ਆਪਹੁ ਕੋਈ ਮਿਲੈ ਨ ਭੂਲੈ ॥
aaphu ko-ee milai na bhoolai.
By himself, no one is united, and no one goes astray.
ਜਿਸੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਘੂਲੈ ॥
jis kirpaal tis saaDhsang ghoolai.
One who is blessed by God's Mercy, joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇਰੈ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ॥
kaho naanak tayrai kurbaan.
Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to You.
ਸੰਤ ਓਟ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰਾ ਤਾਣੁ ॥੪॥੩੪॥੮੫॥
sant ot parabh tayraa taan. ||4||34||85||
O God, You are the Support and the Strength of the Saints. ||4||34||85||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
On his own, no one is united, and no one strays; whoever is blessed by mercy joins the company of the holy.
Says Nanak: I am a sacrifice to You — You are the support and strength of the Saints.
Even your love for the One is, in the end, a grace — you don't unite by yourself.
The close keeps even love from being a self-made achievement: "by himself, no one is united, and no one goes astray." Both the meeting and the straying are within the One's order; the blessed are brought to the Sangat by mercy. Even the love the whole shabad praises is, finally, grace.
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What love in you feels less like a choice and more like a gift?
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