ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mehlaa 1.
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਧੰਨੁ ਸੁ ਕਾਗਦੁ ਕਲਮ ਧੰਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਭਾਂਡਾ ਧਨੁ ਮਸੁ ॥
Dhan so kaagad kalam Dhan Dhan bhaaNdaa Dhan mas.
Blessed is the paper, blessed is the pen, blessed is the inkwell, and blessed is the ink.
ਧਨੁ ਲੇਖਾਰੀ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥
Dhan laykhaaree naankaa jin naam likhaa-i-aa sach. ||1||
Blessed is the writer, O Nanak, who writes the True Name. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Blessed is the paper, blessed is the pen, blessed is the inkpot, and blessed is the ink.
Nanak says: blessed is the writer who writes the True Name.
Ordinary tools turn holy in service of something true.
Ordinary tools become blessed when they are used to write the True Name.
Dhan so kaagad kalam dhan: blessed is the paper, blessed the pen, the inkpot and the ink. Dhan laykhaaree: blessed is the laykhaaree, the writer, who writes sach, the True Name. Plain things are made holy by what they are used for.
A Question to Sit With
What everyday thing of yours could be used for something that matters?
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