Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 10
Verse 2 of 5

You're Made Beautiful by Whose Name You Sing

ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਈ ਜਨਾ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥
mayray bhaa-ee janaa mo ka-o govind govind govind man mohai.
O my Siblings of Destiny, the Lord of the Universe, Govind, Govind, Govind, has enticed and fascinated my mind.
ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
govind govind govind gun gaavaa mil gur saaDhsangat jan sohai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, Govind, Govind, Govind; joining the Holy Society of the Guru, Your humble servant is beautified. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My family of the heart — the One, Govind, Govind, has charmed my mind clean away.

I sing the One's praises, and standing in the teaching's holy company, even a plain servant like me is made beautiful.

You're not made beautiful by achievement but by love and belonging — by whose name you keep singing.
The deeper layer

The Pause line repeats the divine name like a heartbeat — "Govind, Govind, Govind" — the way we say a beloved's name over and over. And it makes a gentle, radical claim: praise in good company beautifies even "Your humble servant." Worth is not earned by achievement but conferred by love and belonging — the servant is made lovely by whose company they keep and whose name they sing. This is grace as a kind of adornment.

A Question to Sit With

Whose love has made you feel like a better, brighter version of yourself?

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