ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 9.
Maaroo, Ninth Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ॥
har ko naam sadaa sukh-daa-ee.
The Name of the Lord is forever the Giver of peace.
ਜਾ ਕਉ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਅਜਾਮਲੁ ਉਧਰਿਓ ਗਨਿਕਾ ਹੂ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaa ka-o simar ajaamal uDhaari-o ganikaa hoo gat paa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Meditating in remembrance on it, Ajaamal was saved, and Ganika the prostitute was emancipated. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
The Naam of the One always brings peace.
Remembering it, Ajaamal, whom people had given up on, was lifted up, and Ganika too was set free.
The Name is a comfort that never runs dry, and it is open to everyone.
The Naam of the One gives peace, always, to everyone.
This is the rahao, the refrain held through the whole song. Ajaamal and Ganika are two figures remembered in tradition as people society had written off, who were transformed by turning toward the One. Grace reaches everyone, with no exceptions.
A Question to Sit With
When has simply remembering something you love steadied you?
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