Je ko mann(e) jannai (Punjabi)

By

Joginder Singh Sethi

Pages:192 Price: Rs. 40.00

Publisher: Guru Teg Bahadur Naam Simran Foundation,

303, Avery Tower, Juhu Road,

Mumbai -- 400 049 Ph: 649 9905 

Reviewed by Kulwant Singh

After the publication of his exposition 'Suneai Dookh paap ka naas' [Sikh Review Sept '98] it was expected of S. Joginder Singh Sethi that he would write on the relevance of 'mannai' in accordance with the related themes of 'Japuji Sahib'. Now he has done it. Excellent work, on a par with his previous one. Both these companion books contain abundant and resourceful thoughts, in a lucid style, taking each line of the four stanzas, in the form of chapters, making it an understandable and convincing argumental treatise.

The author has emphasized in his previous book on the stanzas of 'suneai' that, what we have to hear is the 'Hukam', which is realized through the inner voice, and if one hearkens to this voice, his 'dookh' and 'paap' vanish. Here, in this book, he says, what has been heard needs to be assimilated practically by realizing through the inner vision---not only knowing what has been heard but to know that has been realized. In his own words:

"man(e) shabad da arth jan-na, te phir man - na hai"

"pehilan mano(je ko man(e), phir jano (janai) ta phir osnu mano, jo jania giya hai" (page 75)

courtesy: Sikh Review