Verse 3 of 4

Blessed Are Those Who Sing, and My Heart Blossoms to See Them

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਰਾਧਹਿ ਸੇ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥

har naam araaDheh say Dhan jan kahee-ahi tin mastak bhaag Dhur likh paavee-ai ray.

Those humble beings who worship and adore the Lord's Name, are said to be blessed. Such is the good destiny written on their foreheads.

ਤਿਨ ਦੇਖੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਬਿਗਸੈ ਜਿਉ ਸੁਤੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਮਾਤ ਗਲਿ ਲਾਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥੩॥

tin daykhay mayraa man bigsai ji-o sut mil maat gal laavee-ai ray. ||3||

Gazing upon them, my mind blossoms forth, like the mother who meets with her son and hugs him close. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The people who love to sing the Name — how lucky they are. You can almost see the good fortune shining on them.

When I meet someone like that, my heart blossoms open, the way a flower opens in the morning sun.

It feels like a mother who has been waiting all day and finally sees her child running toward her — and she scoops them up and holds them close.

Being near people who love the One makes your own heart blossom open.

The deeper layer

Dhan jan — blessed are those who adore the Name; bhaag dhur likh is the good fortune written from the beginning, read here as blessing rather than fixed fate. Bigsai is the heart blossoming (the same vigaas found across Gurbani). The mother-and-child image is Guru Ram Das's signature tenderness — the divine met as family love. Kaydaaraa carries a warm, homecoming devotion, and this pauri is its gentlest note.

A Question to Sit With

Who is someone whose company makes your heart feel lighter and more open?

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