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By Sukhmandir Khalsa, About.com Guide to Sikhism

Khalsa Mother and Child

Tuesday May 6, 2008

Sikh mother and child.
Photo © [Gurumustuk Singh Khalsa]

Jin har hirdai naam na basio tin maat keejai har baanjaa||
The Lord's Name does not abide within their hearts - their mothers ought to have been sterile." SGGS||697

Reading the line from gurbani above, a mother's heart could not help but cringe and feel a chill.
If you are looking for the perfect Mother's Day gift, the gurbani below is sure to please the Khalsa mother:

"bolhu jas jihabaa din raat ||
Resound His Praises with your tongue, day and night.

prabh apanai jan keenee daat||
God Himself has given this gift to His servants.

kareh bhagat aatam kai chaae||
Performing devotional worship with heart-felt love,

prabh apanae sio reheh samaae||
they remain absorbed in God Himself.

jo hoaa hovat so jaanai||
They know the past and the present.

prabh apnae kaa hukam pashaanai||
They recognize God's Own Command.

tis kee mehimaa koun bakhaano ||
Who can describe His Glory?

this kaa gun kehi eaek na jaano ||
I cannot describe even one of His virtuous qualities.

aatth pehar prabh baseh hajoorae||
Those who dwell in God's Presence, twenty-four hours a day

kahu naanak sae-ee jan poorae ||7||
says Nanak, they are the perfect persons. ||7||SGGS||286

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