The Lavan in English
The Lavan is so beautiful! Guru Ram Das Ji wrote it for his own wedding. I love to read it every day out loud with my wife. Here's my translation of it:
LAVAN: SOOHEE, FOURTH CHANNEL OF LIGHT: 1. In the first round of the marriage ceremony, the Lord gives you His Instructions for performing the daily duties of married life. Instead of performing rituals by routine, embrace the righteous life of Dharma, and do nothing that separates you from God. Meditate on God’s Name. Embrace and practice Simran - the continuous remembrance of your True Identity. Worship and adore the Guru, the Perfect True Guru, and all the errors of your past shall be washed away. By your great destiny, you shall know that bliss which passes all understanding, and the Lord - Har, Har, will become sweet to your mind. Servant Nanak proclaims that in this first round, the marriage ceremony has begun. 2. In the second round of the marriage ceremony, the Lord guides you to meet the True Guru - the Primal teacher. Filled with the awe of the Infinite, your ego dissolves away. In awe of the One who is forever pure, sing His Wonderful Praises and see God in all. The Lord - the Supreme Soul, is the Master of the Universe. He fills everything, everywhere. He fills all spaces. Deep within you, and outside as well, there is only One God. God’s humble servants meet together and sing the songs of joy and ecstasy. Servant Nanak proclaims that in this second round, the music of the spheres resounds. 3. In the third round of the marriage ceremony your heart is filled with Divine Love. By my great destiny I have met the humble Saints who love the Lord and I have found God. I have found the pure Lord and I sing His Wonderful Praises. I speak the Word of the Lord’s Bani. By great destiny I have found the humble Saints and I speak the silent language of the Infinite. The Lord’s Name - Har, Har, Har, vibrates and resounds within my heart. Meditating on God, I have realized the great destiny inscribed upon my forehead. Servant Nanak proclaims that in this third round, the heart is full with Divine Love of the One God. 4. In the fourth round of the marriage ceremony I have found God and my mind is filled with peace. Living as a Gurmukh, I have met Him with simple ease. My mind and body are full of sweet delight. I am pleasing to God - and night and day I lovingly focus my awareness on the One. I have merged with my Lord and Master and all my desires are fulfilled. The Lord’s Name resounds and reverberates within me and all around me. The One God, my Lord and Master, merges with His Divine Bride and her heart blossoms with His Holy Naam. Servant Nanak proclaims that in this fourth round, we have become One with the Eternal Lord. Wahe Guru!
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Post a CommentSat Nam!
Forgive me my ignorance, but do the newly weds promise something to each other too? Like to take care of each other, to be faithful, to raise the children as good sikhs etc?
The love for Waheguru is of course very important in life, but each others love as well, isn't it?
And just out of curiosity; do you fall in love before or after marriage? I am the laughing stock for my punjabi friends with having a love -marriage.
I do not want to start a discussion on arranged marriages, but i am simply curious.
Thank you anyhow for the translation.
manpreet
In our wedding process the Minister
usually discusses all of these points with the couple.....actually asks them if they are really willing to do these rounds and with all the implications of a lifelong committment...challenges and changes considered.
Sat nam!
Thank you for your quick answer.
But who is the minister? Is it the granthi? Or a member of the sangat?
And please, what is "in our wedding process"? Do you mean during the wedding, before lavaan.
Or is it on some other occasion, when the young couple makes their plan to marry clear to "the minister"
Sorry i am asking so much, but very often marriage is just a quick way for getting legal papers. It makes me very sad, though i try to understand.
Thank God i know some "real" couples too.
Hope i did not hurt anyone.
manpreet
Today's(Thursday's) Hukam is the lavan! what a coincidence! :)
Having this translation is a really good idea, Thanks very much for that....it now gives me a good idea of what level of commitment that we are making to eachother when getting married in the Guru Ghar. I always found wedding boring...maybe because I didnt have a clue of what they were saying....maybe if all the ministers explained in english what was going on then that way we wouldnt be bored and that we woould like to see the whole ceremony and not just the 1st 5 minuts of it and skipping to go straight to the reception!!!! Now that I know, I will not be doing that again!!!!!
Dear Manpreet
sweety you should Not feel like a lauging stock!!!! No one should ever make you feel ashamed of having a love marrige....you should be proud that you went out there and found a husband with out your mum's help!!! Im proud of you and so should the people around you!!! since these people around you make you feel like this...is it really worth you knowing them??? Are they really worth you wasting your time thinking about their negativity towards you??
You have to remember that you are living your life for you, your husband, your children and most importantly Waheguru ji!!!! He is the one who gave you life so DONT waste it on negativity and make the most of it!!! For every minute you waste on being angry or thinking negatively that 60 seconds of happiness and peace wasted!!! (Good Quote innit)
if ever you need someone to talk to then please do not hesitate to email me at kiranjit69@gmail.com, for we are all Sikhi's on a similar path towards enlightenment!!!!
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Wahegure je ke Fateh!!!!
Sat Shri Akal!
Please, please don't think i am angry or negative towards my punjabi friends. Maybe it is a blessing that i can make them laugh!
You know in Europe there is an immigration stop since 1974. Most "foreigners" who try to get in, have to use all kind of systems. Asking asylum (with all respect for the people who really need this procedure and are real refugees!), getting married with people with a permanent stay, adoption or staying illegal in the country are the possibillities for my Punjabi friends. So very soon after they arrive their dreams of having a better life over here, are fading away. They take it out on the people who are closest to them. That means me!
So i understand and am not angry with them!
Since the American sikhs are following as well a lot of cultural aspects of Indian life (food, dancing etc..), i just was wondering if they had arranged marriages too?
I realise that both ways are influencing each other these days. There are indeed love marriages in India and arranged marriages in the west.
So sorry,but maybe i shouldn't be so curious!
love,
manpreet
nice to be called sweety
Manpreet Ji,it sounds like you been through so much in your relationships.But whatever is happening or happened with you is not that they wanted to take it out on youself.But it's all planned by HIM we are just the source to help someone or find the way for someone.When you feel like disappointed or completely shattered,all you can do is pray to Waheguru to give you strength to fight against all the add in the life and to be with you in all kind of situations.
Wish you all the best.
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