ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
ga-orhee poorbee mehlaa 4.
Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:
ਇਸੁ ਗੜ ਮਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਇ ਹੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਧੀਠਾ ॥
is garh meh har raam raa-ay hai kichh saad na paavai Dheethaa.
Within this body-fortress is the Lord, the Sovereign Lord King, but the stubborn ones do not find the taste.
ਹਰਿ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲਿ ਅਨੁਗ੍ਰਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਚਖਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥੧॥
har deen da-i-aal anoograhu kee-aa har gur sabdee chakh deethaa. ||1||
When the Lord, Merciful to the meek, showed His Mercy, I found and tasted it, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Inside the fortress of your body lives the One, the sovereign -- but the stubborn never find the taste of it. When the merciful One showed me mercy, I found it and tasted it, through the Word.
The sovereign One lives inside your own body -- but the stubborn miss its taste, which comes by grace.
The body-fortress houses the King -- the One within (cf. the jewel within, the home within). The stubborn (self-facing) miss the taste (Har Ras); the soft-hearted, by grace, find and taste it through the Shabad (Gurprasad).
A Question to Sit With
What might keep you from "tasting" something good that is right inside you?
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