ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੈ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਚਿਆਰ ॥
gurmukh sachai bhaavday dar sachai sachiaar.
The Gurmukhs are pleasing to the True Lord; they are judged to be true in the True Court.
ਸਾਜਨ ਮਨਿ ਆਨੰਦੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥
saajan man aanand hai gur kaa sabad veechaar.
The minds of such friends are filled with bliss, as they reflect upon the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸਾਇਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਟਿਆ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਰਤਾਰਿ ॥
antar sabad vasaa-i-aa dukh kati-aa chaanan kee-aa kartaar.
They enshrine the Shabad within their hearts; their pain is dispelled, and the Creator blesses them with the Divine Light.
ਨਾਨਕ ਰਖਣਹਾਰਾ ਰਖਸੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
naanak rakhanhaaraa rakhsee aapnee kirpaa Dhaar. ||1||
O Nanak, the Savior Lord shall save them, and shower them with His Mercy. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People turned toward the One shine with a quiet gladness, because they keep good, true words in their hearts.
Their aches ease, and a warm light seems to fill them from the inside.
A heart that keeps good words inside it glows with a quiet, steady gladness.
A gentle Shalok about the gurmukh — the One-turned person — who is "pleasing in the True Court" and whose mind "is filled with bliss" (anand) from reflecting on the Shabad. The image of the heart holding the Word and being blessed with jot — Divine Light — is the Vaar's picture of a person lit from within. "Their pain is dispelled" not by escaping life but by what they carry inside it.
A Question to Sit With
What good words could you keep tucked inside you to return to on a hard day?
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