ਹਰਿ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਭ ਬਿਧਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਬਨਈਆ ॥
har gat mit kartaa aapay jaanai sabh biDh har har aap bana-ee-aa.
Only the Creator Lord Himself knows the state and condition of everyone; the Lord Himself makes all the arrangements.
ਜਿਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਸੁ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੋ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਨ ਮਿਟਈਆ ॥੩॥
jis satgur bhaytay so kanchan hovai jo Dhur likhi-aa so mitai na mita-ee-aa. ||3||
One who meets the True Guru is transformed into gold. Whatever is pre-ordained, is not erased by erasing. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Only the Maker knows what is going on inside each of us, and it is the Maker who arranges everything.
When you meet the Guru, something ordinary in you turns to gold. What is meant to be will unfold in its own time -- you can trust it.
*Meeting the Guru turns something ordinary in you to gold.*
har gat mit -- only the Creator knows each being's condition. kanchan hovai -- meeting the satgur transforms base metal to gold, the alchemy of the Name. The line about the pre-written is offered as trust in a larger unfolding, not fatalism.
A Question to Sit With
What is one ordinary part of you that could shine if you let it?
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