Verse 3 of 3

The Good Is Right Here, Near at Hand

ਤੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਸਿਖ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਭਾਏ ਜਿਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

tay gur kay sikh mayray har parabh bhaa-ay jinaa har parabh jaani-o mayraa naal.

Those Sikhs of the Guru, who realize that my Lord God is with them, are pleasing to my Lord God.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਦੀਨੀ ਹਰਿ ਦੇਖਿ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਹਦੂਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੨॥੩॥੯॥

jan naanak ka-o mat har parabh deenee har daykh nikat hadoor nihaal nihaal nihaal nihaal. ||2||3||9||

The Lord God has blessed servant Nanak with understanding; seeing his Lord hear at hand, his is enraptured, enraptured, enraptured, enraptured. ||2||3||9||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

People who truly sense that the good is right here with them are dear to it.

Seeing the good near at hand, the heart overflows with joy, again and again.

The good is right here with you, near at hand — and truly sensing that fills your heart with joy.

The deeper layer

The shabad — and the Mehl 4 block — closes on the raag's steady comfort: the Sikhs "who realize that my Lord God is with them" are dear to the One, and "seeing his Lord near at hand, he is enraptured, enraptured, enraptured, enraptured." The good is right here, near at hand, and knowing it fills the heart with fourfold joy. The colophon (||2||3||9||) closes. For a child: the good is right here with you, near at hand — and truly sensing that fills your heart with joy.

A Question to Sit With

How would you feel if you remembered the good was right beside you all day?

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