When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time.
The news spread throughout the world, and the beings of the three worlds came.
The angelic beings and silent sages from all the three worlds came to see Him.
Those who are touched by the Guru, the True Guru - all their sins and mistakes were erased and dispelled.
The Yogis, the nudists, the Sannyaasees and those of the six schools of philosophy spoke with Him, and then bowed and departed.
When the Guru, the True Guru, first arrived at Kuruk-shaytra, it was a very auspicious time. ||3||
# Raag Tukhaari, Shabad 10 — The Whole World Came to See
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the Guru first reached the sacred grounds, it felt like a blessed, shining time.
Word spread everywhere, and it seemed the whole of creation came to gather.
Wise and gentle seekers of every kind arrived just to be near.
Everyone the Guru touched felt their old mistakes simply fall away.
Yogis, wandering monks, and thinkers from many schools came, talked together with respect, bowed, and went on their way.
When the Guru first reached the sacred grounds, it was a blessed, shining time.
The scene fills up with seekers from every path: sur nar mun jan (bright beings and silent sages), and then jogee, digambar, sanniaasee, khat darsan — yogis, bare ascetics, renunciants, and followers of the six classical schools of Indian philosophy. The poem treats them all with respect: they came, held discussion (gosat), bowed, and departed as friends. This interfaith evenhandedness is deliberate. Kilvikh naas means old mistakes dispelled for those the Guru touched. The stanza wraps in its opening line about the blessed arrival.
What is good about people from very different paths sitting down together?
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