ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸੋਈ ਕਰਹਿ ਜਿ ਭਗਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਜਾਚਹਿ ਏਹੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਬਿਰਦੁ ॥
har jee-o so-ee karahi je bhagat tayray jaacheh ayhu tayraa birad.
O Dear Lord, whatever Your devotees ask for, You do. This is Your Way, Your very nature.
ਕਰ ਜੋੜਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਨੁ ਮਾਗੈ ਅਪਣਿਆ ਸੰਤਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸੁ ॥੪॥੫॥੧੪੦॥
kar jorh naanak daan maagai apni-aa santaa deh har daras. ||4||5||140||
With my palms pressed together, O Nanak, I beg for this gift; Lord, please bless Your Saints with Your Vision. ||4||5||140||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Beloved, whatever Your devotees ask, You do; this is Your way, Your very nature.
With palms pressed together, Nanak begs this gift: Lord, bless Your Saints with Your Vision.
It is the One's very nature to give what the devotees ask.
The One's nature is to fulfill the devotees' asking — "this is Your Way, Your very nature." Generosity is not an occasional mood but what the One is. And Nanak's request is selfless: not for himself, but "bless Your Saints with Your Vision".
A Question to Sit With
What would you ask for, if you asked on behalf of others rather than yourself?
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