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Sing the Name, the Giver of Peace
ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
maalee ga-urhaa mehlaa 4.
Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:
ਜਪਿ ਮਨ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ॥
jap man raam naam sukh-daata.
O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the Giver of peace.
ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਾਦੁ ਆਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
satsangat mil har saad aa-i-aa gurmukh barahm pachhaataa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
One who joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and enjoys the sublime taste of the Lord, as Gurmukh, comes to realize God. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, sing the Name of the One who gives peace.
Join the company of those who love the One, taste that sweetness, and — turned toward the teaching — you come to know the One.
Good company and a sweet Name turn the mind toward peace.
The rahao sets the shabad's key: sukh-daata, the Giver of peace, tasted in sat sangat (the true company of seekers). Gurmukh means "one whose face is turned toward the Guru/teaching." Sweetness (ras) is a favorite Maalee-Gauraa word — the Name is experienced as flavor, not duty.
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