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Overcoming Death - Serving Lord
Human birth is an opportunity blessed by ‘The One – The Formless’ to merge with him. And what is better than ‘Serving Lord’. As per Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji in following words ‘Servants of Lord’ are absorbed in Naam overcomes the pain of birth and death:
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Overcoming Death - Serving Lord
Human birth is an opportunity blessed by ‘The One – The Formless’ to merge with him. And what is better than ‘Serving Lord’. As per Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji in following words ‘Servants of Lord’ are absorbed in Naam overcomes the pain of birth and death:
हरि जन हरि हरि नामि समाणे दुखु जनम मरण भव खंडा हे ॥
(The humble servants of the Lord are absorbed in
the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. The pain of birth and the fear of death
are eradicated.)
Guruji
is surely asking everyone to Serve Lord and to serve with
humbleness. Services have to be performed with devotion and love. Both devotion
and love is the path to Lord. What good are the services done without emotions
and involvement? Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji describes what an individual
achieves by Serving Lord in loving and devotional manner in following
words:
जनम मरण का भउ गइआ भाउ भगति गोपाल ॥
(The fear of death and rebirth is removed by performing loving
devotional service
to the Lord of the World.)
हरि दरु सेवे अलख अभेवे निहचलु आसणु पाइआ ॥ तह जनम न मरणु न आवण जाणा संसा दूखु मिटाइआ ॥
(One who serves at the Door of the Imperceptible
and Unfathomable Lord, obtains this eternal position. There is no birth or death
there, no coming or going; anguish and anxiety are ended.)
Such services are real and true. And
services which are true and real are being blessed by Dhan Shri Guru Raam Daas Ji
in following words:
सचु साहिबु सचु जिनी सेविआ कालु कंटकु मारि तिनी साधिआ ॥
(Those who truly serve their True Lord and Master
overwhelm and conquer Death, the torturer.)
Death
is considered as long sleep where soul takes rest and prepares for next life.
But one who is awakened how Death can put him to sleep. Such a
state can be achieved by Serving Lord as per following words
of Dhan
Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji:
ना जमदूत दूखु तिसु लागै ॥जो जनु राम नामि लिव जागै ॥
(The Messenger of Death cannot touch him
with pain; The Lord's humble servant remains awake to the Love of the Naam.)
But why Lord saves HIS
Sevants? Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji answers in following words:
हरि के सेवक से हरि पिआरे जिन जपिओ हरि बचनाकी ॥लेखा चित्र गुपति जो लिखिआ सभ छूटी जम की बाकी ॥२॥
(The Lord's servants are very dear to the
Lord; they chant the Word of the Lord's Baani. The account of the recording
angels, Chitr and Gupt, and the account with the Messenger of Death is totally
erased.)
Well, it is quite evident from above ‘Gur
Shabad’ that Lord Servants are dear to Lord.
Because if this relationship they chant ‘Lord’s Baani – Words of Lord’. And
we have already seen earlier Greatness of Naam under Divine
Light of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji
blesses with His experience of Serving Lord in following words:
जो मागहि सोई सोई पावहि सेवि हरि के चरण रसाइण ॥जनम मरण दुहहू ते छूटहि भवजलु जगतु तराइण ॥१॥
(Whatever I ask for, I receive; I serve at
the Lord's feet, the source of nectar. I am released from the bondage of birth
and death,
and so I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.)
जा की टहल जमदूत बिदारे ॥२॥
(When I serve Him, the Messenger of Death is chased away.)
Serving Lord
fulfills every desire of an individual. And once an individual is full, how
death can scratch him? How death can trouble him? If he is not troubled by
death what kind of sorrows or pains he can feel? Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji comforts
us in following words:
रोग सोग दुख जरा मरा हरि जनहि नही निकटानी ॥
(Disease, sorrow, pain, old age and death do
not even approach the humble servant of the Lord.)
तेरे सेवक कउ भउ किछु नाही जमु नही आवै नेरे ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
(Your servant is not afraid of anything; the Messenger of Death
cannot even approach him.)
हरि सेवक नाही जम पीड़ ॥
(The Lord's servant does not suffer pain
from the Messenger
of Death.)
One can comprehend that all diseases
will be overcome, sorrows will be evaporated, pain will not be felt and Death
won’t trouble while serving; but what about old age? Will an individual defy the
rule of nature, if he serves God? And similar questions can arise. Well, no one
can change the cycle of nature. ‘Samrath Guru – All Capable Guru’ can
do it but He will not do it since it will be against the ‘The
Will’ of ‘The One’, against the rules which HE has laid down to run
and manage the cosmos. So what does it mean? The old age is associated with
lack of energy and Serving Lord ensures an individual remains effervescent. Dhan
Shri Guru Amar Das Ji led by example, by performing unstoppable
services for Dhan Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji. At the age of 60+ it is not easy
for an individual to walk down few miles, carry load irrespective of time and
weather. He showed to world, generations that age can never be an excuse
for not Serving Guru and Lord. And in His words below, such
an opportunity, Serving Lord, comes by destiny, it liberates an individual and
help him to overcome death even when whole world is in
grasp of Maya:
हरि जन माइआ माहि निसतारे ॥नानक भागु होवै जिसु मसतकि कालहि मारि बिदारे ॥४॥१॥
(In the midst of Maya, the Lord's servant
is emancipated. O Nanak, one who has such destiny inscribed upon his forehead,
conquers and destroys death.)
Further, as per following words of Dhan
Shri Guru Raam Das Ji and Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji:
धरम राइ जमु नेड़ि न आवै मेरे ठाकुर के जन पिआरे ॥६॥
(The Messenger of Death and the Righteous Judge of
Dharma do not even approach the beloved servant of My Lord and Master.)
हरि जन नेड़ि न आवई जमकंकर जमकलै ॥
(The Messenger of Death does not even approach the
humble servant
of the Lord.)
दुसमन दूत जमकालु ठेह मारउ हरि सेवक नेड़ि न जाई जीउ ॥२॥
(Doing so, the Messenger of Death, the evil enemy, is killed. Death
does not even approach the Lord's servant.)
हरि सेवा ते कालु जोहि न साकै चरनी आइ पवै हरि जानै ॥१॥
(When you serve the Lord, Death cannot even see you. It comes
and falls at the feet of those who know the Lord.)
Death
is feeble in front of those who Serves Lord. Even Righteous Judge of Dharma,
who does not let any mortal escape from his deeds, cannot reach one who Serves
Lord. No matter how much evil death is; how much arrogant death
is; Guruji
confirms death will just be humbled and bow down at one who Serves
Lord. And that’s why Paatshahi 1 emphasizing that any
individual Serving Lord will achieve immortality in following words:
जो तिसु सेवे सो अबिनासी ना तिसु कालु संताई हे ॥१४॥
(Whoever serves Him becomes immortal and
imperishable, and will not be tortured by death.)
This all explains why
‘Serving’
forms the basis of Sikhism. Serve with humbleness, loving devotion and make it a
true action and Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji guarantees salvation and
liberation.
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