ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 4.
Raamkalee, Fourth Mehl:
ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਵਡਾ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਹਰਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੇ ॥
satgur daataa vadaa vad purakh hai jit mili-ai har ur Dhaaray.
The True Guru, the Great Giver, is the Great, Primal Being; meeting Him, the Lord is enshrined within the heart.
ਜੀਅ ਦਾਨੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਦੀਆ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਰੇ ॥੧॥
jee-a daan gur poorai dee-aa har amrit naam samaaray. ||1||
The Perfect Guru has granted me the life of the soul; I meditate in remembrance on the Ambrosial Name of the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The True Guru is the great Giver, the greatest Being of all. Meeting the Guru, I hold the One in my heart.
The Perfect Guru gave me the very life of my soul.
Now I remember the sweet, deathless Naam of the One.
The greatest gift the Guru gives is the One placed in your own heart.
The greatest gift is not a thing but a presence — the One placed inside your own heart.
Satgur daataa — the Guru as Giver. Jee-a daan is the gift of soul-life, an inner aliveness handed back to you. Amrit naam is the deathless, ambrosial Name; samaaray means to cherish and remember.
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