Guru Angad Dev Sahib penned down only slokas through which he expressed his spiritual wisdom he got from Guru Nanak Sahib; his slokas are very simple but sometimes very compact as well. His effort of advising his followers is very interesting. Let us ponder over the following sloka on 148, SGGS
ਮਹਲਾ 2 ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਪਰਖੇ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਤਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ ਰੋਗੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਦੋਵੈ ਬੁਝੈ ਤਾ ਵੈਦੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ॥
ਵਾਟ ਨ ਕਰਈ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਿਹਮਾਣੁ ॥ ਮੂਲੁ ਜਾਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਾਣਿ ਲਾਏ ਹਾਣੁ ॥
ਲਬਿ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੈ ਸੋ ਵਿਸਟੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਸਰੁ ਸੰਧੇ ਆਗਾਸ ਕਉ ਕਿਉ ਪਹੁਚੈ ਬਾਣੁ ॥
ਅਗੈ ਓਹੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਵਾਹੇਦੜੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥2॥
Mėhlā 2.
Nānak parkẖe āp ka-o ṯā pārakẖ jāṇ. Rog ḏārū ḏovai bujẖai ṯā vaiḏ sujāṇ.
Vāt na kar-ī māmlā jāṇai mihmāṇ. Mūl jāṇ galā kare hāṇ lā-e hāṇ.
Lab na cẖal-ī sacẖ rahai so visat parvāṇ. Sar sanḏẖe āgās ka-o ki-o pahucẖai bāṇ.
Agai oh agamm hai vāheḏaṛ jāṇ. ||2||
The bani of Second Nanak.
In essence: Oh Nanak! If a man assesses his “inner self”, only then he should be called an assessor. If one understands and diagnoses the disease and gives its medicine, one should be considered a shrewd physician. One should not involve in strife; instead one should live like a guest here. One should know Akalpurakh, the origin of all; one should live in the company of likewise devotees. If one does so, one doesn’t hold on to avarice but should remain imbued with Akalpurakh. Thus one becomes broker for others to bring them close to Akalpurakh. Such a broker becomes accepted one. If an arrow is aimed at the sky, which is inaccessible, what can it hit? It will fall back on the archer (because of his ignorance).
Spiritual path is shown by that one who knows it, because he is the expert just as an expert physician successfully cures a disease. Without wisdom, mere talks become worthless. The Guru shows us a perfect spiritual path. Thus we should follow the Guru to realize the universal Creator perfectly.
Wishes
G Singh
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