2689 - Khajana Darshan April 2, 2024 – Germany
2689 - Khajana Darshan April 2, 2024 – France
English Transcription and Translation
Transliteration Key for Gurbaanee and Dhaarnaas
Black text - as uttered by Baba Ji in English;
Blue text - English translation of Baba Ji’s Gurmukhi utterances.
Every letter, every word, written in this document is because of Maharaj Ji’s grace. The translation (blue text) reflects the translator’s understanding at their state of consciousness and is not the final interpretation.
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
Ji, this happened around 1977-78, Sardar Gurbaksh Singh came to Toronto.He studied Engineering at Michigan State University and went back to India. When he went back to India, he bought a barren piece of land between Amritsar and Lahore and laid the foundation of a new town called Preet Nagar. He was a very wise, sincere and loving person. Impressed by his personality, many of the top Punjabi writers, novelists, story writers, poets, and artists bought a house in that town - Amrita Pritam, Sardar Nanak Singh, and others. This was around 1935, before the partition of India, which happened in 1947.
He used to publish a magazine which was titled ‘Preet Larhee (ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਲੜੀ)”. It was a wonderful periodical and I used to read it without fail, every month. I had the pleasure of visiting him in Preet Nagar and when he came to Toronto in the later part of his life, his body had become quite weak. This was his last trip. He passed away after returning from this trip.
People had gathered to see him at a venue in Toronto during his visit. During the interval, there was a tea break, and I met this gentleman who told me that he was the sixth generation of Sardar Hari Singh Nalua. I met him very cordially; he lived quite far from there and said, I would like to meet you again. I gave him my address in Hamilton, which was about an hour drive from Toronto. He came the next day and shared with me a part of him that he had kept hidden from the world. He said, I am afraid to tell anyone in the world about this relationship because then the world would compare me with him. In a recent survey, Hari Singh Nalua was voted as one of the best generals in history. He commanded the military during Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji’s reign. He said, I have heard and read many things about Hari Singh Nalua but I don’t have any of those qualities at all; that’s why I remain hidden from the world.
He was a beautiful soul, and stayed with me for three to four hours. I told him you don’t need to do this. It’s the divine’s play; every person is so different, each one has a unique personality, unique childhood experiences, impact of the parent’s personality, character, and then grandparents, and who knows what else affects our personality. This brought him a lot of peace.
Today, suddenly he came into my consciousness and his pain came in front of me. May God bless him with peace and tranquility wherever he is.
I was saying that on the journey of life, we meet many many people and with some of them we walk together for a few steps, others we just cross our paths, and sometimes out of ignorance out of irresponsibility, out of immaturity, out of ego, we slander other people we say things about somebody without giving much thought to what we are going to say. We should be very careful, very sensitive. Everybody is carrying the experiences they have experienced throughout many many lifetimes - genetic relationship with our ancestors, our early childhood, our parents' personalities influence our values; we are sum total of infinite experiences. Even if somebody can trace that this quality of mine comes from my father or mother or grandparent; this is impossible but even if you do that to a certain extent, and even if you go back as far as you can, still a great portion of you would remain mysterious. So we should not say anything negative or hurtful or slander anybody behind their back. If you are a real friend and feel that person needs to know this, then say that to the face of the person. If you do this as a friend, then you cannot hurt them; even if the person feels hurt, then sometime down the road they would realize that what you said or what you did is out of compassion for them. Many times we see people limping around while walking the path of life or even falling down. We should not laugh at them, we are not wearing their shoes, we don't know what type of struggle they are going through. We have no idea what type of load they are carrying on their shoulders. So we should remain very awake and sensitive.
Let's come at the hirdaa please, at the heart area.
ਛਤੜੇ ਬਾਜਾਰ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਪਾਰੀਏ ॥
chhat-rhay baajaar sohan vich vapaaree-ai.
How beautiful! There's no way that we can even imagine, let alone feel his love for us totally.
He says, my beloved has set up very expensive, very unique bazaars of truth, which are covered very articulately and carefully - the inner path starting below the pubic bone to the top of the head.
Please see if we can witness his love for us.
sohan vich vapaaree-ai.
Oh my mother those bazaars are very carefully and very lovingly covered, there not for everybody, there only for the merchants of truth. Only the merchants of truth are allowed in those bazaars, not everybody, and those merchants look so beautiful because they are the merchants of truth.
ਵਖਰੁ ਹਿਕੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਖਟੇ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ॥
vakhar hik apaar naanak khatay so Dhanee.
They trade a commodity of infinite value. That commodity is so precious and so unique; it is infinitely precious. Maharaj Ji says everything in the world can be appraised, even the people, but not the Divine. This building is worth this much, this house, this piece of land is worth this much, even the people have salaries.
Please feel the subtle presence of the Divine. You might feel pressure there; it’s a bit to the left of the street of love behind the heart, look very closely. You might feel pressure or a sensation or a warming presence of His, or whatever way He pleases to announce his presence there. It requires total presence, total love, total gratefulness, and the patience to await. He comes running but if anybody expects that I'm going to call Him and He is going to come running, then He will laugh at us. He is not our servant. He does not respond to ego.
ਨਾਨਕ ਖਟੇ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ॥
naanak khatay so Dhanee.
And those who receive that commodity of infinite value, only they are truly wealthy. The worldly wealthy people are not really wealthy. True wealth is alive, throbbing with life, and if the wealth is true then that should give us peace. No worldly wealth makes us peaceful or loving. We consume worldly things for a short time and then we are hungry again because nothing in the world is true; it's false, just a shadow. It comes, we sit in it for a while, and then it moves on.
Dhaarnaa:
ਨਾਲ ਆਉਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਇਸ਼ਕ ਹਵਾਵਾਂ, ਵੇ ਦਿਲ ਬਾਗੀਂ ਆ ਸੱਜਣਾ
naal a-oun tayray ishq havaavaaN, vay dil baageeN aa sajnaa
Oh my beloved, kindly be merciful, come to the garden of my hirdaa. I have heard that’s where You meet whomever you become pleased with.
When You come, the season of ishq arrives with You. You are the season of ishq!
ਤੇਰੇ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੱਖ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ
tayray geetaaN noo lakh namaskaar
I bow down to your songs of ishq countless times.
ਵੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਅੰਦਰੀਂ ਜਗਾਉਂਦੇ ਪਿਆਰ
vay jih-rhay aNdreeN jagaa-ouNday pi-aar
How powerful, how beautiful, how mysteriously amazing are Your songs that whosoever sings your song they become loving. Your songs give birth to ishq. I wish the world knew this. Your songs give birth to ishq!
ਵੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਭਰਿਆ ਹੈ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ
vay aNdar bhari-aa hai geetaaN day naal
I have been singing your songs of love and now my insides are filled with songs but matching your songs. My insides are filled with songs now, it's because of your songs I used to sing.
ਉਹ ਨੇ ਨਦੀਆਂ ਜੋ ਤੋਰਦੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ
oH nay nadee-aaN jo tordee-aaN naal
Your songs are like rivers of love. They catch hold of one's hand and they say: Come with me, I'll take you to your Beloved. He is the vast infinite ocean and I'm going there too.
By singing and listening with love, His songs create love within us, not just by reading. His songs are like rivers of love which are running towards their Creator, The Ocean, and His songs catch us by our arm and take us along. It’s just that simple, if somebody can hear it and do it.
What a beautiful way of living life! Such a straightforward, innocent path. No curves, no ups and downs. Innocently beautiful. Ishq is innocent.
ਹਾਏ ਰੁੱਤ ਮਿਲਣੇ ਦੀ….ਵਾਰੇ ਮੈਂ ਜਾਵਾਂ…ਵੇ ਦਿਲ ਬਾਗੀਂ ਆ ਸੱਜਣਾ
haa-ay rut milnay dee….vaaray maiN jaavaaN….vay dil baageeN aa sajanaa
ਨਾਲ ਆਉਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਇਸ਼ਕ ਹਵਾਵਾਂ, ਵੇ ਦਿਲ ਬਾਗੀਂ ਆ ਸੱਜਣਾ
naal a-oun tayray ishq havaavaaN, vay dil baageeN aa sajnaa
Dhaarnaa (end)
To each and every one you are most humbly, most lovingly welcome. Most gratefully thank you for yourself; thank you for yourself because for each and every one of us, our first and foremost responsibility is towards ourselves.
Link to all the singing portions in this Khajana Darshan - Gurbani and Dhaarnaas
