ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਪੂਰਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੈ ॥
nadar karay pooraa gur bhaytai.
When He bestows His Glance of Grace, one meets the Perfect Guru.
ਜਮ ਜੰਦਾਰੁ ਨ ਮਾਰੈ ਫੇਟੈ ॥
jam jandaar na maarai faytai.
The tyrannical Messenger of Death cannot strike him then.
ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਬਿਗਾਸੀ ਆਪੇ ਬਿਗਸਿ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ॥੬॥
ji-o jal antar kamal bigaasee aapay bigas Dhi-aa-idaa. ||6||
He blossoms forth like the lotus flower in the water; he blossoms forth in joyful meditation. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When grace looks your way, you meet the Perfect Guru.
Then even the thought of death loses its sting; it can no longer frighten you at all.
You open up like a lotus blooming on the water, glad and peaceful, resting your mind on the One.
When grace touches you, even death stops being scary.
'Jam jandaar', the stern messenger of death, cannot strike the one who meets the Guru. With grace, death loses its power to frighten, and life opens like a lotus (kamal bigaasee) blooming on the water.
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