Book V / II
Varan Atmak Bani
Varan Atmak Bani can be classified into four subdivisions: Baikhri, Madhma, Pashyanti and Pra.
- Baikhri: These are labial sounds or sounds which are uttered with the aid of tongue and lips.
- Madhma: These are guttural sounds which are produced in the throat or at the back or root of the tongue and palate.
- Pashyanti: There are sounds which originate from the heart center.
- Pra: These are sounds which arise through vibrations from the navel centre.
These four types of sounds or words are related in one or another form with the six physical ganglionic centres, and have nothing to do with Naam or the Word or Logos, which is contacted above the six ganglions, is capable of granting salvation, and is technically called Dhun Atmak Bani or the Eternal Sound Current, the source of God's Light and Life Principles. It is, in fact, the Eternal and Unchangeable Voice of God.
The Water of Life is given by the Satguru, It is made manifest at the tenth door, there the Dhun Bani reverberates without an end, and leads one to the state of Sehaj.
Guru Ram Das, Maru M4
The five strains commingling forth produce sweet Harmony. The Bani flows in unending streams all the time.
Guru Arjan, Asa M5
There are four different forms1 of Thy creation and four various modes of speech; but apart from Naam, one wanders without a lead.
Guru Amar Das
The entire creation expresses itself in one or another kind of Varan Atmak sound and not in the Dhun Atmak and as such wanders about restlessly in the giant wheel of life.
The Varan Atmak language is also known as the language of the Pranas or the vital airs for it depends on different types of vibrations in the air; but as said above, it leads to a wilderness with no way out.
We speak and hear the airy language, and the mind gets entangled in oblivion.
Guru Nanak, Sri Rag M1
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Explanation: 1) According to the Hindu scriptures, there are four types of created beings, classified according to the manner of birth: Setaj, or moisture-born; Uttbhuj, or seed-born; Andaj, or egg-born; and Jeraj, or womb-born. The Masters make frequent use of such concepts and doctrines from ancient Hindu lore, but they refer to them not necessarily in a spirit of scientific truth, but as pine poets, who employ allusion and mythology to drive the point home.