ANG 143 SGGS

Ang 143-SGGS(SACHy GURAn dy GRANTH SAHIB)

mehlaa 1. First Mehl

vaykh je mithaa kati-aa kat kut baDhaa paa-ay.

khundhaa andar rakh kai dayn so mal sajaa-ay.

ras kas tatar paa-ee-ai tapai tai villaa-ay.

bhee so fog samaalee-ai dichai ag jaalaa-ay.

naanak mithai patree-ai vaykhhu lokaa aa-ay. ||2||

--Ang 143 of SGGS(SACHy GURAn dy GRANTH SAHIB)

Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles, and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed. What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out. And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.

Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated!

On one level it is metaphorical, but on TRUE level it shows how SGGS views life.

SGGS goes further...

• gud ko ganda peediye gun ko miliye roye avgun aarye nanka bhalo na kahiye koye.......'