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21.1 Gurmukh - Dedicated To The Guru (Gurmukhi, Hindi, English)

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ਗੁਰੂ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ 'ਗੁਰਮੁਖ' ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੋ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੁਮੇਲ ਤੋਂ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੈ- 'ਗੁਰੂ ਅਤੇ ਮੁਖ'। ਭਾਵ ਜਿਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਵਲ ਮੁਖ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।  ਐਸਾ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕੇਵਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਦੀ ਰਜ਼ਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਹੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਬਤੀਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਗੁਰੂ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਸਰਬੋਤਮ ਹੈ। ਸਿੱਖ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਜਿਹੀ ਮਿਸਾਲ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ 'ਭਾਈ ਲਹਣਾ ਜੀ' ਨੇ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ। ਆਪ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਸੁੱਧ ਬੁੱਧ ਭੁਲਾ ਕੇ  ਕੇਵਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਦੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਤੇ ਆਪ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਇਹ ਸਮਰਪਣ ਆਪ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਆਤਮਕ ਸ਼ਿਖਰ ਤੇ ਲੈ ਗਯਾ | ਇਸ ਲਈ 'ਧੰਨ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ' ਨੇ ਆਪ ਜੀ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਰ ਗੱਦੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ 'ਧੰਨ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ' ਭਾਵ 'ਗੁਰੂ ਕਾ ਅੰਗ' ਦੇ ਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਜਾਣ ਲੱਗਾ।  ਗੁਰੂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 'ਗੁਰਮੁਖ' ਦੀ ਵਫ਼ਾਦਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡੇ ਵਰਗਾ ਜੀਵ ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਬਿਆਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸ...

21.0 Gurmukh - According to the words of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (English, Hindi, Punjabi)

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Who is Gurmukh? Humanity has been searching for his origins since beginning. Origin means to understand one's own existence and to know its purpose. Like how did I originate? What's my real goal? Questions about his existence and purpose has inspired many to continue the quest. And they made it the purpose of his life to know the origins of human life. But even today, intellectuals have not been able to come to any conclusion on these questions. Their search continues even today. In answer to these questions, many principles were put forward, but no mutual agreement could be reached on any of them. Because of this, humanity has been mired in debates only. And humanity has become entangled only in materialism. Humanity became so entangled in materialism that it considered engagement of senses only the key to the 'Ultimate Happiness.  But the games of ‘Akal Purakh’ are unique. If 'He' had sown curiosity in the human mind to know ‘Him’ and humanity went ast...