Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Enchanter of hearts, Your home is so high and vast that no measure can reach it. Your doorways are beautiful — they are the gathering places of good and gentle people.
Boundless and kind One, in those gathering places they sing Your praises, always. Wherever the good come together, right there they turn their thoughts to You.
Be kind, be gentle, tender Friend — be caring toward the small and the humble.
I am thirsty just to see You; and seeing You, I am completely at peace.
Mohan — "the Enchanter," the one who charms and captivates the heart — is the name Guru Arjan uses for the divine throughout this chhant. It reframes the whole relationship: not a distant ruler but One so beautiful that hearts are drawn irresistibly. The "lofty temple" and "beautiful doorways" are not a building — they are the sangat, the company of good people gathered to sing, and by extension the boundless dwelling of the One that no measure can contain. Deen kirpaaraa — "kind to the humble" — foregrounds Gurbani's tenderness toward the small and overlooked. The refrain-longing daras pi-aasay (thirsty for a glimpse) will open every pauri, each beginning "O Mohan..."
Where is a place, or a group of people, that makes you feel calm and glad just to be there?
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