ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗਣਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਚਰਣ ਵਿਸਾਰੇ ॥
doojaa bhaa-o na day-ee liv laagan jin har kay charan visaaray.
The love of duality does not allow him to lovingly focus his attention on the Lord; he forgets the Feet of the Lord.
ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਦਾਤਾ ਜਨ ਸੇਵਕ ਤੇਰੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਤੈ ਦੂਖ ਨਿਵਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jagjeevan daataa jan sayvak tayray tin kay tai dookh nivaaray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
O Life of the World, O Great Giver, you eradicate the sorrows of your humble servants. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Love for a second thing keeps the mind from resting on the One, and it forgets the One's feet.
O Life of the world, Great Giver, You take away the sorrows of those who serve You.
The One gently lifts the sorrows of those who serve.
The Life of the world lifts the sorrows of those who serve.
This is the Rahao. Jagjeevan daataa (Life of the world, Great Giver) reframes the divine not as a judge but as the source of all life. Doojaa bhaa-o — the love of a second thing — is the split attention that makes us forget; the cure is simply serving, and the sorrow lifts.
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