Bhagat Surdas
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Bhagat Surdas was a poet, sant and musician of India. He is said to have been blind from birth. He was another influential Bhagat in the Bhagti Movement of India. He is traditionally believed to have lived from 1483 to 1573, and to have lived in Vrindavan, near Mathura.
Bhagat Surdas has also been incorporated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Many argue that some shabads in Guru Granth Sahib are of more importance then others. However, an important understanding one must have is that no shabad is greater then the other. Everything in Guru Granth Sahib has been compiled together to bring an understanding and a dialogue with the Eternal so that we may understand the 'True' essence of Ek Onkar (The One all existing forever continually creating Lord.). Bhagat Surdas Ji is an example of this very principle.
The Bani
Bhagat Surdas only has one line in Guru Granth Sahib. He provides the following revelation:
ਛਾਡਿ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਮੁਖਨ ਕੋ ਸੰਗੁ ॥ shhaadd man har bimukhan ko sa(n)g || O mind, do not even associate with those who have turned their backs on the Lord.
To this Guru Arjan Dev Ji composed a Shabad in Bhagat Surdas Jis name. Guru Ji writes.
ਸਾਰੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਸੂਰਦਾਸ ॥
सारंग महला ५ सूरदास ॥
Sārang mehlā 5 Sūrḏās.
Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Sur Daas:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
Ikoaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਗ ਬਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਲੋਕ ॥
हरि के संग बसे हरि लोक ॥
Har kė sang basė har lok.
The people of the Lord dwell with the Lord.
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਅਰਪਿ ਸਰਬਸੁ ਸਭੁ ਅਰਪਿਓ ਅਨਦ ਸਹਜ ਧੁਨਿ ਝੋਕ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
तनु मनु अरपि सरबसु सभु अरपिओ अनद सहज धुनि झोक ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Ŧan man arap sarbas sabẖ arpio anaḏ sahj ḏẖun jẖok. ||1|| rahāo.
They dedicate their minds and bodies to Him; they dedicate everything to Him. They are intoxicated with the celestial melody of intuitive ecstasy. ||1||Pause||
ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪੇਖਿ ਭਏ ਨਿਰਬਿਖਈ ਪਾਏ ਹੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਥੋਕ ॥
दरसनु पेखि भए निरबिखई पाए है सगले थोक ॥
Ḏarsan pėkẖ bẖaė nirbikẖaī pāė hai saglė thok.
Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption. They obtain absolutely everything.
ਆਨ ਬਸਤੁ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਕਛੂਐ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਬਦਨ ਅਲੋਕ ॥੧॥
आन बसतु सिउ काजु न कछूऐ सुंदर बदन अलोक ॥१॥
Ān basaṯ sio kāj na kacẖẖūai sunḏar baḏan alok. ||1||
They have nothing to do with anything else; they gaze on the beauteous Face of God. ||1||
ਸਿਆਮ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਤਜਿ ਆਨ ਜੁ ਚਾਹਤ ਜਿਉ ਕੁਸਟੀ ਤਨਿ ਜੋਕ ॥
सिआम सुंदर तजि आन जु चाहत जिउ कुसटी तनि जोक ॥
Siām sunḏar ṯaj ān jo cẖāhaṯ jio kustī ṯan jok.
But one who forsakes the elegantly beautiful Lord, and harbors desire for anything else, is like a leech on the body of a leper.
ਸੂਰਦਾਸ ਮਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਹਥਿ ਲੀਨੋ ਦੀਨੋ ਇਹੁ ਪਰਲੋਕ ॥੨॥੧॥੮॥
सूरदास मनु प्रभि हथि लीनो दीनो इहु परलोक ॥२॥१॥८॥
Sūrḏās man parabẖ hath līno ḏīno ih parlok. ||2||1||8||
Says Sur Daas, God has taken my mind in His Hands. He has blessed me with the world beyond. ||2||1||8||
| These are the 15 Bhagats of Sikhism |
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Bhagat Beni | Bhagat Bhikhan | Bhagat Dhanna | Sheikh Farid | Bhagat Jaidev | Bhagat Kabir | Bhagat Namdev | Bhagat Parmanand | Bhagat Pipa | Bhagat Ramanand | Bhagat Ravidas | Bhagat Sadhna | Bhagat Sain | Bhagat Surdas | Bhagat Trilochan |
