ਵਡਾ ਵਡਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਗ ਕਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
vadaa vadaa har bhaag kar paa-i-aa.
The Great Lord is obtained by great good destiny.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿਵਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੪॥੫੬॥
naanak gurmukh naam divaa-i-aa. ||4||4||56||
O Nanak, the Gurmukh is blessed with the Naam. ||4||4||56||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Great One is found by great good destiny.
Says Nanak: the one turned toward the Guru is blessed with the Name.
The thing your whole life rests on is, in the end, a gift you are blessed with.
The shabad closes by gathering everything into grace: "the Great Lord is obtained by great good destiny." The Name that is the support, the peace, the very life — it is not seized but blessed upon the Gurmukh. The whole song of intense need ends in the relief of a gift.
A Question to Sit With
What is something essential to you that came as a gift rather than an achievement?
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