ਮੰਦਰਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਸੋਭ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਅਨਹਤ ਰੁਣੁ ਝੁਣੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
mandar bhaag sobh du-aarai anhat run jhun laa-ay.
His palace is so beautiful! His gate is so wonderful! The celestial melody of the sound current resounds there.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੇ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਥੀਤੇ ਸਦ ਥਾਏ ॥੨॥੧॥੨੭॥
kaho naanak sadaa rang maanay garih pari-a theetay sad thaa-ay. ||2||1||27||
Says Nanak, I enjoy eternal bliss; I have obtained a permanent place in the home of my Beloved. ||2||1||27||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
How beautiful its palace, how wonderful its gate! The unstruck melody sounds there.
Nanak says: I enjoy endless bliss, having found a permanent home in the Beloved's house.
After all the wandering, the settled end is a permanent home — not a visit but a residence, the bliss of belonging.
The close pictures arrival at a permanent home — "a permanent place in the home of my Beloved," where "the celestial melody" plays. After all the raag's longing and wandering, here is the settled end: not a visit but a residence, an "eternal bliss" of belonging. The homeless seeker has found home.
A Question to Sit With
What would 'a permanent home' — a place you finally belong and never have to leave — feel like?
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