ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਧੀ ਭਾਲਿ ॥
vaahu vaahu banee sach hai gurmukh laDhee bhaal.
Waaho! Waaho! is the Bani of the True Word. Searching, the Gurmukhs have found it.
ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਉਚਰੈ ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
vaahu vaahu sabday uchrai vaahu vaahu hirdai naal.
Waaho! Waaho! They chant the Word of the Shabad. Waaho! Waaho! They enshrine it in their hearts.
ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਕਰਤਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਹਜੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਾਲਿ ॥
vaahu vaahu karti-aa har paa-i-aa sehjay gurmukh bhaal.
Chanting Waaho! Waaho! the Gurmukhs easily obtain the Lord, after searching.
ਸੇ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੨॥
say vadbhaagee naankaa har har ridai samaal. ||2||
O Nanak, very fortunate are those who reflect upon the Lord, Har, Har, within their hearts. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
'Wonder!' is the true Word — the Gurmukhs searched and found it.
They cry 'Wonder!' and enshrine it in the heart; searching, they easily reach the One. Nanak says: very lucky are those who reflect on the One within their hearts.
Awe is both the reward of seeking and the doorway to rest — search honestly, and wonder finds you.
The litany's coda: the cry of wonder is something the Gurmukhs "searched" for and "found" — the astonishment is the fruit of seeking, and then, having found it, they reach the One "easily." First the search, then the wonder, then the ease. Awe is both the reward of looking and the doorway to rest.
A Question to Sit With
What have you searched for that, once found, filled you with wonder and made the rest feel easy?
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