ਸ੍ਰੀਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂਜੀਕੀਫਤਹ

Wednesday 3 December 2008

Your will is sweet. I ask for the boon of your name.

Guru Arjan Dev was starved, not allowed to sleep, then heated in boiling water, then as red hot sand was slowly poured over the Guru, he sang with great hope and optimism:

Teraa kee-aa meethaa laagai.
O Waheguru! Your actions seem so sweet to me.
Har naam padaarath naanak maaNgai.
Nanak begs for the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

The Guru was then heated on a red hot plate, on the fifth day of torture from the Islamic priest and rulers, The Guru was allowed to bath in the river, the Guru's body disappeared.

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