Sikhism·Raag Kaanraa·Shabad 70
Verse 18 of 45

The Name That Turns Everything Green

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਹਰਿ ਊਤਮੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਮਉਲਾ ॥
har ootam hari-aa naam hai har purakh niranjan ma-ulaa.
The Lord's Sublime Name is energizing and rejuvenating. The Immaculate Lord, the Primal Being, blossoms forth.
ਜੋ ਜਪਦੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਸੇਵੇ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਤ ਕਉਲਾ ॥
jo japday har har dinas raat tin sayvay charan nit ka-ulaa.
Maya serves at the feet of those who chant and meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, day and night.
ਨਿਤ ਸਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਲ੍ਹ੍ਹੇ ਸਭ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਹਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਸਭ ਜਉਲਾ ॥
nit saar samaalHay sabh jee-a jant har vasai nikat sabh ja-ulaa.
The Lord always looks after and cares for all His beings and creatures; He is with all, near and far.
ਸੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਇਸੀ ਜਿਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਉਲਾ ॥
so boojhai jis aap bujhaa-isee jis satgur purakh parabh sa-ulaa.
Those whom the Lord inspires to understand, understand; the True Guru, God, the Primal Being, is pleased with them.
ਸਭਿ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗੁਣ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਹਰੇ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਹਰੇ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਹਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਤ ਗੁਣੀ ਸਮਉਲਾ ॥੬॥
sabh gaavhu gun govind haray govind haray govind haray gun gaavat gunee sama-ulaa. ||6||
Let everyone sing the Praise of the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe; singing the Praise of the Lord, one is absorbed in His Glorious Virtues. ||6||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Naam of the One is the finest thing, fresh and green and full of life. The pure One, the First of all, blossoms like spring.

Those who say Har, Har day and night find Maya, the world's wealth, waiting at their feet like a servant.

The One always looks after and cares for every being and creature. The One lives close to everyone, near and far.

Only the one the One helps to understand comes to understand. The True Guru, the First of all, is pleased with them.

Let everyone sing the goodness of Govind Haray, Govind Haray, Govind Haray! Singing that goodness, you melt into the One who is all goodness.

The Name is springtime — it turns a dry heart green.
The deeper layer

The Naam is springtime: it turns a dry heart green, and the One stays close to everyone.

Hari-aa means green and ma-ulaa means blossoming. Think of bare winter branches suddenly covered in new leaves. Har vasai nikat sabh ja-ulaa: the One lives close to all, near and far, leaving no one out.

Bujhaa-isee: understanding comes as a gift the One gives. Ka-ulaa, Maya, the world's riches, stops being the master and becomes a helper.

A Question to Sit With

What makes you feel fresh and alive, like new leaves after winter?

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