ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhaN gur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥
raag dayvganDhaaree mehlaa 4 ghar 1.
Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fourth Mehl, First House:
ਸੇਵਕ ਜਨ ਬਨੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
sayvak jan banay thaakur liv laagay.
Those who become the humble servants of the Lord and Master, lovingly focus their minds on Him.
ਜੋ ਤੁਮਰਾ ਜਸੁ ਕਹਤੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਮੁਖ ਭਾਗ ਸਭਾਗੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jo tumraa jas kahtay gurmat tin mukh bhaag sabhaagay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Those who chant Your Praises, through the Guru's Teachings, have great good fortune recorded upon their foreheads. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who become the One's humble servants rest their minds on it in love.
Those who sing its praises through the teaching carry great good fortune.
The truest good fortune isn't lucky circumstance but a heart turned, in love, toward the One.
This Devgandhaari shabad (the raag that shares Goojaree's section here) opens on its Pause line, praising those who "lovingly focus their minds" on the One. Fortune is redefined once more — not luck of circumstance but the "great good fortune" of a heart turned in love toward the One. The servant's love and the singing of praise are themselves the blessing, "recorded upon their foreheads."
A Question to Sit With
What would you count as 'good fortune' in a life? Is it circumstance, or something in the heart?
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