I've been watching a series on Gurbani Grammar (Vyakaran) and a series on the proper pronunciation of Gurbani. I knew that the grammar of Gurbani was important towards proper pronunciation, but I also now understand how it also impacts us greatly because of interpretation. Gurbani has a very specific set of grammatical rules, that was created so that Gurbani could not be possibly misinterpreted or twisted by anyone. For example, the spellings of "Man" will be various with onkards, and syaree, or neither, and the meanings will be various depending on what has been applied. I watched an excellent series from Giani Amritpal Singh and one of the first things he mentioned is that why don't we pronounce the onkarh or syaree on the ends of words in Gurbani like Satnam, Gur Parsad, or Akal Moorat. It really caught my attention, and he showed that although it is a silent pronunciation, it is used to help us interpret the word as singular, multiple, masculine, feminine, calling out (Oh Waheguru), addressed towards us, towards others, etc. Without this understanding we will be pausing at the wrong parts in Gurbani, and reading it incorrectly. When it is read with the pauses in the wrong places, and without the emphasis on the right pronunciation, we also will have huge troubles in figuring out what the interpretation of the Gurbani is. Reading Gurbani is more than simply knowing how to read Gurmukhi and put it together.
Normally I'm not one to be interested in nouns and pronouns but this certainly was an engaging and important series and the speaker is very humorous. I think that it helps us give appreciation as well for the depth of Gurbani. I remember years ago looking at an overview of this in a different youtube series, and that was also very good and again the speaker was really funny. In that one, he reminded us as well that the reason why certain words are written as they are is because of the poetic measure of Gurbani and the need to pay attention to the lengths of the words, the Raag, and the formatting.
On his last video Giani Ji summarized beautifully that the three meanings of Waheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru in Ardas together are to remember God when we speak, when we act, and through our thoughts, and to ensure that when people leave the Gurdwara Sahib they really think wow the sewadars are treating us with the love of God when they speak to us, in their actions and thoughts towards us. I think its something important for each of us to enact into our everyday lives.
Here's the series. There's 7 days of Vyakaran and then 3 days of Shudh Ucharan.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3cqix6J4s
Normally I'm not one to be interested in nouns and pronouns but this certainly was an engaging and important series and the speaker is very humorous. I think that it helps us give appreciation as well for the depth of Gurbani. I remember years ago looking at an overview of this in a different youtube series, and that was also very good and again the speaker was really funny. In that one, he reminded us as well that the reason why certain words are written as they are is because of the poetic measure of Gurbani and the need to pay attention to the lengths of the words, the Raag, and the formatting.
On his last video Giani Ji summarized beautifully that the three meanings of Waheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru in Ardas together are to remember God when we speak, when we act, and through our thoughts, and to ensure that when people leave the Gurdwara Sahib they really think wow the sewadars are treating us with the love of God when they speak to us, in their actions and thoughts towards us. I think its something important for each of us to enact into our everyday lives.
Here's the series. There's 7 days of Vyakaran and then 3 days of Shudh Ucharan.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3cqix6J4s
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