Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 30
Verse 3 of 3

The Long Longing Ends in Wedding-Joy for Everyone

ਮਿਲਿ ਵਰ ਨਾਰੀ ਮੰਗਲੁ ਗਾਇਆ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਕਾ ਜੈਕਾਰੁ ॥
mil var naaree mangal gaa-i-aa thaakur kaa jaikaar.
Meeting her Husband, the soul-bride sings the songs of joy, and celebrates her Lord and Master.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਭ ਕਾ ਕੀਆ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੨॥੬॥੧੫॥
kaho naanak tis gur balihaaree jin sabh kaa kee-aa uDhaar. ||2||6||15||
Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has emancipated everyone. ||2||6||15||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Meeting her Beloved, the soul-bride breaks into songs of joy and celebrates.

Nanak says: I am a sacrifice to the teaching, which has set everyone free.

The long longing ends not in solemn duty but in wedding-joy — and the rescue that found you is offered to everyone.
The deeper layer

The close bursts into celebration through the soul-bride image — the soul reunited with her Beloved "sings the songs of joy." Devotion here reaches its happy end: not solemn duty but a wedding-joy, the long longing of the raag answered in reunion. And the final gratitude widens generously: the teaching "has emancipated everyone" — not just me. The joy is not hoarded; the one who was carried across rejoices that the same rescue is offered to all. Personal rescue opens into universal hope.

A Question to Sit With

When something wonderful happens to you, how does it feel to know others can have it too?

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