ਆਪਿ ਬਸੰਤੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਭੁ ਵਾੜੀ ॥
aap basant jagat sabh vaarhee.
The Lord Himself is the season of spring; the whole world is His Garden.
ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਰਾਲੀ ॥੪॥੫॥੧੭॥
naanak poorai bhaag bhagat niraalee. ||4||5||17||
O Nanak, this most unique devotional worship comes only by perfect destiny. ||4||5||17||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the spring itself, and the whole world is the One's garden.
Nanak says: this one-of-a-kind loving devotion comes only by perfect good fortune.
The One is the spring itself, and the whole world is its garden.
The One is the spring itself, and every living thing is growing in the One's garden.
Aap basant jagat sabh vaarhee: the One is the spring, and the whole world is the garden. The One is the very season that makes everything grow. Naanak poorai bhaag bhagat niraalee: Nanak says this rare devotion, bhagat, comes by poorai bhaag, full good fortune. It arrives as a gift.
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If the world is one big garden, what kind of plant would you want to be?
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