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Barah Maha (Mahala 5)

Guru Arjan Sahib

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Humans are considered sensitive beings in this creation. At once, the naturally occurring phenomena in this world affect the sensitivity of the being, and the being’s attitude towards these phenomena reflects their own mental state. Usually, the beauty of nature pleases human beings, but an individual suffering from the pangs of separation may not feel comforted. Rather, it further stimulates the pain and suffering of their separation. The effects of nature on the mind are presented in many literary forms, directly and indirectly. Barah Maha is one such poetic form, in which the effects of natural phenomena on the mind are presented on the basis of twelve months of the native year (Panjabi or Indic calendar), first experiencing separation ...
In this stanza, the wandering and suffering of the being caused by separation from IkOankar (the Divine) have been described. While considering the more...
In this stanza, while delivering the message through the month of Chet (mid-March to mid-April), the Guru conveys that by the contemplation of Nam of more...
In the month of Vaisakh (mid-April to mid-May), the weather is pleasant, and the crops begin to ripen. The stanza conveys that even in this pleasant more...
In the month of Jeth (mid-May to mid-June), the days are long and scorching hot. Through this month, the Guru delivers the message that one ought to more...
The month of Harh (mid-June to mid-July) is scorching. In this month, hot winds blow. The beings who do not feel the presence of IkOankar (the Divine) more...
After the scorching hot months of Jeth (mid-May to mid-June) and Harh (mid-June to mid-July), the pleasant month of Savan (mid-July to mid-August) more...
In the month of Bhadon (mid-August to mid-September), the clouds arrive and billow, and they leave in no time. This weather keeps one in a state of more...
The weather in the month of Assu (mid-September to mid-October) is very pleasant. It is neither too hot nor too cold. In this environment, love for more...
In the month of Kattak (mid-October to mid-November), the weather becomes cold. But the seeker remains miserable without IkOankar (the Divine). In the more...
Through the month of Maghar (mid-November to mid-December), it is advised that the seeker’s mind and body remain perpetually flourished who, through more...
In the month of Poh (mid-December to mid-January), winter is at its peak. Due to the cold weather, the juice of the fruits and the sap of the trees more...
The month of Magh (mid-January to mid-February) is also very cold. In this month, going on pilgrimages and taking baths there is considered to be very more...
After the month of Magh (mid-January to mid-February), there is a significant change in the weather in Phagan (mid-February to mid-March). Winter more...
This stanza summarizes all the stanzas of Barahmaha. Like Guru Nanak Sahib (in Barahmaha Tukhari), Guru Arjan Sahib counsels the being that one who more...