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Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 58
Verse 59 of 63

The Settled Heart Is at Peace With Whatever It's Given

ਮਃ ੫ ॥
mehlaa 5.
Fifth Mehl:
ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇ ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
tis no man vasaa-ay jin upaa-i-aa.
Enshrine Him in your mind, the One who created you.
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਖਸਮੁ ਤਿਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
jin jan Dhi-aa-i-aa khasam tin sukh paa-i-aa.
Whoever meditates on the Lord and Master obtains peace.
ਸਫਲੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਇਆ ॥
safal janam parvaan gurmukh aa-i-aa.
Fruitful is the birth, and approved is the coming of the Gurmukh.
ਹੁਕਮੈ ਬੁਝਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੁ ਖਸਮਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਆ ॥
hukmai bujh nihaal khasam furmaa-i-aa.
One who realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command shall be blessed - so has the Lord and Master ordained.
ਜਿਸੁ ਹੋਆ ਆਪਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਸੁ ਨਹ ਭਰਮਾਇਆ ॥
jis ho-aa aap kirpaal so nah bharmaa-i-aa.
One who is blessed with the Lord's Mercy does not wander.
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਦਿਤਾ ਖਸਮਿ ਸੋਈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
jo jo ditaa khasam so-ee sukh paa-i-aa.
Whatever the Lord and Master gives him, with that he is content.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸਹਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮਿਤ ॥
naanak jisahi da-i-aal bujhaa-ay hukam mit.
O Nanak, one who is blessed with the kindness of the Lord, our Friend, realizes the Hukam of His Command.
ਜਿਸਹਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜਮਹਿ ਨਿਤ ॥੨॥
jisahi bhulaa-ay aap mar mar jameh nit. ||2||
But those whom the Lord Himself causes to wander, continue to die, and take reincarnation again. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Hold in your heart the One who made you.

Whoever remembers the Master finds peace. Fruitful is the birth of the one who faces the teaching, and welcome their arrival. The one who grasps the One's Will is blessed — so the Master ordained. The one graced does not wander; content with whatever the One gives. Nanak says: the one the One befriends grasps the Will — but those the One sets wandering keep circling.

The settled heart isn't endlessly wanting the next thing — it's at peace with whatever it's given.
The deeper layer

The twentieth Pauree centers contentment with what is given: the graced one is "content" with "whatever the Lord and Master gives him." This is the settled heart the whole Vaar commends — not endlessly wanting the next thing, but at peace with what the One provides. The verse holds the hard mystery honestly too (some "the Lord Himself causes to wander"), but its counsel to us is clear: grasp the Will, be content, and the wandering stops.

A Question to Sit With

What would 'content with whatever is given' change about how you meet your day?

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