ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਸਗਲੇ ਸਭਿ ਜਪ ਤਪ ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥
gi-aan Dhi-aan saglay sabh jap tap jis har hirdai alakh abhayvaa.
All wisdom and meditation, all chanting and penance, come to one whose heart is filled with the Invisible, Inscrutable Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਸਹਜ ਸੇਵਾ ॥੫॥੨੨॥
naanak raam naam man raataa gurmat paa-ay sahj sayvaa. ||5||22||
O Nanak, one whose mind is imbued with the Lord's Name, finds the Guru's Teachings, and intuitively serves. ||5||22||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All wisdom and meditation, all chanting and discipline, come to the one whose heart is full of the Unseen One.
Says Nanak: the one whose mind is dyed in the Name finds the Guru's teaching, and serves naturally.
Fill the heart with the One, and wisdom and devotion arrive on their own.
Everything the spiritual seeker tries to acquire — wisdom, meditation, discipline — turns out to arrive on its own once the heart is full of the One. The verb is grace, not effort. "Dyed in the Name" is Rang, the permanent color, and the one so dyed "serves naturally" — service flowing without strain.
A Question to Sit With
What good things in your life seem to arrive on their own when you stop forcing them?
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