20/11/2020
🌳Jungle – ਜੰਗਲ਼🌳
jan̊gal – jungle, forest, wilderness
👁👁See an example used by Bhai Gurdās Jī in Vār 25, Paurī 16
ਜੰਗਲ ਅੰਦਰ ਸੀਹ ਦੁਇ ਪੋਸਤ ਡੋਡੇ ਖਸਖਸ ਦਾਣੈ
jan̊gal an̊dar sīh dui posat ḍoḍe khaskhas dāṇai
Two emperors in a country are like two lions 🦁🦁 in a jungle, while twenty hermits are like poppy seeds in a pod
I 💙the meaning and explanation given in the Vār. To understand the deeper meaning, let’s look at the context of the line the subject of which is “Two Emperors, Twenty Fakīrs”
“ਦੋ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ - ਵੀਹ ਫ਼ਕੀਰ”
ਇਕਤੁ ਥੇਕੈ ਦੁਇ ਖੜਗੁ ਦੁਇ ਪਾਤਸਾਹ ਨ ਮੁਲਕਿ ਸਮਾਣੈ।
ਵੀਹ ਫਕੀਰ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਖਿੰਥ ਖਿੰਧੋਲੀ ਹੇਠਿ ਲੁਕਾਣੈ।
*ਜੰਗਲ ਅੰਦਰ ਸੀਹ ਦੁਇ ਪੋਸਤ ਡੋਡੇ ਖਸਖਸ ਦਾਣੈ*।
ਸੂਲੀ ਉਪਰਿ ਖੇਲਣਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਧਿਰਿ ਛਤ੍ਰ ਬਜਾਰ ਵਿਕਾਣੈ।
ਕੋਲੂ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪੀੜੀਅਨਿ ਪਸਤਿ ਪੀਹਿ ਪਿਆਲੇ ਛਾਣੈ।
ਲਉਬਾਲੀ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਵਿਚਿ ਗਰਬੁ ਗੁਨਾਹੀ ਮਾਣੁ ਨਿਮਾਣੈ।
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਦੇ ਤਾਣਿ ਨਿਤਾਣੈ॥੧੬॥
1. Just as two swords cannot be contained in one sheath, similarly two emperors cannot rule one country.
2. However, twenty fakīrs (hermits) can live comfortably in a mosque under one patched blanket.
3. Two emperors in a country are like two lions in a jungle, while twenty hermits are like poppy seeds in a pod.
4. These poppy seeds go through a lot of hardships. They first decay in the earth, then hung atop a stem, and developing like an umbrella are sold in the market (umbrella means pods of a poppy).
5. The seeds are crushed in an oil crusher to take out the oil which has multifarious uses. The residue is strained and used as an intoxicant.
6. In the court of the Carefree Almighty, the proud ones are sinners while the humble enjoy respect and honour.
7. Despite being powerful, the Gurmukhi behave humbly.16.
Translation from Varan Bhai Gurdas Ji, Volume II, by Shamsher Singh Puri, page 1199
