ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 3.
Maaroo, Third Mehl:
ਕਾਇਆ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
kaa-i-aa kanchan sabad veechaaraa.
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, the body becomes golden.
ਤਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰਾ ॥
tithai har vasai jis daa ant na paaraavaaraa.
The Lord abides there; He has no end or limitation.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਦਾ ॥੧॥
an-din har sayvihu sachee banee har jee-o sabad milaa-idaa. ||1||
Night and day, serve the Lord, and chant the True Word of the Guru's Bani. Through the Shabad, meet the Dear Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I hold the Guru's Word in my heart, something in me turns golden — bright and precious.
The One lives there, with no end and no edge. Morning and night I give myself to this, singing the true song, and through the word I meet the Beloved.
The word held in the heart turns something ordinary in you to gold.
Kanchan (golden) is the transformed body — the mind and body made luminous by contemplating the Shabad. The endless One dwells within, and service day and night is how the meeting happens.
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