Savaiye in praise of Guru Ram Das, Verse 10 — one look at the Guru and the thirst is answered

ਗੁਰੂ ਮੁਖੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਗਰੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਯਉ ॥

guroo mukh daykh garoo sukh paa-ya-o.

Gazing upon the Face of the Guru, I find peace.

ਹੁਤੀ ਜੁ ਪਿਆਸ ਪਿਊਸ ਪਿਵੰਨ ਕੀ ਬੰਛਤ ਸਿਧਿ ਕਉ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਿਲਾਯਉ ॥

hutee jo pi-aas pi-oos pivann kee banchhat siDh ka-o biDh milaa-ya-o.

I was thirsty, yearning to drink in the Nectar; to fulfill that wish, the Guru laid out the way.

ਪੂਰਨ ਭੋ ਮਨ ਠਉਰ ਬਸੋ ਰਸ ਬਾਸਨ ਸਿਉ ਜੁ ਦਹੰ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਯਉ ॥

pooran bho man tha-ur baso ras baasan si-o jo daha^N dis Dhaa-ya-o.

My mind has become perfect; it dwells in the Lord's Place; it had been wandering in all directions, in its desire for tastes and pleasures.

ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਵਾਲੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਪੁਰੀ ਸਮ ਜਲ੍ਯ੍ਯਨ ਤੀਰਿ ਬਿਪਾਸ ਬਨਾਯਉ ॥

gobind vaal gobind puree sam jal-yan teer bipaas banaa-ya-o.

Goindwal is the City of God, built on the bank of the Beas River.

ਗਯਉ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਬਰਖਨ ਕੋ ਸੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਮੁਖੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਗਰੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਯਉ ॥੬॥੧੦॥

ga-ya-o dukh door barkhan ko so guroo mukh daykh garoo sukh paa-ya-o. ||6||10||

The pains of so many years have been taken away; gazing upon the Face of the Guru, I find peace. ||6||10||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Seeing the Guru's face, I have found great peace.

I was thirsty to drink the nectar, and to fulfill that wish, the Guru showed me the way.

My mind has become full and stays in the One's place. Before, it ran in all ten directions after tastes and pleasures.

Goindwal is like the city of the Lord of the World, built on the bank of the Beas river.

The pain of so many years has gone far away. Seeing the Guru's face, I have found great peace.

The long search can end in a face that brings peace.

The deeper layer

Seeing the Guru's face brings peace, and a mind that ran everywhere comes home.

Goindwal is the town Guru Amar Das built on the bank of the Beas river. The verse calls it gobind puree, the city of the Lord of the World. Gazing on the Guru's face (mukh daykh) brings peace the way seeing a beloved face does. The mind that ran in ten directions, chasing tastes and pleasures, finally comes to rest, and the pain of many years goes far away.

A Question to Sit With

Is there a person whose face, just seeing it, makes you feel calmer? What is that like?

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