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Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 58
Verse 21 of 63

The Ability to Praise Is Itself the Gift

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਪਾਈਅਨਿ ਸਭਿ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਤੇਰੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤਿਆ ॥
paa-ee-an sabh niDhaan tayrai rang rati-aa.
All treasures are obtained, when we are attuned to Your Love.
ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਪਛੋਤਾਉ ਤੁਧ ਨੋ ਜਪਤਿਆ ॥
na hovee pachhotaa-o tuDh no japti-aa.
One does not have to suffer regret and repentance, when he meditates on You.
ਪਹੁਚਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ਤੇਰੀ ਟੇਕ ਜਨ ॥
pahuch na sakai ko-ay tayree tayk jan.
No one can equal Your humble servant, who has Your Support.
ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਸੁਖ ਲਹਾ ਚਿਤਾਰਿ ਮਨ ॥
gur pooray vaahu vaahu sukh lahaa chitaar man.
Waaho! Waaho! How wonderful is the Perfect Guru! Cherishing Him in my mind, I obtain peace.
ਗੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਭੰਡਾਰੁ ਕਰਮੀ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
gur peh sifat bhandaar karmee paa-ee-ai.
The treasure of the Lord's Praise comes from the Guru; by His Mercy, it is obtained.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਧਾਈਐ ॥
satgur nadar nihaal bahurh na Dhaa-ee-ai.
When the True Guru bestows His Glance of Grace, one does not wander any more.
ਰਖੈ ਆਪਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਦਾਸਾ ਆਪਣੇ ॥
rakhai aap da-i-aal kar daasaa aapnay.
The Merciful Lord preserves him - He makes him His own slave.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜੀਵਾ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣੇ ॥੭॥
har har har har naam jeevaa sun sunay. ||7||
Listening, hearing the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har, I live. ||7||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

All treasures come when I'm tuned to Your love.

No regret touches the one who remembers You. No one equals Your servant, who leans on Your support. Wonderful, wonderful is the perfect teaching! Holding it in mind, I find peace. The treasure of praise comes from the teaching, obtained by mercy. When it graces you, you stop wandering. The merciful One keeps you and makes you its own. Hearing the Name again and again, I live.

The ability to praise is itself the gift — and hearing the Name isn't decoration on life but what you live on.
The deeper layer

The seventh Pauree breaks into "Waaho! Waaho!" — "How wonderful is the Perfect Guru!" — the Vaar's cry of wonder. And it names the treasure that comes from the teaching as "the treasure of the Lord's Praise" — the ability to praise is itself the gift. The verse ends on a heartbeat: "hearing the Name... I live." Remembrance is not decoration on life; it is what the speaker lives on, as breath.

A Question to Sit With

What do you truly 'live on' — what would feel like losing breath if it were gone?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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