ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

Sūhī mėhlā 5.
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

ਸੰਤਾ ਕੇ ਕਾਰਜਿ ਆਪਿ ਖਲੋਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਕੰਮੁ ਕਰਾਵਣਿ ਆਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

Sanṯā ke kāraj āp kẖaloiā har kamm karāvaṇ āiā rām.
The Lord Himself has stood up to resolve the affairs of the Saints; He has come to complete their tasks. ਧਰਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਤਾਲੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਜਲੁ ਛਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

Ḏẖaraṯ suhāvī ṯāl suhāvā vicẖ amriṯ jal cẖẖāiā rām.
The land is beautiful, and the pool is beautiful; within it is contained the Ambrosial Water.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਜਲੁ ਛਾਇਆ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਾਜੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ ਸਗਲ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਪੂਰੇ ॥

ਪੋਥੀ ਪਰਮੇਸਰ ਕਾ ਥਾਨੁ ॥

Pothī parmesar kā thān.
The Aad Granth is the home of the Transcendent Lord God.

(Guru Arjan Dev Ji - Raag Sarang Ang 1226) To mark the ‘Pehla Parkash’ of Sahib Sri Aad Granth Sahib enjoy the ‘darshan’ of exceptionally beautiful Saroops of Guru Sahib with wonderful calligraphy.

Vadda Ghallughara - Misaldaars

At this time of year we remember the ‘Vadda Ghallughara’ or Great Holocaust of 1762, when Ahmed Shah sought to wipe Sikhs off the face of the earth.
He attacked a convoy of 50,000 Sikh men, women and children. Half of them were massacred in one day. 50 cartloads of severed Sikh heads were taken to be hung at the gates of Lahore.
Sri Darbar Sahib was destroyed and the sarovar filled with slaughtered cows and the sarovar steps smashed.

ਭੋਲਾ ਭਾਉ ਗੋਬਿੰਦੁ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ॥੧੩॥

Childlike innocence and devotion (like that of Dhanna) leads to the sight of the Lord.
(Bhai Gurdas, Vaar 10 pauri 13)

Gilded panel from Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib, Amritsar. Depicting the Sakhi Of Dhanna Bhagat, the Jat. (Pic. T.S. Randhawa)





Bhagat Dhanna's bani is included in the Guru Granth Sahib , the most well known being their ‘Arti’ (Gopal Tera Arta), emphasising the Sikh concept of ‘Maya Vich Udasi’ devotion while living a family life and earning an honest living.