ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧
bhairo mehlaa 5 ghar 1
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl, First House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਗਲੀ ਥੀਤਿ ਪਾਸਿ ਡਾਰਿ ਰਾਖੀ ॥
saglee theet paas daar raakhee.
Setting aside all other days, it is said,
ਅਸਟਮ ਥੀਤਿ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਜਨਮਾ ਸੀ ॥੧॥
astam theet govind janmaa see. ||1||
that the Lord was born on the eighth lunar day. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Setting all the other days aside, people say that Gobind, the Lord of the World, was born on the eighth day of the moon.
People set aside every day to mark one — the day they say the Divine was born.
People set every other day aside and say the Lord was born on one special day, the eighth day of the moon.
Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru, is speaking. The eighth lunar day points to Krishna Janmashtami, the festival of Krishna's birth. Guru Arjan widens the lens: the Infinite is larger than any single birth, any single day.
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