ਭਾਰ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਮਾਲਣਿ ਤੇਰੀ ॥
bhaar athaarah maalan tayree.
Your gardener is the vast vegetation of nature.
ਚਉਰੁ ਢੁਲੈ ਪਵਣੈ ਲੈ ਫੇਰੀ ॥
cha-ur dhulai pavnai lai fayree.
The wind blowing around is the chauree, the fly-brush, waving over You.
ਚੰਦੁ ਸੂਰਜੁ ਦੁਇ ਦੀਪਕ ਰਾਖੇ ਸਸਿ ਘਰਿ ਸੂਰੁ ਸਮਾਇਦਾ ॥੬॥
chand sooraj du-ay deepak raakhay sas ghar soor samaa-idaa. ||6||
The Lord placed the two lamps, the sun and the moon; the sun merges in the house of the moon. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All the green and growing things of the world are like a garland offered to the One.
The wind that moves through the trees is like a gentle fan, waving in honor.
The sun and the moon are two great lamps the One lit, to give us light by day and by night.
The whole world is quietly honoring the One who made it.
'Bhaar athaarah' is the classical phrase for all the vegetation of the world. The whole of nature performs worship: green growth as the garland, wind as the ceremonial fan, sun and moon as the lamps.
A Question to Sit With
What in nature makes you feel like saying thank you?
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