Your browser does not support the audio element. Shabad Kirtan & Kavita Path by S.Surinder Singh Matharoo (Kuwait Wale) So, celebrating and singing the glories of God along with listening (sravana) to shabads, here we are pleased to present treat to your ears ~ shabads sung by S.Surinder Singh Matharoo (Kuwait Wale). In the theological sense, it stands for then Word revealed by the Guru. In distinctive Sikh usage shabads means a hymn or sacred work from the Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikh shabad kirtan series#
Another series of meanings includes word, utterance, speech.
of obscure etymology) is generally rendered as sound, voice or tone. Words or sounds are the means of celebrating and singing the glories of God and this act is called Shabad Kirtan. Gurbani Shabad Kirtan Shabad (Sanskrit sabda.
One of the nine forms of bhakti is listening (sravana) to shabad, nam, bani, i.e. The recitation (path) of the Guru Granth Sahib and of the texts from it is an essential part of Sikh practice. repitation of the Name (nam) of God this name is shabad. One of the features of Sikh doctrine of shabad is the emphasis placed on nam, i.e. It is nowhere used in the sense of ordinary human word or speech : in reference to common human speech other terms such as bolna, boli, akhan, kahan-kahavan and kathan are used. It is noteworthy that the term shabad, which occurs independently in the Guru Granth Sahib 1271 times, is also linked 572 times with the term guru. The Guru's voice ~ the utterences ~ as preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib is Gurshabad or Gurbani. Shabad is often linked with guru to form gurshabad or guru ka shabad (Guru's word) Inasmuch as shabad is connected with both sound and voice. Its equivalent substitutes used in the Sikh Scripture are dhun or duni (Sanskrit dhavni), nad, anahad nada), bachan, bani, kavao. In the Guru Granth Sahib it is spelt as sabad with its inflectional variations sabadu, sabadi and sabade. In the theological sense, it stands for then `Word` revealed by the Guru.
Gurbani Shabad Kirtan Shabad (Sanskrit sabda.