Satnaam Satguru Satsangat ji,
Dandauth Bandhana Ji,
whilst reading through Guru Nanak Ji's divine verses, the following line struck me
"ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਖੁਸਿ ਲਏ ਚੰਗਿਆਈ ॥੩॥ (417)
Those, whom the Creator Lord would destroy - first He strips them of virtue. ||3||" SGGS 417
On one side we have SatGuru Ji's divine teachings that to be God's virtuous wife (GUNN-VANTI) we need to collect the 32 virtues and wear them as necklace to please our Husband, the Lord Himself. So we strive to collect these virtues like kindness, forgiveness, humbleness and so on. Also we know we are only capable of doing this because we have been blessed with Gurprasad - God's grace through our Guru. And before even receiving the Grace (Gurprasad) in person from our Guru, we also know it only happened because God decided that it was time for our particular soul to come back to Him - so He Himself gave the order in His Royal Court (Dargah) and cast His favourable glance (NADAR) upon us. Here are the steps :
1) due to our accumulation of good deeds, God decided we would be saved and gave the order in God's court,
2) He Himself came to us in the form of the Guru at the time and place set by God Himself ("Bhaag hoa gur-sant milaayaa"..Guru Ram Das ji).
3) He Himself arranged all the opportunities for us to collect the 32 virtues (GUNNs) by arranging for us to have holy congregation (sat-sangat), divine email forums, divine websites, Gurdwaras to do service and so on,
4) when we are completely virtuous , He Himself takes us into His embrace as His wife (suhagan) and the wife forever (Sada Suhagan) - no chance of divorcing God! No chance of falling back into Maya's hands.
But, the opposite is also true. How do some souls come to destruction? It also starts with God's command and that is what Guru Nanak Dev ji is explaining to us.
"ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਖੁਸਿ ਲਏ ਚੰਗਿਆਈ ॥੩॥ (417)
Those, whom the Creator Lord would destroy - first He strips them of virtue. ||3||" SGGS 417
Souls that have collected so many sins under the influence of maya are judged in God's royal court (Dargah) :
1) Due to the accumulation of bad deeds, God himself decides that they are to be destroyed and gives the order in God's court (DARGAH)
2) He Himself gives them opportunities to lose whatever few virtues they have left by doing more sins
3) He Himself comes in the form of the Destroyer (invader) to cut them down
4) He Himself sends them back down into lower lifeforms - and who knows who many thousands of years they will spend in transmigration, until they collect enough good deeds again and He himself decides to give them another chance.
This line from Guru Nanak Dev Ji shows how fortunate we all are that we are in a position to collect as many virtues as possible and finish our soul's journey. It also explains why Baba Ji has always said that the ones who slander and then go on to slander Saints had that written as their destiny from before they were even born. Due to all the sins they have accumulated in their previous lives and in the past of this life, God's command for them was to lose all their virtues and ultimately to be destroyed.
That is all I wanted to share with Guru's blessing, please forgive us for mistakes, but it shows how everything comes from God and virtues are the key on this path. Lacking them we are destroyed, collecting them we become Dhan Dhan (blessed blessed).
For information , here is the full verse and little bit of history behind the verse - it is one of four verses by guru Nanak Dev Ji written about the invasion of Punjab by the Mughal Babar (collectively known as Babarbani).
"During the end of Guru Nanak's last journey Mughal invader Babar attacked Aimnabad (Saidpur). His troops slaughtered thousands of innocent civilians. Women and children were made captives and all their property looted.
In spite of his destructive role Babar is seen by Guru Nanak to have been an unwitting instrument of the divine Will. Because the Lodhi's had violated God's laws, they had to pay the penalty. Babar descended from Kabul as God's chosen agent, demonstrating the absolute authority of God and the retribution which must follow defiance of His laws. Guru Nanak's commentary on the events which he actually witnessed thus becomes a part of the same universal message. God is absolute and no man may disobey. His commands with impunity. Obey Him and receive freedom. Disobey him and the result must inevitably be retribution, a dire reckoning which brings suffering in this present life and continued transmigration in the hereafter." http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/historical-events/historical-sikh-events-the-invasion-of-babar-1525-ad.html
To Read the original Shabad(verse):
dust of your feet
Harjit
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