ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ੫ ॥
dayvganDhaaree 5.
Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl:
ਮਨ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਰਾਧਿਓ ॥
man gur mil naam araaDhi-o.
O mind, meet with the Guru, and worship the Naam in adoration.
ਸੂਖ ਸਹਜ ਆਨੰਦ ਮੰਗਲ ਰਸ ਜੀਵਨ ਕਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਬਾਧਿਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
sookh sahj aanand mangal ras jeevan kaa mool baaDhi-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
You shall obtain peace, poise, bliss, joy and pleasure, and lay the foundation of eternal life. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind, meet the teaching and worship the Name with love.
You'll find peace, poise, bliss, joy and pleasure, and lay the foundation of a deathless life.
Devotion isn't a passing mood but the foundation of a life that lasts — stones laid now that will hold.
The Pause line lists devotion's full harvest — "peace, poise, bliss, joy and pleasure" — and calls it "the foundation of eternal life." Note it is a foundation: something built to last, laid now. Devotion is not a passing mood but the groundwork of a life that endures. Meet the teaching, love the Name, and you are laying stones that will hold.
A Question to Sit With
What foundation are you laying now that you want to still be holding you years from here?
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