Simirjit Kaur, an orphaned girl, went before Guru Granth Sahib to be married to her husband in the Sikh wedding Anand Karaj ceremony. The hymns of lavan sung during the four wedding rounds, imply union of the soul bride with the divine groom. The marriage fuses the souls of the mortal with the immortal and it is said the two bodies from that time on share one light.
Sometime later at the age of 24, Sirmarjit Kaur went back before Guru Granth Sahib and requested her marriage be undone. What is the significance of divorce done by ardaas (the Sikh formal prayer of petition) ?
Such an act would seem to imply a request for the undoing of the divine bond and signify separation of the soul bride from her divine groom.
Divorce is mentioned in Guru Granth Sahib and the separated soul likened to an outcaste woman:
Naanak naam binaa dohaagan chhottee jhooth vichhuniaa ||1||
O Nanak, without the Name of your Lord, you shall end up as a discarded, divorced bride; your own falsehood shall separate you from the Lord. ||1||SGGS ||689
Any thoughts?