the saints.Let us consider the above two quotations. In these, the words ‘Gur’ ‘Moorat’ and ‘charan’ have been used. It is an accepted fact that in every language, one word can have name meanings and correct meaning of a word is known by examining the context in which it has been used. For example we have a word ‘Dhan’ in Punjabi. It means, ‘wealth, ‘wife’ and even extremely respected.We will have to gibe it one of the above meaning as per the context in which it has been used. If a person knows only one meaning of a word ‘Dhan’ and uses that meaning always without caring for the context the learned would treat him as a fool and similarly the word ‘Gur’ ‘Moorat’ and ‘Charan’ have other meanings and do not always mean Guru. Photo and feet respectively. But if one know only one meaning of these words he would always use that meaning without caring for the context. For example if we say ‘God’ while talking with a kashmiri he would always think of ‘fish’ as in Kashmiri language fish is called god. Similarly, if a Kashmiri says god, meaning fish, to an English knowing person who does not know Kashmiri language he would think about ‘God’ the Creator. This confusion results from the fact that Kashmiri does not know English and the other person does not know Kashmiri language.so they take their own meanings for the word god. Similarly, our friends know only one meaning of the words i.e. Gur means Guru, Moorat means Photo and Charan means feet. Let us examine other meanings of these words as used in Gurbani, Shri Guru Arjan Dev gives the definition of Guru as under:“Gur is Almighty, Gur is Form-less, Gur is beyond the comprehension of mind and wisdom, us unfathomable and Limitless. Ineffable are the praises of Gur. How can one say the praises (of Gur).”Page 52/17“The Gur is th...
