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Meaning of this Pangti

Posted by rsk 
Meaning of this Pangti
April 06, 2013 04:00PM
Can Sangat do veechar on this pangti

ਸੰਤੀ ਮੰਤੁ ਦੀਓ ਮੋਹਿ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥3॥
The Saints have given me the Mantra of the Fearless Lord, and now I practice the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

Are Sants giving Naam here, please do veechar.
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Re: Meaning of this Pangti
April 06, 2013 08:55PM
ਸੰਤੀ could be interpreted as FIVE SINGHS here. And that solves the puzzle.
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Re: Meaning of this Pangti
April 07, 2013 04:47PM
But when this Shabad was written there were not Panj Pyare.
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Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh jee has written a great book on the subject of use of word "Sant" in Gurbani. In the above Pankiti even though the word ਸੰਤੀ is Bahu Vachan Naav in Karta Kaarak form i.e. is a plural noun, still it is for Guru Sahib. The Pankiti is as follows:

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਸੰਤ ਮਿਲੇ ਮੋਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਤੇ ਧੀਰਜੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
ਸੰਤੀ ਮੰਤੁ ਦੀਓ ਮੋਹਿ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੩॥


Humble Translation: ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਮਿਲ ਪਏ ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਧੀਰਜ ਭਾਵ ਸਬਰ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਸੰਤਾਂ (ਗੁਰਾਂ) ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਮੰਤਰ ਦਿਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਇਹ ਗੁਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਮਾਇਆ।

In Punjabi language, when referring to elders and respectable personalities, we use plural reference for them and in Gurbani while singular reference is used for Vaheguru and Guru Sahib for the most part but in some places, they are also referred to as plural.

In the second Pankiti it becomes clear that the word ਸੰਤੀ is being referred to Guru Sahib as the words "ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ" too are being used in the same Pankiti.

Gurbani is Agam Agaadh Bodh.

Kulbir Singh
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