Sikhism·Raag Bhairao·Shabad 24
Verse 4 of 5

The Giver of Every Good Quality

ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਦਾਤਾ ਅਵਗਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
mayraa parabh hai gun kaa daataa avgan sabad jalaa-ay.
My Lord God is the Giver of virtue. The Word of the Shabad burns away all faults and demerits.
ਜਿਨ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸੋਹੇ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਾਏ ॥੩॥
jin man vasi-aa say jan sohay hirdai naam vasaa-ay. ||3||
Those whose minds are filled with the Naam are beautiful; they enshrine the Naam within their hearts. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My Lord is the Giver of every good quality. The Word burns away all my faults.

Those whose minds the Naam has filled are beautiful. They keep the Naam close in their hearts.

The One gives every good quality and gently burns away your faults.
The deeper layer

Every good quality is a gift of the One, and the Word burns away faults so the heart can shine.

Mayraa prabh hai gun kaa daataa: the One is the Giver of gun, good qualities. Avgun sabad jalaa-ay: the Word burns away avgun, faults, the way the sun burns off morning fog. The burning frees; it is never there to shame. Say jan sohay: those who carry the Naam are sohay, beautiful.

A Question to Sit With

What is a good quality in you that feels like a gift you were given?

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