Mitra piare nun hal muridan da kaihna - Convey to my dear friend the condition of the disciples

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Mitra piare nun hal muridan da kaihna

Convey to the dear friend the condition of the disciples,

 

Tudh bin rog rajaian da odhan nag nivasan de raihna

Without Thee, the taking over of comforter is like disease and living

in the house is like living with serpents,

 

Sul sarahi khanjar piala bing kasaian da saihna

The flask is like the spike, the cup is like a daggar and the

seperation is like enduring the chopper of the butchers,

 

Yarare da sanun sathhar changha bhatth kherian da raihna

The pallet of the beloved Friend is most pleasing and the worldly

pleasures like furnace.

 

Guru Gobind Singh

http://www.getalyric.com/listen/PwZ9o4v199A/mittar_pyaare_nu_ishmeet_singh

 

" Sahib Guru Gobind Singh wrote this when his army was scattered and

many of his beloved disciples were killed. He had at the request of

his disciples retreated to the Mashiwareh Forest. This Bani is a

great expression of the transcendental mood of Guru Gobind Singh as a

devotee of Akal Purakh who he calls his friend. Guru Sahib says he

does not need material things as he has his beloved or Piare.

This is more than sufficient as this is the highest, taste dwarfing

all material conditioning. Here Guruji sings of his separation from

his beloved friend WaheGuru. In the material world separation is

considered adverse but in the spiritual world it enhances prem or

divine love consciousness. Here we see Guru Gobind Singh not as the

valiant warrior and regal Guru but as a humble friend and lover of

the Divine. Here Gurudev is relishing the nectar of Sakhya Ras or

the devotional mellow of transcendental friendship. In his awakened

mood Guru Gobind Singh dwells in his eternal relationship of the

Divine Friend as an eternal friend-soul.

 

When we contemplate the Tenth Master we should not overlook this

aspect of the Gurus pastimes. When we enter into this understanding

of the Guru's spiritual mellow we too can transcend material

conditioning and become a pure devotee of the Guru. This we can do by

meditating on the pastimes and bani of the Sikh Gurus all of whom had

relish able pastimes of eternal love consciousness. "

 

Hari Singh

 

Mitra piare nun hal muridan da kaihna

Convey to my dear friend the condition of the disciples (Jagjit Singh)

i) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCZzSqW2Hdg & NR=1

ii) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_nJrDLPmw0