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| | <h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 30px;">Signs from God of birth and death found in Jaap Sahib</h1> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | This is an interpretation of the signs from God of birth and |
| | death found in the Jaap Sahib prayer of the Sree Dasam Granth |
| | scripture. A Sign is a mark of the will of God and is a |
| | communication from God to people. A sign can be an object, daily |
| | activity, divine action, events in the world news and part of |
| | the content of scriptures. |
| | </p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | My name is Amardeep Singh Chawla. I am a Sikh and I live in the |
| | province of Ontario located in Canada. I have seen signs from |
| | God about myself in Sikh history and Sikh scriptures. First, the |
| | signs found in Sikh history that show a basis for the signs |
| | found in the Jaap Sahib prayer are interpreted. Second, the |
| | signs of my birth found in the Jaap Sahib prayer are |
| | interpreted. Last, the signs of my death found in the Jaap Sahib |
| | prayer are interpreted. |
| | </p> |
| | <h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" id="history">Signs in Sikh history</h2> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | The first signs I would like to discuss are the ones relating to the third |
| | Profit (Guru) of Sikhism. The name of the third Profit was Amardaas. The first |
| | syllable in Guru Amardaas’ name is Amar which is the same as the first syllable |
| | in my name. Guru Amardaas was born in the year A.D. 1479 and died in the year |
| | A.D. 1574. I was born on the 28th day of November in the year 1979. Guru Amardaas |
| | and I share the seventy nine in the year of birth. I would like to consider the |
| | digit seven and the digit four in the year A.D. 1574. The multiplication of the |
| | digit seven and the digit four is equal to twenty eight which is the same as the |
| | day of my birth. The addition of the digit seven and digit four is equal to |
| | eleven which is the as the number of the month of my birth. Consequently, the |
| | number seventy four is a sign from God. Since Guru Amardaas was a very religious |
| | man, therefore this is sign that I will be a close devotee of God. |
| | </p> |
| | <h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" id="birth_sign">Birth sign in Jaap Sahib</h2> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | I would like to discuss the signs that I have noticed in the Jaap Sahib prayer |
| | from the Dasam Granth Sahib scripture. The Dasam Granth Sahib was written by |
| | the tenth Profit whose name was Gobind Singh. The Jaap Sahib is the first prayer |
| | in Dasam Granth Sahib and is read daily in the ambrosial hours of the dawn by |
| | many Sikhs. It is given as one of the morning prayers in the Rehat Maryada |
| | which is the Sikh code of conduct. |
| | </p> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਰੂਆਲ ਛੰਦ ॥ ਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥</span><br> |
| | Rooaal Chhand|| Tav Prasaad||<br> |
| | Roo-aal Chhand(poetic style) written with Your Grace.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: #225599; color: #c6d9f1;">ਆਦਿ</span> ਰੂਪ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੋਨਿ ਪੁਰਖ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਅਪਾਰ</span> ॥</span><br> |
| | Aad(i) Roop Anaadh Moorat(i) Ajon(i) Purakh Apaar||<br> |
| | You are the Starting-Being (Primordial Being) - from before the beginning of the time, Beyond Birth (Do not Incarnate), and Limitless.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਸਰਬ ਮਾਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਮਾਨ ਦੇਵ ਅਭੇਵ <span style="background: #225599; color: #c6d9f1;">ਆਦਿ</span> <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਉਦਾਰ</span> ॥</span><br> |
| | Sarab Maan Trimaan Dev Abhev Aad(i) Udaar||<br> |
| | All revere You, You are worshipped in the three worlds (earth, sky, nether world: bottom of the earth), a Secret-Unsolved, and Big generous from the beginning.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਸਰਬ ਪਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਘਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਪੁਨਿ ਕਾਲ ॥</span><br> |
| | Sarab Paalak Sarab Dhaalak Sarab Ko Pun(i) Kaal||<br> |
| | You sustain everyone, You send the people here (Cause of their births), and in the end You are their Destroyer.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਜੱਤ੍ਰ ਤੱਤ੍ਰ ਬਿਰਾਜਹੀ ਅਵਧੂਤ ਰੂਪ ਰਿਸਾਲ ॥੭੯॥</span><br> |
| | Jattra Tattra Biraajhee Avdhoot Roop Rasaal||79||<br> |
| | You are present here and there: everywhere (Omnipresent), and yet You are not attached to anyone (Detached), but still you are the “Enjoyer of All.” |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 79</p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | I would like to discuss Jaap Sahib stanza seventy nine. Please read the |
| | Gurmukhi, transliteration and translation of the stanza given above. |
| | This is a new section in the Jaap Sahib prayer and has the raag heading |
| | Rooaal Chhand. The raag heading is the measure to be used for the |
| | section of the prayer. There are exactly twenty eight words in the |
| | stanza. The stanza begins with the word Aad which means beginning. There |
| | are two syllables in my first name. The first syllable is Amar which |
| | begins with the letter A and second is Deep which begins with the letter |
| | D. These are two consonants that make up the word Aad. The other symbols |
| | are vowels. There is one more occurrence of the word Aad. This puts |
| | emphasis on the word Aad and therefore the word Aad is a sign from God |
| | of my birth. There are exactly eleven words between the two occurrences |
| | of the word Aad. Therefore, stanza seventy nine is a significant sign of |
| | my birth giving the month, day and year of my birth as 11, 28 and 79 |
| | respectively. |
| | </p> |
| | <h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" id="death_sign">Death sign in Jaap Sahib</h2> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਚਰਪਟ ਛੰਦ ॥ ਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥</span><br> |
| | Charpat Chhand|| Tav Prasaad||<br> |
| | Charpat Chhand(poetic style), composed by Your Grace.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਰਮੇ ॥ ਅੰਬ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਰਮੇ ॥</span><br> |
| | Anmrit Karme|| Anbrit Dharme||<br> |
| | Your deeds are immortal (True). Your discipline is unpurturbed (Pure).<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਅਖੱਲ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਜੋਗੇ</span> ॥ |
| | <span style="background: #225599; color: #c6d9f1;">ਅਚੱਲ</span> <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਭੋਗੇ</span> ॥੭੪॥</span><br> |
| | Akhall Joge|| Achall Bhoge||74||<br> |
| | Immortal is Your Kingdom. Constant (Unchanged) is Your Creation. |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 74</p> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: #225599; color: #c6d9f1;">ਅਚੱਲ</span> ਰਾਜੇ ॥ ਅਟੱਲ ਸਾਜੇ ॥</span><br> |
| | Achall Raaje|| Atall Saaje||<br> |
| | Immortal is Your Kingdom. Constant(Unchanged) is Your Creation.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਅਖੱਲ ਧਰਮੰ ॥ ਅਲੱਖ ਕਰਮੰ ॥੭੫॥</span><br> |
| | Akhall Dharmang|| Alakkh Karmang||75||<br> |
| | Your Dharma (Discipline, righteousness) is complete (abiding). Unseen are Your blessings. |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 75</p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | The section directly previous to the section of stanza 79 starts with stanza 74 |
| | and has the raag heading Charpat Chhand. Please read the Gurmukhi, |
| | transliteration and translation of the stanzas given above. I have previously |
| | discussed that the number seventy four is a sign from God. There are thirty six |
| | symbols in the words of the stanza. Guru Amardaas was born in the Sambat year |
| | 1536. At the time, Sambat was the calendar system used by the Sikhs. The Sambat |
| | calendar system is fifty seven years ahead of the A.D. calendar system. I have |
| | calculated the year of my birth to be Sambat 2036. Since thirty six is part of |
| | Guru Amardaas' Sambat year of birth and my Sambat year of birth, therefore it is |
| | an another sign that stanza seventy four has something to do with me. |
| | </p> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਨਮੋ ਜੋਗ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਜੋਗੇ</span> ॥ ਨਮੋ ਭੋਗ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਭੋਗੇ</span> ॥</span><br> |
| | Namo Jog Joge|| Namo Bhog Bhoge||<br> |
| | The “Supreme Yoga,” (Detached One) I bow to You. “The Worldly Man,” I bow |
| | to You. (Yoga, a technique to meet God. Yogis believe in renunciation – |
| | detachment from the world).<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਨਮੋ ਸਰਬ ਦਿਆਲੇ ॥ ਨਮੋ ਸਰਬ ਪਾਲੇ ॥੨੮॥</span><br> |
| | Namo Sarab Diaale|| Namo Sarab Paale||28||<br> |
| | Obeisance to You the Kind One. Obeisance to the Sustainer. |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 28</p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | Please read the Gurmukhi, transliteration and translation of the stanza twenty |
| | eight given above. As you already know, twenty eight is the day of my birth. |
| | There are only eight words in stanza twenty eight and stanza seventy four. I |
| | would like you to notice that the words joge and bhoge are present in stanza |
| | twenty eight and stanza seventy four. Therefore, this is an another sign that |
| | stanza seventy four has something to do with me. The number of words in stanza |
| | seventy nine is a sign of the day of my birth. A similar pattern exists in |
| | stanza seventy four. Moreover, the number of words in stanza seventy four is |
| | eight and is the sign of the day of my death. The number of words between the |
| | two occurrences of the word Aad in stanza seventy nine is a sign of the month of |
| | my birth. A similar pattern of repetition exists in stanza seventy four to |
| | stanza seventy five. The word Achall occurs in the last line of the stanza and |
| | is repeated after the digit seventy four. The word Achall means perpetual. This |
| | is a sign that my soul will exist forever and I will go to heaven. There are |
| | exactly two groups between the two occurrences of the word Achall. The groups |
| | are the word bhoge and the number seventy four. The number two represents the |
| | month February and is a sign of the month of my death. As you already know, |
| | twenty eight is the day of my birth. I would like to remind you that there are |
| | exactly two groups between the two occurrences of the word Achall and there are |
| | eight words in stanza seventy four. Thus, this is an another sign. Therefore, |
| | the seventy fourth stanza is a significant sign of my death giving the month, |
| | day and year of my death as 2, 8 and 74 respectively. |
| | </p> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਨਮਸਤੰ ਅਗੰਜੇ ॥ ਨਮਸਤੰ ਅਭੰਜੇ ॥</span><br> |
| | Namastang Aganje|| Namastang Abhanje||<br> |
| | I bow to You the Unconquerable (One that cannot be won), I bow to You the Indestructible.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਨਮਸਤੰ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਉਦਾਰੇ</span> ॥ ਨਮਸਤੰ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਅਪਾਰੇ</span> ॥੮॥</span><br> |
| | Namastang Udaare|| Namastang Apaare||8||<br> |
| | I bow to You the Broadminded (Generous) One, I bow to You the Limitless. |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 8</p> |
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| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਚਾਚਰੀ ਛੰਦ ॥ ਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥</span><br> |
| | Chaachree Chhand|| Tav Prasaad||<br> |
| | Chaachree Chhand, written by Your Grace.<br><br> |
| | <span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">ਗੋਬਿੰਦੇ॥ ਮੁਕੰਦੇ ॥ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਉਦਾਰੇ</span> ॥ <span style="background: #517198; color: #c6d9f1;">ਅਪਾਰੇ</span> ॥੯੪॥</span><br> |
| | Gobinde|| Mukande|| Udaare|| Apaare||94||<br> |
| | You are the Knower of the Minds, Liberator, Big Hearted, and Limitless. |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| | <p style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;">Signs from God in Jaap Sahib stanza 94</p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | You will notice that stanzas 79, 74 and 94 are directly below the raag heading |
| | and the “Tav Prasaad” phrase. The phrase “Tav Prasaad” means God’s grace. |
| | Coincidentally, I live on a street named Tavistock and the substring Tav is |
| | present in the word. |
| | </p> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | Using the signs from stanza seventy four, I have calculated my age at the date |
| | of death to be ninety four. Please read the Gurmukhi, transliteration and |
| | translation of the stanzas eight and ninety four given above. |
| | There are only eight words in stanza eight and four words in stanza ninety four. |
| | I would like you to notice that the words udare and apare are present in stanza |
| | eight and stanza ninety four. Therefore, these two numbers are related to each |
| | other and this is another sign that the number eight is part of the date of my |
| | death. Furthermore, this is a sign that ninety four is the age of my death. |
| | I would like you to notice that similar words udaar and apaar are present in |
| | stanza 79. This is an another sign that the numbers 8 and 94 are related to me. |
| | </p> |
| | <h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2> |
| | <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | Taking into consideration all the signs of my death and the fact that seventy |
| | four is the year of death of Guru Amardaas, I declare that I will die on |
| | February 8 in the year 2074. |
| | </p> |
| | <h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px;" id="references">External Links</h2> |
| | <ol style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> |
| | <li>[http://sikhism.webuda.com/SignsFromGodInJaapSahib.html Signs from God of Birth and Death]</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.goldensufi.org/book_desc_signs.html The Signs of God] - Chapter 7: Recognizing the Signs of God</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.openbible.info/topics/signs_and_wonders 54 Bible Verses about Signs And Wonders]</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.quran-islam.org/faq/nine_signs_of_moses_%28P1399%29.html The nine signs of Moses]</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.godward.org/biblical%20research/Sign%20of%20Jonah.htm The Sign of Jonah the Prophet]</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.parsquran.com/eng/articles/signs.htm God's Signs in Nature]</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.gurbanifiles.org/translations/Nitnem%20by%20Dr.%20Kulwant%20Singh,%20with%20Punjabi%20&%20Eng%20transla%20&%20PT.pdf Nitnem] - Contains Jaap Sahib prayer in Gurmukhi, transliteration and, English and Punjabi translation</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.sridasam.org Sri Dasam Granth Sahib] - Dasam Granth Scripture in Gurmukhi and English translation</li> |
| | <li>[http://www.keertan.org/keertan/Beant%20Banian/Nitnem/Nitnem%20-%20Giani%20Takhur%20Singh%20Jee/02%20-%20Jaap%20Sahib.mp3 Jaap Sahib Audio] - MP3 by Giani Thakur Singh</li> |
| | </ol> |