Verse 1 of 5
My Mind Drinks the Name's Sweet Juice
ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
maalee ga-urhaa mehlaa 4.
Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:
ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਸਿ ਲਾਗਾ ॥
mayraa man raam naam ras laagaa.
My mind is addicted to the juice of the Lord's Name.
ਕਮਲ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਭਇਆ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿਓ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਭਾਗਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kamal pargaas bha-i-aa gur paa-i-aa har japi-o bharam bha-o bhaagaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
My heart-lotus has blossomed forth, and I have found the Guru. Meditating on the Lord, my doubts and fears have run away. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind has fallen in love with the sweet juice of the Name.
My heart opened like a flower when I found the teacher, and remembering the One, my doubts and fears simply ran off.
When the heart opens like a flower, doubts and fears lose their hold.
Ras again — the Name as a juice the mind grows bishekh (addicted, devoted) to. Hirdai kamal pargaasiaa — the heart-lotus blossoms. Doubt (bharam) and fear "run away." The blossoming-lotus image runs through the whole shabad.
A Question to Sit With
What makes your heart feel like it's opening up wide?
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