ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
dayvganDhaaree mehlaa 5.
Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl:
ਠਾਕੁਰ ਹੋਏ ਆਪਿ ਦਇਆਲ ॥
thaakur ho-ay aap da-i-aal.
The Lord and Master Himself has become Merciful.
ਭਈ ਕਲਿਆਣ ਅਨੰਦ ਰੂਪ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ ਉਬਰੇ ਬਾਲ ਗੁਪਾਲ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bha-ee kali-aan anand roop ho-ee hai ubray baal gupaal. rahaa-o.
I have been emancipated, and I have become the embodiment of bliss; I am the Lord's child - He has saved me. ||Pause||
ਦੁਇ ਕਰ ਜੋੜਿ ਕਰੀ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥
du-ay kar jorh karee baynantee paarbarahm man Dhi-aa-i-aa.
With my palms pressed together, I offer my prayer; within my mind, I meditate on the Supreme Lord God.
ਹਾਥੁ ਦੇਇ ਰਾਖੇ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰਿ ਸਗਲਾ ਦੁਰਤੁ ਮਿਟਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
haath day-ay raakhay parmaysur saglaa durat mitaa-i-aa. ||1||
Giving me His hand, the Transcendent Lord has eradicated all my sins. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Master has turned merciful all on its own.
I'm set free, made of joy, the One's own child — it has saved me. Palms pressed, I pray; in my mind I hold the Highest. Giving me its hand, the One wiped away all my wrongs.
Rescue is a hand reaching down to a child — not earned, but received, and the wrongs wiped clean in the grip.
This shabad (echoing Shabad 30) celebrates rescue by spontaneous mercy — "Himself become merciful" — and the child-identity: "I am the Lord's child." The gesture is intimate: "giving me His hand." Salvation is not earned but received, hand reaching down to a child, wrongs wiped clean in the grip.
A Question to Sit With
What would it feel like to be reached for and lifted, like a child taken by the hand?
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