ਜਬ ਦੇਖਉ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤਉ ਅਵਰਹਿ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਵਉ ਰੇ ॥
jab daykh-a-u parabh apunaa su-aamee ta-o avrahi cheet na paava-o ray.
When I behold my God, my Lord and Master, I do not pay any attention to any other.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਦਾਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ਪਹਿਰਾਇਆ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਮੇਟਿ ਲਿਖਾਵਉ ਰੇ ॥੨॥੨॥੧੩੧॥
naanak daas parabh aap pehraa-i-aa bharam bha-o mayt likhaava-o ray. ||2||2||131||
God Himself has adorned servant Nanak; his doubts and fears have been dispelled, and he writes the account of the Lord. ||2||2||131||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I behold my God, I pay no attention to any other.
God Himself has adorned servant Nanak; his doubts and fears are dispelled, and he writes the account of the Lord.
Behold the One, and your life itself becomes the record of it — not of yourself.
Beholding the One, the soul "pays no attention to any other" — single-minded. "God Himself has adorned" the servant (grace, not self-effort, cf. Shabad 98), doubts and fears gone, and now he "writes the account of the Lord" — his very life becomes the record of the Name, the ledger of the One rather than of self.
A Question to Sit With
What does your daily life keep a 'record' of — and what would you want it to record?
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