ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਵਡਭਾਗੇ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੇ ॥
gurmukh vadbhaagee vadbhaagay jin har har naam aDhaaray.
The Gurmukhs are fortunate, so very fortunate; their Support is the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਭੰਡਾਰੇ ॥੨॥
har har amrit har ras paavahi gurmat bhagat bhandaaray. ||2||
They obtain the Ambrosial Nectar of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; through the Guru's Teachings, they obtain this treasure-house of devotional worship. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who face the teaching are fortunate, so fortunate — their whole support is the One's name.
They drink the nectar of the Name and, through the teaching, come into a treasure-house of devotion.
The deepest good fortune isn't lucky circumstances — it's having your whole weight rest on something that holds.
The verse simply expands the good fortune of the Gurmukh: their "support" is the Name, their inheritance a "treasure-house of devotion." The imagery is of wealth and drink — nectar, treasure — but it is all inner wealth, the kind Shabad 3 said actually travels. Fortune here is not luck of circumstance but the deep security of having one's whole weight resting on something that holds.
A Question to Sit With
What do you rest your weight on when things get hard? Does it hold?
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