Guru Arjand Dev says:“His sight (experience) is fruitful. He is Unborn and self-illumined. He is immortal (Timeless/Deathless) Entity (Akal-Moorat) who never perishes."Page 1088/13So the word ‘Moorat’ also means entity as mentioned in above quotations. Now we examine the meanings of word ‘Charan’.This word has many; meanings but it is most commonly used to mean I) feet of the body and ii) to mean word, instructions, Guru’s order or Guru’s directions. These meanings are given in the encyclopaedia of Shri Guru Granth Sahib (Mahan Kosh written by Bhai Kahan Signgh Nabha). It is necessary to relate a personal incident here. Once a sikh scholar who used to meditate on the Photo (painting of Guru), sais to “Please don’t attach different meanings (to the word ‘Charan’) by inferences. Bow at the Lotus feet (charan) of the Guru clearly means at the feet of the body of the Guru. So one should meditate on the Photo and enshrine feet of the Photo (painting) of Shri Guru Nanak Dev in the mind as Gurbani orders ‘Enshrine feet (charan) of Guru in the heart, “The author replied:The author:If we accept that the word ‘charan has only meaning ‘feet of the body’ then according to following lines of Shri Guru Nanak Dev:“Eradicate self conceit from within thee and remain attached to ‘Charan’ of the Guru.”Page 61/7Then again, Shri Guru Nanak Dev says:“”He enshrines the ‘moorat’ of True-Guru in his mind and attains the boons which he desires.”Page 661/14According to these lines also; if we take the meaning of the word ‘moorat’ only as Photo image, Shri Guru Nanak Dev must have a Guru; in physical form.Hearing this the sikh scholar got perplexed. The author explained that if we accept that ‘Charan’ only means feet of the body and this word has no other meaning, then we will have to accept ...
