Dhan Dhan vadbhaag mili-o gur saaDhoo mil saaDhoo liv unman laagibaa.
Blessed, blessed is the good fortune of those who meet the Holy Guru; meeting with the Holy, they lovingly center themselves in the state of absolute absorption.
The fire of desire within them is quenched, and they find peace; they sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
My mind is held by the deep taste of the One's Name.
The One purified the strayed by uniting them with the Holy Guru; now they taste the Name and its deep essence.
Blessed is the good fortune of those who meet the Holy Guru; meeting the Holy, they settle into deep, absorbed stillness. The fire of craving is quenched in them, and they find peace, singing the praise of the spotless One.
When the restless fire of always-wanting is quenched, what's left is a deep, still peace. And meeting the wisdom that does this feels like good fortune — a gift, not something you earned.
The deeper layer
The refrain and verse pile up the fruits of the antivenom: the strayed are purified, they taste the Name (Har Ras), they settle into "absolute absorption" (samaadhi, deep stillness), and — the key line — "the fire of desire is quenched, and they find peace." The burning of craving (the same inner fire cooled all through Devgandhaari) is put out. Guru Ram Das links stillness and coolness: when the restless fire of wanting quiets, what remains is a deep, absorbed peace. And notice "blessed is the good fortune" — the meeting with the teacher is received as fortune, gift, not achievement.
A Question to Sit With
What does the 'fire' of always craving more feel like? What would a deep, cool stillness feel like instead?
