ਭਗਤੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
bhagat bhagat kahai sabh ko-ee.
Everyone calls him, "Devotee, devotee."
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bin satgur sayvay bhagat na paa-ee-ai poorai bhaag milai parabh so-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
But without serving the True Guru, devotional worship is not obtained. Only through perfect destiny does one meet God. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone goes around saying, "Devotee, devotee."
But without serving the True Guru, devotion does not come. Only by perfect good fortune does a person meet the One.
Anyone can say “devoted”; it is the living of it that counts.
Anyone can say the word devotee; devotion itself comes through serving the Guru, and meeting the One is a gift of great good fortune.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Bhagat bhagat kahai sabh ko-ee: everyone says "devotee, devotee." The word is easy to say. Bin satgur sayvay bhagat na paa-ee-ai: without serving the True Guru, devotion is not found. Poorai bhaag: by perfect good fortune, the One is met.
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