Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Enchanter, You have blossomed like a flourishing tree, with a whole family flowering around You. Children, friends, brothers and sisters — all are carried across with You.
The whole world is lifted, and pride falls away, for those who catch a glimpse of You.
For those who bless You with their whole heart, even the end of life holds no fear.
Your good qualities are endless — no one could ever count them all, true teacher, One beyond all trouble. This is the anchor I hold, and holding it, the whole world is carried safely across.
The closing pauri gathers the chhant's images into one: Mohan as a sufal fali-aa — a tree in full fruit — whose blessing "flowers out" to a whole parvaar, a family and community. This is Gurbani's communal vision: grace is never private; the one who is lifted lifts everyone around them (kutamb sabh taaray). Lahi-aa abhimaan — "pride falls away" — names the ego dissolving not by force but simply by the beauty of the encounter; when you truly see something wondrous, self-importance quietly lets go. The final image is the tayk — the anchor, the support you hold — jit lag tari-aa sansaaray, "holding which the whole world crosses over." This closes Guru Arjan's Mohan chhant (||2||): the One as the sure handhold that carries all.
Who is someone whose goodness seems to spill over onto everyone around them?
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