Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mind and body glowing with love — that is the one who turns toward the Guru, colored through by the One, the treasure of every good thing.
Nanak has stepped into the shelter of the One. Thanks and praise to the Guru, who joined me to it.
Man tan rataa rang si-o — "mind and body dyed in the color of love" — is the dyeing image beloved in Gurbani: love is a color that soaks all the way through, more than something worn on the outside. The One is guntaas, "the treasure of virtue" — the source of everything good, not a distant judge of it. And the close is gratitude, gur saabaas — "hail to the Guru" — the meeting credited to the Guru rather than to the self's own effort, keeping the grace lens steady.
What is something you love so much that it seems to color the way you see everything else?
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