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Verse 5 of 5

It's the One's Nature to Love Those Who Love It

ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਆਪਿ ਬਨਾਇਆ ॥
bhagat vachhal har birad aap banaa-i-aa.
The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; this is His natural way.
ਜਹ ਜਹ ਸੰਤ ਅਰਾਧਹਿ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਇਆ ॥
jah jah sant araaDheh tah tah paragtaa-i-aa.
Wherever the Saints worship the Lord in adoration, there He is revealed.
ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ਲੀਏ ਸਮਾਇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਭਗਤ ਕਾਰਜ ਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
parabh aap lee-ay samaa-ay sahj subhaa-ay bhagat kaaraj saari-aa.
God blends Himself with His devotees in His natural way, and resolves their affairs.
ਆਨੰਦ ਹਰਿ ਜਸ ਮਹਾ ਮੰਗਲ ਸਰਬ ਦੂਖ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
aanand har jas mahaa mangal sarab dookh visaari-aa.
In the ecstasy of the Lord's Praises, they obtain supreme joy, and forget all their sorrows.
ਚਮਤਕਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਏਕੁ ਤਹ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਾਇਆ ॥
chamatkaar pargaas dah dis ayk tah daristaa-i-aa.
The brilliant flash of the One Lord is revealed to them - they behold Him in the ten directions.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਪਇਅੰਪੈ ਚਰਣ ਜੰਪੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਆਪਿ ਬਨਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੩॥੬॥
naanak pa-i-ampai charan jampai bhagat vachhal har birad aap banaa-i-aa. ||4||3||6||
Prays Nanak, I meditate on the Lord's lotus feet; the Lord is the Lover of His devotees; this is His natural way. ||4||3||6||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

It's simply the One's nature to love those who love it — that's just how it is.

Wherever good hearts gather to celebrate, the One shows up right there, and a shining joy fills the whole place.

It's simply the One's nature to love those who love it — and it shows up wherever good hearts gather in joy.
The deeper layer

The Chhant closes on the raag's most reassuring name for the One: bhagat vachhal — the Lover of His devotees; loving is His natural way (sahaj subhaa-e), not something you have to earn or coax. And where does this loving One appear? Wherever the Saints gather to celebrate — the One is revealed right there, in the shared joy of good company. The image of the ending is light itself: the brilliant flash of the One is revealed... they behold Him in all ten directions — joy so full it lights up every direction at once. To be among glad, good-hearted people is already to be where the One shows up.

A Question to Sit With

Where do you feel a bright, shared joy — the kind that seems to light up the whole room?

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