Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 294
Verse 21 of 112

Dye Your Heart in Love and Find a Home Within

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਰਾਰਾ ਰੰਗਹੁ ਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਅਪਨਾ ॥
raaraa rangahu i-aa man apnaa.
RARRA: Dye this heart of yours in the color of the Lord's Love.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਜਪੁ ਰਸਨਾ ॥
har har naam japahu jap rasnaa.
Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har - chant it with your tongue.
ਰੇ ਰੇ ਦਰਗਹ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਊ ॥
ray ray dargeh kahai na ko-oo.
In the Court of the Lord, no one shall speak harshly to you.
ਆਉ ਬੈਠੁ ਆਦਰੁ ਸੁਭ ਦੇਊ ॥
aa-o baith aadar subh day-oo.
Everyone shall welcome you, saying, “Come, and sit down”.
ਉਆ ਮਹਲੀ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਤੂ ਬਾਸਾ ॥
u-aa mahlee paavahi too baasaa.
In that Mansion of the Lord's Presence, you shall find a home.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਨਹ ਹੋਇ ਬਿਨਾਸਾ ॥
janam maran nah ho-ay binaasaa.
There is no birth or death, or destruction there.
ਮਸਤਕਿ ਕਰਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਓ ਧੁਰਿ ਜਾ ਕੈ ॥
mastak karam likhi-o Dhur jaa kai.
One who has such karma written on his forehead,
ਹਰਿ ਸੰਪੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਘਰਿ ਤਾ ਕੈ ॥੧੦॥
har sampai naanak ghar taa kai. ||10||
O Nanak, has the wealth of the Lord in his home. ||10||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

**R** — dye this heart of yours in the color of love for the One. Keep the Name on your tongue and in your mind, again and again.

Then, in the great gathering of life, no one speaks to you harshly. Everyone welcomes you warmly: "Come, sit down, you belong here." You find a real home in the One's presence — a home where there's no ending, no loss.

Whoever carries this openness from the very start finds the true wealth of the One living right inside their own home.

Dye your heart in love and keep the One in mind, and you find a welcoming home — and its wealth — already inside you.
The deeper layer

The letter Rarra (R) in its full section, echoing "dye" imagery: rangahu i-aa man apnaa — dye your mind in the One's love. It pairs the coloring of the heart with naam japahu — keeping the Name lovingly present. The warm, welcoming picture — aa-o baith, "come and sit down," everyone offering respect — is dargeh, the Court, which we render as "the great gathering of life" rather than a distant heavenly courtroom: the belonging is available now. The home u-aa mahlee where "there is no birth, death, or destruction" is the unshakable center sahaj points to — a place inside that outside events cannot destroy. And har sampai... ghar taa kai — the true wealth is found "in his own home," not somewhere far off. The whole treasure is inward, and the openness to it (rendered from karam, often "destiny," in this project's lens as grace) was there from the start.

A Question to Sit With

Where is a place, real or inside you, where you feel completely welcome and at home?

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