ਸਰਬ ਸੂਖ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਡਾਈ ॥
sarab sookh har naam vadaa-ee.
All happiness and greatness are in the Lord's Name.
ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥੧॥੭॥
gur parsaad naanak mat paa-ee. ||2||1||7||
By Guru's Grace, Nanak has gained this understanding. ||2||1||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every happiness and every true greatness lives in the good.
And it's a gift of wisdom to come to understand this.
Every happiness and every true greatness lives in the good — and understanding that is itself a gift.
The shabad — and the whole raag — closes: "All happiness and greatness are in the Lord's Name; by Guru's Grace, Nanak has gained this understanding." A perfect summary of Bairaaree: everything truly worth having is found in the good, and even understanding this is a gift of grace. The colophon (||2||1||7||) marks the seventh and final shabad, closing the raag. For a child: every happiness and every true greatness lives in the good — and coming to understand that is itself a gift.
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