Lucky Is The Blessed Hand

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

How lucky is the one the Guru has blessed, whose savings are the wealth of the One.

This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre of the shabad.

Tis saalaahee jis har dhan raas — I praise the one whose raas, whose savings, is the wealth of the One. So vadbhaagee jis gur mastak haath — lucky is the one on whose mastak, forehead, the Guru has placed a hand.

Picture a grandparent resting a warm hand on your head before you leave for school. You didn't earn that touch. It is simply given, out of love. That is what grace is like here. It is placed on you, not won. All the chorus lines of the song turn around this still center.