ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
salok mehlaa 5.
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
ਤੈਡੀ ਬੰਦਸਿ ਮੈ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਡਿਠਾ ਤੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਣਾ ॥
taidee bandas mai ko-ay na dithaa too naanak man bhaanaa.
I have not seen any other like You. You alone are pleasing to Nanak's mind.
ਘੋਲਿ ਘੁਮਾਈ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਵਿਚੋਲੇ ਜੈ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੰਤੁ ਪਛਾਣਾ ॥੧॥
ghol ghumaa-ee tis mitar vicholay jai mil kant pachhaanaa. ||1||
I am a dedicated, devoted sacrifice to that friend, that mediator, who leads me to recognize my Husband Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have not seen anyone else like You. Nanak says: You alone please my heart.
With all my heart I give myself to that friend, that go-between, through whom I came to know my Beloved.
Some things, once you know them, have no substitute.
Nothing else pleases the mind the way the One does. The go-between (vicholaa) is honoured too: the friend, the Guru, who introduces the soul to its Beloved and helps it recognize (pachhaanaa) what was always there. Gratitude flows to the one who made the meeting possible.
A Question to Sit With
Who helped you recognize something good you had not noticed before?
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