlw, ‘ih&wzq krnw vwlw’
(defensive) hiQAwr hY, nw ik hmlw krn vwlw
(offensive)[ gurU dw hukm hY ik ikrpwn dI vrqoN
audoN krnI hY jdoN Drm nUM ^qrw hovy Aqy jdo swry hIly
^qm ho cuky hox[ guru dw hukm swhvyN rKidAW ieh
sw& zwihr hY ik s. mnjIq isMG mWgt ‘qy qlvwr
dw vwr hmlwvr sI nw ik ih&wzq vwsqy; so ieh
Zlq sI qy guru dy hukm dy ault sI[ ie`Qy nw qW Drm
nUM ^qrw sI qy nw hI swry hIly ^qm ho gey sn[ so,
ies mOky ‘qy vriqAw igAw hiQAwr qlvwr sI nw ik
gurU dI id`qI ikrpwn[
2. iek ivroDI DVy ny plwn kr ky lok iek`Ty kIqy Aqy
dUjy DVy dy Adwry ‘qy hmlw kIqw[ nw qW ieh kwnUMnI
shI sI Aqy nw AsULI qOr ‘qy shI hY[ ieh Adwrw
iek Awzwd kmytI dw hY[ aunHW dw h`k hY ik auh ijs
nUM mrzI bulwaux jW nw[ jy iksy nUM koeI bMdw cMgw nhIN
lgdw jW Zlq lgdw hY qW auh Awpxy Adwry ivc,
Awpxy A`fy ‘qy, pRY~s jW hor mIfIAw rwhIN aus dy
i^lw& bw-dlIl prcwr kry[ pr iksy dy Adwry ‘qy
hmlw kr ky aus nUM Awpxy mihmwn nUM bulwaux qoN
rokxw nw kwnUMnI kwrvweI hY, nw swDwrn qrk (logic)
‘qy ADwrq hY[ kI kdy iksy ny AwrIAw smwj dy fyry
‘qy hmlw kIqw hY ikauNik aunHW dy qW gRMQ vc hI guru
nwnk swihb dy i^lw& bkvws kIqI hoeI hY? knyfw
ivc inrMkwrIAW dy fyry vI hn; kI kdy iksy ny
inrMkwrIAW dy fyry qy hmlw kIqw hY ikauN ik auh pMQ
coN Kwrj hn? inhMg bkry Jtkw ky Awpxy ‘lMgr
ivc’ mws (keI ies nUM mhW ‘prSwd’ kihMdy hn)
pkWdy hn; kI aunHW ‘qy hmlw krn dw su&nw vI iksy
ilAw hY?
iPr, kI muslmwnW ivcoN kdy iksy SIAw ny suMnIAW dy
fyry ‘qy hmlw kIqw hY ijhVy AlI nUM pYZMbr nhIN
mMndy? kI kdy iksy ny qblIgIAW dy iek`T qy hmlw
kIqw hY ikhVy hzrq muhMmd nUM ^ws jgh dyx dI
bjiwe isr& r`b nUM hI mMndy hn; auh kbrW nUM vI
nhIN mMndy qy hor vI keI kuJ (is`K imSnrIAW
vW|)? kI kdy vYSnUAW ny SYvW (ISv dy cyly mws vI
KWdy hn qy Srwb vI pINdy hn) au~qy hmlw kIqw hY ik
auh mws ikauN KWdy hn? kI kdy kYQoilk pRotYstYNt
eIsweIAW v`loN pop nUM (jQydwr vWg) kbUl nw krn
kwrn nwl ieM\ krdy hn? hrigz nhIN[ pr jd
ikqy AijhI (tWvIN-tWvIN) hrkq hoeI hY qW aus nUM
sB ny ‘dihSqgrd’ kwrvweI grdwinAw hY[
is`K Drm qW Aijhy hmly dI iblkul iejwzq nhIN
dyNdw[ is`K qvwrI^ ivc qW Aijhw slUk rwm rwey
nwl vI nhIN hoieAw sI[ aus nUM guru hr rwie swihb
ny r`d kr id`qw sI pr ieh kdy nhIN sI hoieAw ik
rwm rwey ‘qy iksy is`K ny hmlw kIqw hovy[ bhuq swry
is`KW ny rwm rwie nUM mdd id`qI; pr kdy vI iksy
is`K ny aunHW dy i^lw& boilAw qk nhIN sI; aunHW ‘qy
hmlw krn dw qW svwl hI nhIN sI pYdw huMdw[ A`j
vI DIrm`lIey, rwm rweIey mOjUd hn; kI kdy iksy ny
aunHW dy Adwry ‘qy hmlw kIqw hY? iblkul nhIN[
ienHW hmlwvrW muqwibk pRo. drSn isMG AKOqI qOr
‘qy pMQ ivcoN Kwrj hY[ jy mIxy, DIrm`lIey,
rwmrweIey, inrMkwrIey Awpxy fyirAW ‘qy kwrvweIAW
jwrI rK skdy hn qW drSn isMG jW aus dy swQI
ikauN nhIN[ hW, quhwnUM h`k hY ik qusI Awpxy
AdwirAW ivcoN ijvyN DIrm`lIAW vZYrw dy i^lw&
prcwr krdy ho auvyN drSn isMG jW is`K lihr
gurduAwry dy i^lw& prcwr kro[ ies dw quhwnUM
kwnUMnI vI h`k hY Aqy AsUlI qOr qy vI qusIN Aijhw
kr skdy ho[
3. pRo. drSn isMG nUM is`K lihr gurduAwry vwilAW ny
bulwieAw sI[ ieh aunHW dI kmytI dw h`k hY ik auh
ijs nUM mrzI bulwaux[ qusIN Awpxy Adwry ivc ijs
nUM mrzI bulwE jW nw vVn idE ieh quhwfw h`k hY[
drSn isMG ny nwrvy, jrmnI, XU.pI. dy vIh SihrW
ivc kIrqn kIqw[ pr au~Qy koeI kuJ nhIN kr
sikAw[ au~Qy sMgq ivcoN iek jxy ny vI ivroD nhIN
kIqw[ kI ies dw mqlb ieh ilAw jwvy ik ij`Qy
aus dy ivroDIAW dy ‘gYNg’ hn, au~Qy dihSqgrdI ho
skdI hY? drSn isMG AwpxI AkYfmI ivc, Awpxy
Gr ivc, Awpxy irSqydwrW ivc vI jWdw hY qy au~Qy
lYkcr, kIrqn vI krdw hY[ qW kI iPr qusIN klH nUM
aus dy Gr, Adwry jW aus smwgm ‘qy vI hmlw
krogy? ieh hmlw iksy qrIky nwl vI jwiez nhIN;
nw AsUlI qOr ‘qy, nw kwnUMnI qOr ‘qy Aqy nw gurmiq
dy AsUlW muqwibk[
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4. cOQW, Aw^rI Aqy sB qoN Aihm nukqw hY ik kI pRo.
drSn isMG pMQ coN Kwrj? jvwb hY: nhIN[ pihlI g`l
qW is`K rihq mirAwdw ivc iksy nUM pMQ coN Kwirj
krn dw koeI qrIkw nhIN[ dUjw, isr& iek qrIkw hY
qy auh hY ik srbq Kwlsw v`loN iek rwey (srb sMmqI)
nwl AksrIAq (bhu sMmqI) nwl jW iek DVy dI
mrzI nwl nhIN, iksy nUM pMQ coN Kwrj kIqw jw skdw
hY[ 1978 ivc inrMkwrIAW dw bweIkwt is`KW dI iek
rwey nwl iek kmytI bxw ky aus kmytI qoN ‘hukmnwmw’
iqAwr krvwieAw igAw sI (ieh hukmnwmw iksy gRMQI,
pujwrI jW AKOqI jQydwr ny nhIN kIqw sI)[
Zlq svwlW dy Zlq jvwb
ijhVw svwl hI Zlq hovy aus dw jvwb qW Zlq hI hovygw[
ieh swry svwl hI ingUxy hn[ Asl nukqw qW AKOqI jQydwr
dw Ahudw hY is`K &sl&y jW is`K qvwrI^ ivc AKOqI jQydwr
dw koeI Ahudw nhIN hY[ drAsl ijhVw Ahudw hI nhIN hY aus
bwry ieho ijhy svwl pu`Cxy vI Zlq hn[ ieh Ahudw 1920 ivc
Acwxk hoeI iek Gtnw ivcoN bxw ilAw igAw sI[ hoieAw ieM\
sI ik 12 AkqUbr 1920 dy idn jd kuJ AKOqI-ACUq is`K
kVwh pRSwd lY ky Akwl q^q swihb 'qy gey qW auQoN dy pujwrI
pRSwd kUl krn qoN bcx vwsqy iKsk gey qy Akwl q^q swihb
nUM 'suM\w' C`f gey[ au~Qy hwzr sMgq ny ies dw sMjIdw noits
ilAw[ ies mOky 'qy hwzr jQydwr krqwr isMG J`br ny sMgqW dy
iek`T ivc KVw ho ky ikhw ik pujwrI q^q nUM suM\w C`f gey hn
ies kr ky ies dI syvw sMBwl vwsqy kuJ is`K inqrx[ aunHW
qjvIz kIqI ik 21 isMG Awpxy Awp nUM pyS krn[ aus vyly
isr& 17 nW pyS hoey[ ienHW ivcoN pMj-pMj isMG q^q dy iqMnW
gytW 'qy, iek gurU gRMQ swihb dI qwibAw Aqy iek pRSwd vwsqy
lw id`qw igAw[ ies jQy dy jQydwr qyjw isMG Bu`cr bxwey gey[
(auh q^q dy jQydwr nhIN, ies “rwKI krn vwly jQy dy
jQydwr” sn)[ iek mhIny ip`CoN aunHW ‘Cu`tIAW’ mMgIAW qW ieh
syvw dIdwr isMG m`tU BweIky nUM sONpI geI[ (vyKo ikqwb: SRomxI
gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI ikvyN bxI)[
kuJ mhIny ieM\ cldw irhw[ pr jd cwbIAW dw morcw l`gw qy
igR&qwrIAW hox lg peIAW qW Akwl q^q sihb 'qy iek isMG
p`kw gRMQI lw id`qw igAw qy iek isMG nUM syvw sMBwl dw jQydwr[
bs aus idn qoN kuJ A^bwrW ny ZlqI nwl aus gRMQI nUM 'jQydwr'
ilK id`qw[ Ajy vI ies gRMQI aur& AKOqI-jQydwr dw kMm
Akwl q^q dI rwKI krnw qy jiQAW nUM igR&qwrI vwsqy qornw
sI[
cyqy rhy ik SRomxI kmytI bxwaux vwsqy 15 nvMbr 1920 dy
idn s`dy srbq Kwlsw iek`T vwsqy 'hukmnwmw' qyjw isMG
Bu`cr (jQydwr Akwl q^q dI syvw sMBwl vwlw ‘syvk jQw’) ny
vI nhIN blik fw: gurb^S isMG (AMgryz fI.sI. v`loN bxweI
nON mYNbrI kmytI dy sk`qr) ny jwrI kIqw sI[
1925 ivc gurduAwrw AYkt bx igAw[ aus ivc vI AKOqI
jQydwr dw koeI izkr nhIN ikauNik ieh koeI Ahudw hY hI nhIN
sI[ AkqUbr 1920 qoN mgroN vI ieh koeI Ahudw nhIN sI qy
nw hI koeI imswl hY ijs ivc 'AKOqI jQydwr' ny koeI AYkSn
Awp ilAw hovy[ 1936 ivc CUqCwq dy i^lw& 'hukmnwmw' vI
SRomxI kmytI dI AYZzYkitv ny iqAwr kIqw qy q^q qoN jwrI
kIqw sI (q&sIl vyKo ikqwb: is`K qvwrI^ ivc Akwl q^q
swihb dw rol)[
mwstr qwrw isMG qy &qih isMG nUM nvMbr 1961 ivc szw lgI
qW iksy jQydwr dw 'hukmnwmw' nhIN sI, ieh pMj gRMQIAW dw
‘&Yslw’ sI, qy auh vI aus dr^wsq 'qy ijhVI ienHW (qwrw
isMG, Pqih isMG vZYrw) ny Awp pyS kIqI sI nw ik iksy dI
qlbI hoeI sI[
hor qW hor jUn 1978 ivc inrMkwrIAW dy i^lw& 'hukmnwmw'
iksy jQydwr ny jwrI nhIN sI kIqw[ ieh srbq Kwlsw iek`T
ivc cuxI iek s`q-mYNbrI kmytI ny bxwieAw sI qy muK
syvwdwr swDU isMG BOrw ny q^q qoN jwrI kIqw sI[
1979 ivc gurcrn isMG tOhVw ny hrikSn isMG surjIq
(ie`q&wkn dovyN tur gey hn) dI slwh 'qy Akwl q^q dy
pujwrI (AKOqI jQydwr) nUM bwdl dy i^lw& vrqx dI koiSS
kIqI sI ijhVI kwmXwb nhIN hoeI sI[ ieh sI SurUAwq
Akwl q^q swihb dy nvyN Ahudy AKOqI ‘jQydwr’ dI
‘qwkq’ dI vrqoN dI[
ies mgroN Pyr 1984 qk cupcwp rhI[ drbwr swihb ’qy
hmly mgroN srkwr ny ienHW gRMQIAW nUM vrqxw SurU kr id`qw[
ikrpwl isMG nUM aunHW ny bQyrw vriqAw[
iPr jd KwVkUAW ny drbwr swihb 'qy kuJ icr kbzw kIqw qW
aunHW ny ies Ahudy nUM r`j ky vriqAw[ iPr jd KwVkUAW dw
zvwl AwieAw qW gurcrn isMG tOhVw ny ies dI vrqoN krn
dI koiSS kIqI[ aus ny ies nUM bhuqw kr ky bwdl qy hor
ivroDIAW dy i^lw& injI qy isAwsI mksdW vwsqy vriqAw[
pr 1999 ivc jd Akwl q^q bwdl h`Q igAw qW aus ny
ies nUM tOhVw (qy aus nwl dobwrw XwrI pYx mgroN) ismrnjIq
isMG mwn, prmjIq isMG srnw, jgdIS isMG JINfw jW drSn
isMG dy i^lw& vriqAw[
Xwin ies 'nwjwiez Ahudy' nUM 'nwjwiez qrIky' nwl hr
aus cODrI ny vriqAw ijs dw dwA l`igAw jW ijs dw
isM|IN h`Q pY igAw[
kI jQydwr dw Ahudw is`K &ls&y muqwibk shI hY?
nhIN, ieh iek nwjwiez, ApMQk, gurbwxI Aqy is`K qvwrI^
dy ault kwiem kIqw igAw, Ahudw hY[ guru nw qW is`K nUM
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Kwlsw bxwieAw hY, qy auh vI Akwl purK dw (‘Kwlsw Akwl
purK dI &Oj’ hY)[ pr eyQy qW is`K Aqy guru gRMQ swihb hI nhIN
blik Akwl purK dy ivckwr hI iek haUAw KVHw kr id`qw
igAw hY[ ieh qW vwihgurU qoN vI au~pr dw Ahudw bxw id`qw
igAw hY[ is`KW nUM ieh muihMm clwauxI cwhIdI hY ik pMQ ies
nklI AYNtI-is`K Ahudy nUM r`d kr dyvy[ pMQ dy mOjUdw msilAW
ivcoN bhuqy ies nklI Ahudy ny hI KVHy kIqy hn qy ies dw ieko
iek h`l hY ik pMQ AKOqI jQydwr dy ies nwjwiez Ahudy nUM r`d
kr dyvy[
ip`Cy ijhy iek iek`T ivc mYN iehI g`l khI sI ik ieh Ahudw
gurbwxI Aqy is`K qvwrI^ dy ault hY[ ies smyN kuJ k`cGrV,
mOkwpRsq qy kmzor AKOqI 'ivdvwnW' ny ieh dlIl id`qI sI ik
byS`k ieh Ahudw gurbwxI Aqy is`K qvwrI^ muqwibk TIk nhIN
hY pr ies nUM pMQ dw bhuqw ih`sw mnzUr kr cukw hY (jW jbrI
krvwieAw igAw hY Aqy lokW nUM s`c pqw hI nhIN ik ieh nklI
Ahudw hY kI) ies kr ky ies nUM kwiem rihx id`qw jwvy qy
AKOqI jQydwr nUM lwaux/htwaux/&rz/h`k bwry nym bxw ley
jwx[ ikMny GtIAw, bySrm qy ZlIz soc dy hn ieh lok jo
kihMdy hn ik ieh Ahudw hY qW gurbwxI dy ault pr iPr vI
ies nUM mMn lE[ iPr qW nwmDwrIAW v`loN XwrHvW, bwrHvW guru
dw &rwf vI kbUk kr lE ikauN ik pMjwb kU hzwr bMdy aus nUM
vI mMndy hn[ klH nUM qW koeI ieh vI khygw ik 80% is`KW ny
vwl ktvw id`qy hn ies kr ky ies nUM isDWq vjoN mwnqw dy
id`qI jwvy[ aunHW dI dlIl hovygI ik jy pMQ iek Zlq g`l
(jQydwr dy nvyN Ahudy) nUM mnzUr kr skdw hY qW ies nUM ikauN
nhIN? AjIb rol hY ienHW 'ivdvwnW' dw, jo dlIl qy &ls&y dI
QW isr& 29 swl (1979 ivc) pihlW GVI geI swizS muqwibk
is`KI dy AsUl bdlx vwsqy vI iqAwr hn[ aunHW nUM gurbwxI
Aqy gurU dI isiKAw nUM r`d kr ky, nwjwiez Ahudw mnzUr krnw
hI shI jwpdw hY[
hyT iliKAw nukqw mYN pihlW vI pyS kr cukw hW qy ies nUM
AwpxIAW ikqwbW ‘is`K qvwrI^ ivc Akwl q^q swihb
dw rol’ Aqy’nwnkSwhI kYlMfr’ ivc coKI q&sIl nwl pyS
kr cukw hW[ ies nUM Pyr duhwrwaUdw hW[:
kI swnUM iksy Aijhy Ahudy dI loV hY?: ieh svwl ik kOm nUM
iksy Aijhy AKOqI jQydwr dy Ahudy (Swied 'haUAw') dI loV hY?
auN\ qW ies dw sw& jvwb hY 'nhIN'[ pr iek g`l dI bVI v`fI
loV hY[ auh hY kOm nUM iek sWJy plyt&wrm dI ij`Qy bYT ky swry
AwgU qy ivdvwn kOm dy Dwrimk msilAW bwry g`l kr skx[
is`KW nUM 'XhUdI pwrlImYNt' (ijaUieS kWgrs), ieslwimk
kwn&rMs (jW ieslwimk kort), bOD mhWsMG (boDI pwrlImYNt)
vWg, iek Dwrimk (inrol Dwrimk) ‘is`K pwrlImYNt’ dI loV
hY[ ies dw nW vrlf is`K pwrlImYNt, vrlf is`K AsYNblI,
vrlf is`K kONsl, vrlf is`K kwn&rMs jW 'srbq Kwlsw' jW
kuJ vI r`iKAw jw skdw hY[ ies jmwq ivc kOm dy Dwrimk qy
smwjk msly ivcwry jwx[ ies dI kwrvweI 100% ^u&IAw
hovy[ ies dI cox p`Kpwq-rihq hovy[ ies ivc kOm dy hr
ih`sy nUM numwieMdgI imly qy ivdvwnW dw ies ivc v`fw rol hovy[
ies pwrlImYNt dI cox ikvyN hovy? ieh Aihm svwl hY[ ies
dw iek vDIAw qrIkw ieh hY ik hr iek ielwky ivc, isKW
dI AwbwdI muqwibk numwieMdgI hovy[ imswl vjoN pMjwb,
hirAwxw, cMfIgVH, ihmWcl (SRomxI kmytI dw Kyqr) ivc 65-
70% is`K hn[ ies pwrlImYNt ivc eynI igxqI SromxI kmytI
coN cuxI jwvy[ (Xwin jy 200 mYNbrW dI 'is`K pwrlImYNt' hovy qW
SRomxI kmytI coN 130/140 mYNbr Byjy jwx)[ ieM\ hI is`K
AbwdI dw 5% id`lI ivc hn qy eynw ih`sw id`lI kmytI coN
cuixAw jwvy[ ieM\ hI hor sUibAw qy ivdySW coN numieMdy ley jw
skdy hn[ ies qoN ielwvw ies ivc 20-25 ivdvwn vI
Swiml kIqy jwx[ ieh auhI ivdvwn hox jo &ls&y dy mwihr
hox Aqy is`KI nUM prxwey hox (Xwin Bwjpw jW kWgrs jW
kimaUinstW jW hornW dy Asr qoN Awzwd hox)[ ienHW dI cox
iek 'kor kmytI' kry ijs nUM 'is`K pwrlImYNt' cuxy[ ies
pwrlImYNt ivc swry &Ysly gurmqy rwhIN hox jW Gto Gt doiqhweI
mYNbr aus nUM mnzUrI dyx[ mYN qW qrIkw suJwieAw hY,
ies bwry ivcwrW ho skdIAW hn qy iek isstm kwiem kIqw
jw skdw hY[
hW hlky-vwr numwieMdgI (ijs nUM mYN au~pr pyS kIqw hY jW aus
vWg iksy hor qrIky dI) vwlI vrlf is`K jmwq kwmXwb ho
skdI hY[ vrnw, jVw-jQydwr jW AKOqI-jQydwr vZYrw dw
nwjwiez Ahudw kOm vwsqy msly KVy krdw rhygw Aqy kOm dw
nukswn krdw rhygw[ kOm dy AwgUAW nUM cwhIdw hY ik ies bwry
gurU nwnk swihb dI isiKAw muqwibk dlyrwnw stYNf lYx Aqy
rwm rwey vWg frn nw[ kOm mrdW nUM kbUl krdI hY, qvwrI^
mrdW nUM cyqy krdI hY, ij`q mrdW nUM imldI hY nw ik iF`ly
m`iTAW nUM[ AwE, s`cy bxo, bwbr nUM jwbr kho, pKMfI pWfy nUM
bnwrs dy T`g kho, 'krm kWf' nUM 'Drm' nw kho[
gurU ny ikhw sI: bRwhmx so jo bRhm bIcwry, muslmwn so jo
muslmwnI Drm jIvy, jogI so jo jugq pCwxY[ ieM\ hI is`K so
hI hY jo is`KI AsUlW 'qy c`ly[ gurU swnUM qW hI qwkq dyvygw jy
qusIN aus dy pUrinAW qy clogy jy AsIN rwm rwey dy qrIky 'qy
c`lWgy qW gurU swfy v`l ip`T kr leygw[ AwE gurU vwly bxIey[
'ihMmqy mrdW mddy-^udw'[
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BOOKS FROM KHALSA TRICENTENNIAL FOUNDATION OF NORTH AMERICA INC.
Realizing the need for correct information about Sikhism in the English language for the benefit of Diaspora
youth, KTF requested S. Gurbachan Singh Sidhu, UK, to revise some of his books and write new ones. Mr. Sidhu
is one of the founders of The Sikh Missionary Society of UK and Guru Nanak Charitable Trust, Mullanpur
Mandi, Ludhiana. Of the many books and pamphlets in English that he has authored we have been able to afford
to publish only four:
1. Sikh Religion and Christianity – 110 pages
2. Sikh Religion and Islam – 153 pages (Co-authored with Gurmukh Singh)
3. An Introduction to Sikhism – 76 pages
4. Panjab and Panjabi – 177 pages
These are excellent books for Sikhs and non Sikhs alike. Reading these books you will get the real meaning of
Sikhi, something that Gurdwaras have miserably failed to teach. These books are for free distribution. We invite
our readers in the USA to order any combination of 40 books for a donation to KTF of $100.00, including postage,
and distribute them free to their family, friends, local sangats or schools operated by Gurdwaras. Your donation
will help in the publication of The Sikh Bulletin.
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TEACH YOURSELF GURBANI. FOLLOWING TWO SOURCES ARE EXCELLENT:
1. www.srigranth.org This website will help you find page number of a shabad in Gurmukhi, English,
Devanagari and Transliteration; and also to Panjabi translation by Prof Sahib Singh.
2. www.gurugranthdarpan.com This site carries the Panjabi translation of GGS by Prof Sahib Singh.
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Some other useful links
Aarti condemned by the Sikh Gurus being practiced at Patna Sahib: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWDcBddddU
www.sawaddinewsusa.com; www.sikhmarg.com;
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