Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 164
Verse 5 of 5

Freedom and Joy Flower From One Root: Remembrance

ਮੁਕਤਿ ਭੁਗਤਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥
mukat bhugat jugat har naa-o.
Liberation, pleasures and worldly success are all in the Lord's Name.
ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥੪॥੧੦੦॥੧੬੯॥
paraym bhagat naanak gun gaa-o. ||4||100||169||
With loving devotional worship, O Nanak, sing His Glorious Praises. ||4||100||169||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Freedom, real joy, and a life that actually works — all of it is held within the Name of the One.

So with a loving, devoted heart, let me sing the wonder of the One. That singing is the whole path.

Freedom, real joy, and a life that works all flower from one root: loving remembrance of the One.
The deeper layer

The closing signature gathers everything the world usually chases and locates it in one place. Mukat bhugat jugat har naa-o — "liberation, enjoyment, and right living are all in the Name." Mukat is freedom, bhugat is genuine enjoyment, jugat is the knack of living well. The pauri says you don't have to hunt these down separately in the world; they flower naturally from remembrance. And the practice is simply gun gaa-o — singing the One's praises with love.

A Question to Sit With

If freedom, joy, and knowing how to live all grew from one thing, what would you want that one thing to be?

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