Waheguru

Waheguru (, ' or , ') means "The Wonderful Lord" in the Punjabi language. God has many names in Sikhism and Waheguru is the most important. Others words used by Sikhs for God are: Ek Onkar, Onkar, Satguru, Satnaam (true name), Akal-Purkh, Rabh, Hari, Raam, Pritam and numerous more.

Waheguru (and its variant, Wahguru) is used only 16 times in the Guru Granth Sahib. Of these, Waheguru occurs 9 times on page 1402 and 4 times on page 1403. Wahguru occurs 2 times on page 1403 and 1 time on page 1404.

Bhai Gurdas, the first writer of Sikh Guru Granth Sahib, explains in his writings the definition of the word. The V stands for Vishnu, H stands for Hari, R stands for Ram and G stands for Govind. The use of the name of a Hindu avatar does not refer to the avatar itself, but instead is a reference to God.


:In Krita Yuga, Vishnu in the form of Vasudeva is said to have incarnated and ‘V' Of Vahiguru reminds of Vishnu.


:The true Guru of Dwapara Yuga is said to be Harikrishna and ‘H' of Vahiguru reminds of Hari.


:In the Treta Yuga was Rama and ‘R' of Vahiguru tells that rembering Rama will produce joy and happiness.


:In Kali Yuga, Gobind is in the form of Nanak and ‘G' of Vahiguru gets Govind recited.


:The recitations of all the four ages subsume in Panchayan (i.e. in the soul of the common man).


:When joining four letters Vahiguru is remembered,


:The Jiva merges again in its origin. ¦¦49