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PARMANAND, a Maharashtrian saint-poet, one of whose hymns is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Born probably in 1483, he is believed to have resided at Bãrsi, situated to the north of Pandharpur, in present-day Sholãpur district of Mahãrãshtra. Parmãnand was a devotee of Vishnu and used in his songs the nom de plume Sarañg, the name of a bird ever thirsty for the raindrop. He always longed for God whom he worshipped in the Vaisnavite manifestation of Krsna. He used to make, it is said, seven hundred genuflexions daiy to God on his uncovered, often bleeding, knees. He believe for a long time that God could be worshipped as an Image only, but later he had the realization that the nirguna Supreme, God unmanifest, could also be loved and prayed to.Parminand’s one hymn incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib (p. 1253) subscribes to this view. In this hymn, he disapproves of the ritualistic reading and hearing of the sacred books If that has not disposed to the service of fellow beings.He commends sincere devotion which could be imbibed from the company of holy saints. Lust,wrath, avarice, slander have to be expunged for they render all seva, ie. service, fruitless
Shabad from Parmanand in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib
ਸਾਰੰਗ ॥ saarang. Saarang: ੴ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ਤੈ ਨਰ ਕਿਆ ਪਰਾਨ ਸਨਿ ਕੀਨਾ ॥ ਅਨਪਾਵਨੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਉਪਜੀ ਭੂਖੈ ਦਾਨ ਨ ਦੀਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਕਾਮ ਨ ਬਿਸਰਿਓ ਕਰੋਧ ਨ ਬਿਸਰਿਓ ਲੋਭ ਨ ਛੂਟਿਓ ਦੇਵਾ ॥ ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਮਖ ਤੇ ਨਹੀ ਛੂਟੀ ਨਿਫਲ ਭਈ ਸਭ ਸੇਵਾ ॥੧॥ ਬਾਟ ਪਾਰਿ ਘਰ ਮੂਸਿ ਬਿਰਾਨੋ ਪੇਟ ਭਰੈ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ॥ ਜਿਹਿ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਜਾਇ ਅਪਕੀਰਤਿ ਸੋਈ ਅਬਿਦਿਆ ਸਾਧੀ ॥੨॥ ਹਿੰਸਾ ਤਉ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਨਹੀ ਛੂਟੀ ਜੀਅ ਦਇਆ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਲੀ ॥ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕਥਾ ਪਨੀਤ ਨ ਚਾਲੀ ॥੩॥੧॥੬॥ |
Reference
- Excerpts taken from Encyclopedia of Sikhism by Harbans Singh. Published by Punjabi University, Patiala
- The Sikh Religion, Vol 6,, Max Arthur MacAuliff, Oxford University Press, 1909.