ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
ga-orhee mehlaa 5.
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
ਕਰ ਕਰਿ ਟਹਲ ਰਸਨਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਉ ॥
kar kar tahal rasnaa gun gaava-o.
With my hands I do His work; with my tongue I sing His Glorious Praises.
ਚਰਨ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਕੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਧਾਵਉ ॥੧॥
charan thaakur kai maarag Dhaava-o. ||1||
With my feet, I walk on the Path of my Lord and Master. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Let my hands do good work, my tongue sing what is beautiful, my feet walk the path toward the One. When your whole body joins in, your whole life becomes the practice.
When your whole body joins in, your whole life becomes the practice.
Kar kar tahal (hands do service), rasnaa gun gaava-o (tongue sings praise), charan... maarag Dhaava-o (feet walk the path). Guru Arjan enlists the whole body limb by limb -- this shabad is a catalogue of embodied devotion. The teaching: spiritual life is not separate from the body; it is lived through hands, tongue, feet, eyes, ears.
A Question to Sit With
How could your hands, your voice, and your feet each do something good today?
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