ਜੈਸੇ ਗਾਇ ਕਾ ਬਾਛਾ ਛੂਟਲਾ ॥ ਥਨ ਚੋਖਤਾ ਮਾਖਨੁ ਘੂਟਲਾ ॥2॥This above Pankiti of Gurbani is what came to the mind when I saw this beautiful picture of a cow with her calf:
Notice how happy both of them are since they are together. Same way we can only be happy when we are with Vaheguru. Otherwise we can never be happy. We try to find happiness in worldly things and entertainments but all in vain. The calf in the above picture at this moment only needs milk from his mother. Can anything else in this world replace this comfort for the calf? If you were to take this calf to movie theaters or serve it 36 kinds of delicious foods, it will still not be happy. It wants to be with it's mother and drink milk. Same way the Jeev, in reality and internally, wants to be his Father-Mother Vaheguru and only then the Jeev can be really happy.
Another thought that comes to the mind is that the cow has nothing to gain from calf but is so happy to let the calf have her milk. Same way, Vaheguru does not need anything from us but loves us so much that we can't even imagine. Vaheguru jee's love cannot be measured.
Notice that the word ਖੀਰੁ has an aunkad in the end which makes it a masculine singular noun and in this shape this word means milk and not rice pudding called kheer. The rice pudding kheer is spelled as ਖੀਰਿ:
ਲੰਗਰਿ ਦਉਲਤਿ ਵੰਡੀਐ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਖੀਰਿ ਘਿਆਲੀ ॥Gurbani is Agam Agaad Bodh.
Kulbir Singh
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