Incarnation

CRITICAL: NEVER use ਅਵਤਾਰ. This term carries a doubled risk unique to Punjabi: for Hindu-heritage readers it imports the avatar-descent framework, as in Hindi; for Sikh-heritage readers the entire concept of God taking bodily form risks being heard as incompatible with Waheguru’s revealed nature as ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ (Nirankar, “the Formless One”) — Guru Nanak explicitly taught against avatar theology. Segments teaching the incarnation to a Sikh-background audience need an explanatory bridge (this is a unique, once-for-all act of divine self-disclosure, not a recurring avatar-descent) rather than vocabulary substitution alone.