ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
ga-orhee poorbee mehlaa 4.
Gauree Poorbee, Fourth Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਅਰਥਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹਮ ਬੇਚਿਆ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਆਗੇ ॥
har har arath sareer ham baychi-aa pooray gur kai aagay.
For the sake of the Lord, Har, Har, I have sold my body to the Perfect Guru.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗ ਸਭਾਗੇ ॥੧॥
satgur daatai naam dirhaa-i-aa mukh mastak bhaag sabhaagay. ||1||
The True Guru, the Giver, has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me. A very blessed and fortunate destiny is recorded upon my forehead. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
For the sake of the One, I have handed my whole self over to the perfect teacher. The teacher planted the Name inside me -- a blessed, fortunate destiny written for me.
Hand yourself fully to the teacher, and the Name is planted in you.
Selling the body to the Guru (total surrender, cf. elsewhere), and the Guru's planting of the Name. Framed as destiny and grace. The two are held together in devotional language rather than set out as cause and effect.
A Question to Sit With
What would you have to "hand over" to let something good take root in you?
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