Universality of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji-3

Pri.Narinder Bir Singh

Muslim:

Offer the prayer of Truth on the prayer mat of faith,

And silence thy desire and overcome thy hopes,

And make thy body thy mosque and thy mind the Mullah,

and (inner) purity and whole someness the God’s word. {SGGS 1083}

let mercy be thy mosque, Faith thy prayer-Mat:

and Honest living thy Quaran.

Humility thy circumcision, and Good conduct thy fast.

Thus dost thou become a (true) Muslim.

If pious works be thy Kaba and truth Thy teacher and good deeds thy prayer,

And if thy rosary be of His will, the Lord, will keep thy Honour. {SGGS 140}

Sikh:

He, who calls himself a disciple of the True Guru,

Let him rise early in the morn and contemplate the Lord’s name

Let him attune himself to the Lord and Bathe in the pool of Nectar at this early hour.

Let him Dwell upon the Lord through the Guru’s word

That all his sins are washed off.

And when the Sun rises, let him sing the Guru’s word,

And reflect on the Lord’s name, upstanding and downstanding.

He, who contemplates my-Lord with every breath,

He, the devotee, becomes the beloved of the Guru

He, on whom is the Lord’s Mercy, him alone he

Instructs in the Guru’s wisdom.

Nanak craves the dust of the devotee’s feet

Who contemplate the name of the Lord. {SGGS 305-6}

Brahmin:                       

1.    He alone is a Brahmin who knows Brahma, yea, the God and practices
austerity and contemplation and self-control, and does (the right) deeds,
and keeps the Religion of contentment and culture

And earns emancipation, breaking the Bonds (of desire).
yea, such a Brahmin is worthy of being worshipped. {SGGS 1411}

2.    He who knows Brahma, his Brahminhood avails,

and he is attuned only to the word.
they who Enshrine the Lord in their Mind, them seek out the extra
physic power and all treasures of the world. {SGGS 649}

Yogi:

1.    Let silence be thy ear-rings, compassion thy wallet reflection the begging
bowl and, let thy coat be thy stitching up of the wounds (of voice) on the
body, and thy feed be the Lord’s name.
O Yogi, practice such a yoga that you enjoy, by the Guru’s grace, the Merit
of contemplation, Austerities and self-control. {SGGS 970}

2.    One becomes not a yogi by mere talk.
if one looks upon all the creation alike, he is acclaimed as a true yogi. {SGGS 730}

Khatri:

1.    He alone is a Khatri who is a hero in deed,
and dedicates his body to compassion and charity
and knowing the right farm, sows the seed of Beneficence.
then such a Khatri is approved of at the Lord’s court. {SGGS 1411}

Bhagat:

1.    If one br innocent even when wise

And be powerless even when blest with power,

And share even when there is least to share

One is a true devotee of God, but rare is such a one, how rare! {SGGS 1384)

2.    The lord’s servant is renowed as the devotee of the lord,

And, obeying the lord’s will he is at peace

And whatever pleases the Lord that he accepts as a blessing,

And enshrines the Lord’s will in the mind. {SGGS 480}

King:

1.    The kings are not those who are engaged over in strife, and are cast into

The womb, again and overagain,

Nanak,, without the (Lord’s) name, one is dishonoured,

And one attains not (True) glory. {SGGS 590}

2.    That king alone must sit on the throne, who is worthy of it,

Yea, he, who realizes the (God’s) truth, he (alone) is the true king.

These rulers of the earth are not kingly (in mind), for, they’re torn by Duality and wail. {SGGS 1088}

Hero (Soorma):

1.    He alone is mighty who loves his Lord in this age.

He who conquers his self by the perfect Guru’s Grace, conquers the whole world. {SGGS 680}

2.    The (God’s) hero is he who fights for the oppressed and though batterd into bits, he abandons not the field of battle. {SGGS 1105}