ਤੂ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਵਰਤਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਗੰਨਾਥੁ ॥
too sabh meh varteh har jagannaath.
You are pervading all, O Lord of the world.
ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਹਾਥੁ ॥
so har japai jis gur mastak haath.
He alone meditates on the Lord, upon whose forehead the Guru places His hand.
ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਪਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਪੀ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਦਾਸੁ ਦਸਾਣੀ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥੨॥
har kee saran pa-i-aa har jaapee jan naanak daas dasaanee hay. ||16||2||
Entering the Sanctuary of the Lord, I meditate on the Lord; servant Nanak is the slave of His slaves. ||16||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You move through everything and everyone — there is nowhere You are not.
Only the one on whose forehead the Guru places a hand meditates on You. In Your shelter, I meditate on You.
Nanak says: I am the servant of Your servants.
Taking shelter in the One, ask to be the servant of the One's servants.
Jagannaath — the One of all worlds, pervading all. Gur mastak haath (the Guru's hand on the forehead) is the blessing that turns a person toward the One. Daas dasaanee (servant of servants) is the lowest place in the house, taken gladly.
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