Kulbir Singh Wrote:
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> ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਾਂਧਿਓ
> ਸੇਤੁ ਬਿਧਾਤੈ ॥
> ਲੰਕਾ ਲੂਟੀ ਦੈਤ
> ਸੰਤਾਪੈ ॥
> ਰਾਮਚੰਦਿ ਮਾਰਿਓ ਅਹਿ
> ਰਾਵਣੁ ॥
> ਭੇਦੁ ਬਭੀਖਣ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ
> ਪਰਚਾਇਣੁ ॥
> ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਇਰਿ ਪਾਹਣ
> ਤਾਰੇ ॥
> ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਤੇਤੀਸ
> ਉਧਾਰੇ ॥੪੦॥
>
> I don't understand where in the above Pauri, Siri
> Raam Chander has been called a Gurmukh. Guru Sahib
> in the above Pauri has used the story of Raam
> Chander building bridge to Lanka in order to bring
> back his wife - Sita Devi. Just as Rama built the
> bridge over the ocean to bring back Sita from
> Lanka, the same way, Akal Purakh has built the
> "Gurmukh roopi bridge" to bring Jeev-Atma from
> this world. Rama and his army plundered Lanka and
> hurt the demons; same way, Gursikhs who follow
> Gurmat, plunder the kingdom of Maya and hurt
> internal demons e.g. Kaam, Krodh, Lobh etc. Rama
> killed great Raavan (Ah-Raavan means great king
> Raavan); same way, Gursikhs kill Haume roopi
> Raavan. The secret to killing Raavan was disclosed
> by the righteous Bibhikhan (Vibhushan) and in this
> case, Gurmukh's Updesh (Parchayan) was
> instrumental in killing Haume. Just as Rama using
> his spiritual power let stones swim on ocean, same
> way Guru Sahib's Updesh (Gurmat) allows Gursikhs
> to swim across. Gurmukh (Guru Sahib) has delivered
> countless from this world.
>
> In the first Pankiti, the doer of the verb
> ਬਾਂਧਿਓ is ਬਿਧਾਤੈ (Akal
> Purakh) and not ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ. Bidhaata
> has built the Gurmukh-roopi Bridge for the Jeev
> Aatma to be delivered. The meaning of Gurmukh here
> is Gurmat and not a Gursikh.
>
> At no place, Rama has been called Gurmukh here,
> because he was not a Gurmukh. He was a good man,
> with many spiritual powers but he was not a
> Gurmukh.
>
> Kulbir Singh
Thanks so much veerjee for explaining the shabad so well.