???? (kheer)
Meaning: noun: Milk or rice cooked in milk?
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bachhre preet kheer mukh khaai.
hirdai bigsai dekhai maai. gursikh preet guroo mukh laai.
A calf delights when it sucks milk. Its heart blossoms when it sees its mother (cow). Likewise, a Sikh of the Guru is delighted when the Guru appears before him. – Guru Ram Das, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 164
Message: A beggar is delighted when a kind person gives him alms and a hungry person is delighted when he is eating some food. Similarly a calf finds delight in sucking its mother�s milk. Upon seeing its mother, its heart feels the joy.� �
How about a disciple of the Guru or, in other words, a sincere student of spirituality?
A seeker finds delight in seeking the Guru�s words of infinite wisdom. By opening his or her heart to divine wisdom, one is fed with the gifts of the Divine. Being so fed, immense satisfaction is obtained.
If we want to be true seekers then our love for Gurbani should supersede any other worldly love or attachment. This is the road to sweet peace and satisfaction.
Etymology: From Sanskrit ksheer (milk, thickened milk) ? Pali/Prakrit kheer ? Sindhi kheeru and Lahndi kheer (milk); comparable to Persian sheer (milk).
The word for rice cooked in milk in Gurbani is ????, kheeri, which comes from Sanskrit ksheeree/ksheerikaa ? Prakrit kheeree ? Lahndi kheernee and Punjabi kheer.
It seems during the period when Gurbani was composed, there were two different words: kheer for milk and kheeri/kheeree for rice cooked in milk. Hence both are used in Gurbani. In modern times, however, only kheer is used for rice cooked in milk.
Punjabi/Hindi kheeraa (cucumber) comes from the same root, as some of its Indian varieties secrete white, milky fluid when their ends are cut and rubbed on them in order to remove its bitterness.
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When the baby�s only food is milk, it cannot survive without milk. – Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1266
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(O Divine!) Let forgiveness and patience be my milk-cow, and let the calf (my mind) intuitively sip this milk. – Guru Nanak, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1329
