ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
ga-orhee bairaagan mehlaa 1.
Gauree Bairaagan, First Mehl:
ਹਰਣੀ ਹੋਵਾ ਬਨਿ ਬਸਾ ਕੰਦ ਮੂਲ ਚੁਣਿ ਖਾਉ ॥
harnee hovaa ban basaa kand mool chun khaa-o.
What if I were to become a deer, and live in the forest, picking and eating fruits and roots
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਹੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਾਰਿ ਵਾਰਿ ਹਉ ਜਾਉ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥
gur parsaadee mayraa saho milai vaar vaar ha-o jaa-o jee-o. ||1||
- by Guru's Grace, I am a sacrifice to my Master. Again and again, I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even if I became a deer living in the forest, eating only fruit and roots -- by grace, I would give myself, over and over, to my One. Again and again, I belong to you.
In any life, in any form, the one thing worth doing is to give yourself to the One.
A Bairaagan love-poem of total devotion. The conceit: in any form, the soul's one constant would be love of the One. Even a deer in the forest would still give itself to the One by the Guru's grace -- because what matters is the offering of the self, not the outer form of life.
A Question to Sit With
Is there something you would still love no matter where life placed you?
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