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Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 57
Verse 31 of 66

Real Love Becomes the Heart's Natural Default

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਧਿਆਨ ਸਹਜ ਧੁਨਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
gurmukh Dhi-aan sahj Dhun upjai sach naam chit laa-i-aa.
The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord; the celestial sound-current resounds within him, and he focuses his consciousness on the True Name.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
gurmukh an-din rahai rang raataa har kaa naam man bhaa-i-aa.
The Gurmukh remains imbued with the Lord's Love, night and day; his mind is pleased with the Name of the Lord.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
gurmukh har vaykheh gurmukh har boleh gurmukh har sahj rang laa-i-aa.
The Gurmukh beholds the Lord, the Gurmukh speaks of the Lord, and the Gurmukh naturally loves the Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਿਮਰ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਅਧੇਰੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥
naanak gurmukh gi-aan paraapat hovai timar agi-aan aDhayr chukaa-i-aa.
O Nanak, the Gurmukh attains spiritual wisdom, and the pitch-black darkness of ignorance is dispelled.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਧੁਰਿ ਪੂਰਾ ਤਿਨਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੧॥
jis no karam hovai Dhur pooraa tin gurmukh har naam Dhi-aa-i-aa. ||1||
One who is blessed by the Perfect Lord's Grace - as Gurmukh, he meditates on the Lord's Name. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Facing the teaching, one holds the One in mind; the unstruck melody sounds within, and attention rests on the True Name.

Day and night dyed in love, the mind delights in the Name; the Gurmukh sees the One, speaks the One, and naturally loves the One. Nanak says: the Gurmukh gains wisdom, and the thick dark of ignorance lifts.

Real love becomes natural — no longer effortful, but the heart's default; that's the mark of being at home.
The deeper layer

The Shalok describes the awakened life as saturated and natural — the Gurmukh "naturally loves the Lord." Love is no longer effortful; it has become the person's default. The "unstruck melody" (anhad) — the felt inner music of the One's presence — sounds within, and ignorance's "pitch-black darkness" simply lifts before the light. Everything happens "naturally," the mark of a heart at home.

A Question to Sit With

What good has become 'natural' for you — no longer forced, but simply who you are?

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