Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 58
Verse 42 of 63

Words From a Dyed Heart Carry Weight in the Only Court

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਭਗਤਾ ਕਾ ਬੋਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਵੈ ਥਾਇ ॥
bhagtaa kaa boli-aa parvaan hai dargeh pavai thaa-ay.
The speech of the devotees is approved; it is accepted in the Court of the Lord.
ਭਗਤਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਟੇਕ ਰਤੇ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਇ ॥
bhagtaa tayree tayk ratay sach naa-ay.
Your devotees take to Your Support; they are imbued with the True Name.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਹੋਇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
jis no ho-ay kirpaal tis kaa dookh jaa-ay.
One unto whom You are Merciful, has his sufferings depart.
ਭਗਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਦਇਆਲ ਓਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਮਿਹਰ ਪਾਇ ॥
bhagat tayray da-i-aal onHaa mihar paa-ay.
O Merciful Lord, You bless Your devotees with Your Grace.
ਦੂਖੁ ਦਰਦੁ ਵਡ ਰੋਗੁ ਨ ਪੋਹੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਾਇ ॥
dookh darad vad rog na pohay tis maa-ay.
Suffering, pain, terrible disease and Maya do not afflict them.
ਭਗਤਾ ਏਹੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ਗੁਣ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗਾਇ ॥
bhagtaa ayhu aDhaar gun govind gaa-ay.
This is the Support of the devotees, that they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.
ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣਿ ਇਕੋ ਇਕੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
sadaa sadaa din rain iko ik Dhi-aa-ay.
Forever and ever, day and night, they meditate on the One and Only Lord.
ਪੀਵਤਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਨ ਨਾਮੇ ਰਹੇ ਅਘਾਇ ॥੧੪॥
peevat amrit naam jan naamay rahay aghaa-ay. ||14||
Drinking in the Ambrosial Amrit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, His humble servants remain satisfied with the Naam. ||14||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The devotees' speech is accepted, honored in the One's court.

They lean on Your support, dyed in the True Name. The one You show mercy to has their suffering leave. Merciful One, You grace Your devotees. Pain, terrible disease, and the glitter do not afflict them. This is their support: they sing the One's glories. Forever, day and night, they remember the One and Only. Drinking the nectar of the Name, the servants stay content.

Words from a heart dyed in the good carry weight in the only court that finally matters.
The deeper layer

The fourteenth Pauree honors the devotees' speech — "accepted in the Court of the Lord." Words spoken from a heart dyed in the Name carry weight in the only court that finally matters. And the devotees' "support" is simply praise: "they sing the Glorious Praises." Their protection from suffering, disease, and Maya is not a magic shield but the deep contentment of a life that lives on the nectar of the Name.

A Question to Sit With

Whose words carry a weight that comes from how they live? How might yours?

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