Bhagat Surdas
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 South Asia. He is traditionally believed to have lived from 1483 to 1573, and to have lived in Vrindavan, near Mathura.
A line by Bhagat Surdas has been incorporated into the 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 line is an example of this very principle.
The Bani
Bhagat Surdas has only one line in the Guru Granth Sahib. He provides the following revelation:
ਛਾਡਿ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਮਖਨ ਕੋ ਸੰਗ ॥ shhaadd man hari bimukhan ko sa(n)g || O mind, do not even associate with those who have turned their backs on the Lord Hari.
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 ॥
Sĝrang mehlĝ 5 Sūrḝĝs.
Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Sur Daas:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ੴ सतिगढ़र पढ़रसादि ॥
Ikoaʼnkĝr saṯgur parsĝḝ.
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.
ਤਨ ਮਨ ਅਰਪਿ ਸਰਬਸ ਸਭ ਅਰਪਿਓ ਅਨਦ ਸਹਜ ਧਨਿ ਝੋਕ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
तनढ़ मनढ़ अरपि सरबसढ़ सभढ़ अरपिओ अनद सहज धढ़नि झोक ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Ŧan man arap sarbas sabẖ arpio anaḝ sahj ḝẖun jẖok. ||1|| rahĝo.
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||
ਦਰਸਨ ਪੇਖਿ ਭਝ ਨਿਰਬਿਖਈ ਪਾਝ ਹੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਥੋਕ ॥
दरसनढ़ पेखि भझ निरबिखई पाझ है सगले थोक ॥
Ḏarsan pėkẖ bẖaė nirbikẖaī pĝė hai saglė thok.
Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption. They obtain absolutely everything.
ਆਨ ਬਸਤ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜ ਨ ਕਛੂਝ ਸੰਦਰ ਬਦਨ ਅਲੋਕ ॥੧॥
आन बसतढ़ सिउ काजढ़ न कछूझ सढ़ंदर बदन अलोक ॥१॥
Ān basaṯ sio kĝj na kacẖẖūai sunḝar baḝan alok. ||1||
They have nothing to do with anything else; they gaze on the beauteous Face of God. ||1||
ਸਿਆਮ ਸੰਦਰ ਤਜਿ ਆਨ ਜ ਚਾਹਤ ਜਿਉ ਕਸਟੀ ਤਨਿ ਜੋਕ ॥
सिआम सढ़ंदर तजि आन जढ़ चाहत जिउ कढ़सटी तनि जोक ॥
Siĝm sunḝar ṯaj ĝn jo cẖĝhaṯ jio kustī ṯan jok.
But one who forsakes the dark beautiful Lord (Shyam Sundara), and harbors desire for anything else, is like a leech on the body of a leper.
ਸੂਰਦਾਸ ਮਨ ਪਰਭਿ ਹਥਿ ਲੀਨੋ ਦੀਨੋ ਇਹ ਪਰਲੋਕ ॥੨॥੧॥੮॥
सूरदास मनढ़ पढ़रभि हथि लीनो दीनो इहढ़ परलोक ॥२॥१॥८॥
Sūrḝĝs man parabẖ hath līno ḝīno 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||
Popular culture
Surdas is the subject of a key question in the film Slumdog Millionaire that
Jamal Malik is expected to miss by the show's producers, after which he becomes a serious threat to go all the way.
| 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 |
