Sri Japji Sahib: English Translation from the Original Gurmukhi

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is the opening chapter of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, a sacred scripture and songbook of Divine Love and human inclusiveness, reiterating the essence and priorities of the perennial teachings for a successful, liberated life during the dark ages of kali yug. Guru Nanak Dev Ji traveled to the far corners of the world to spread his message of a universal truth: to see a divine light that lives in every human being. Gurbani cites Aisa Giaan Japo Man Mere, Hovo Chakar Sache Kere, where the word Jap means to understand wisdom.

I experienced a total reset and feel very much more in love with the Japji as I really feel that it holds all answers (and “secrets”) of life. The verse 5 states that He has endless virtues, so one must sing His name, listen, and keep the love for Him in one's heart. Few such important concepts are ‘Guru’, ‘Baani/Gurbaani’, ‘Hukam’, ‘Maaya’, ‘Man’, ‘Haumain’, ‘Naam/Shabad’, ‘Sat/Sach/Waheguru’ and ‘Simran’. All the available translations of Japji Sahib are narrative in nature and therefore, make it impossible to relate them to each word of the original rendering in Gurmukhi script. At the point when the last of the Human Gurus departed this Earth, the Guruship was passed to the Holy Book, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ( SGGS).It also explains the specific acts to be performed in life and the manner in which they are to be performed for achieving the laid down objective of human life. The Japji Sahib consists of the Mool Mantra(Root Mantra) as the beginning followed by 38 hymns and a final Salok at the end of this composition. By the time I discovered Japji in June 2003, I had been trying for 3 1/2 years to come to terms with fibromyalgia. Japji Sahib composition of the Kartarpur Bir written by Bhai Gurdas under the supervision of Guru Arjan, ca. I thought, "I can’t even hold my arms over my head for 11 seconds because my muscles are so weak, and even if I could, the pain would be unbearable.

When I had finally regained enough energy and vitality to begin moving in and through my life again in 2000, fibromyalgia symptoms flared up with full force and incapacitated me in a new way. Myriads of Sitas are there, cool and calm in their majestic glory, Their physical features are beyond description.I thought I needed to commit myself again to intense japa (reciting), but didn’t feel drawn to any particular Sanskrit mantra. In style, it generally approaches the Sutras of the Sanskrit literature for being concise and elliptical.