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Kaagad likhe so kaagadi, kee byohaari jeev.
Aatam drishTi kahan likhe, jit dekhe tit peev.


Those who write praises of Beloved or those who write about the Truth are but practical and worldly people (they have not experienced it yet). Those who have attained the eyes of soul or self, who have realized the self, can’t write about it. Even if they want to write they can't, what and where they will write? For them it is only Beloved everywhere, all over.
I don't agree with everything this person says, but the "da" being pronounced as "za" makes sense. Thats why some people write Ramazan and some write Ramadan(more on the arabic letter below)

The following note I found on https://www.sikhawareness.com/topic/18823-when-to-pronounce-dadda-%E0%A8%A6-as-za-%E0%A9%9B-how-to-read-guru-granth-sahib-part-3/  -


To learn the Arabic pronunciation see: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYNEY7WvDas


Dadda as Soft Th- or Z

Special Dadda.

 

ਨਦਰੀ

Pronounced as Nazaree

ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥

karmee aavai kaprda Nazree mokh(sh) duar

ਨਦਰ - Notice how we pronounced the ਦ as Z - Nazar.

Mokh(sh) - This will be covered in a future lesson.Just like how Dadda sometimes make the Z sound, Khakha sometimes makes the Shatkone sound.

 

ਹਾਦਰਾ

Pronounced as Haazraa

ਹਦੂਰਿ

Pronounced as Hazoori

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਵੇਖੈ ਹਾਦਰਾ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥

Gavai ko vekhai Haazraa Hazoori

 

ਕਾਦੀਆ

Pronounced as Qazeeaan.

ਵਖਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕਾਦੀਆ ਜਿ ਲਿਖਨਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥

Vakht na paayo Qazeeaan je likhni lekh kurann

Why is the n there? Here it is plural so we add a bindi to the end indicated by n.

If Guru Sahib was calling out to a Qazee "Hey Qazeeaa" then there would be no bindi (n) sound.


Maskeen katha notes 

Asa DI vaar #5

Wonder is beyond intellect. 

When ego comes in, wonder goes away. There is no mystery if you know everything. If you understand that what we know is incomplete we are capable of vismaad. For that reason kids, poets and saints all have vismaad. Most other people have ego and don’t have vismaad. 

A kid loves butterflies. Sun. Snow. Flowers. Moon. Mystery abounds. Vismaad. 

Poets also have this vismaad. 

Saints also have the highest vismaad. They can see through their soul. Vekh vidaan rehaa vismaad says nanak. Nanak bujhe pure bhaag - only with good fortune does anyone get this. 

The normal person in his ego says I know clouds. I know earth. I know the sun. The scientist doesn’t have vismaad. 

Guru Nanak says I’m in wonder because of all this things  

He starts with sound  vismaad naad  

Clouds. Wind. Birds. Music. These make the saint wonder. But not for the layman. But do you really hear do you really listen  namdev says sabhai ghat Raam bole.

He says I’m in wonder because of knowledge. There is wisdom in everything  even the leaf has wisdom  even a droplet in the ocean has an ocean of wealth.

Then I am wonder because of all the living beings on earth. No animal is like any other animal.  Even every leaf of the same tree is different.  I am in wonder because of all the differences. 

Vismad roop ... rang

So many shapes and so many colors. Every organism is different.  Even one fish may have so many different colors.

A saint might fall in love with an eggplant because he sees God in it. But the layman might see an eggplant even if you showed him God. He wouldn’t recognize. 

Vismaad naange phire

I am surprised that animals are naked and they are not embarrassed. 

Vismaad pavan paani Agni ... 

I’m in vismaad looking at pavan. You give me life and refresh me.  You give me warmth. You quench my thirst. You fill me with wonder. 

Daava agan, badva agan, 


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