ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਵਾਇਆ ॥
kar kirpaa jis aap divaa-i-aa.
One whom the Lord Himself blesses with His Mercy,
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
saaDhsang tin har Dhan paa-i-aa.
obtains the Lord's wealth in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਦਇਆਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥
da-i-aal purakh naanak ardaas.
Nanak prays to the merciful Primal Lord;
ਹਰਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਵਰਤਣਿ ਹਰਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਰਾਸਿ ॥੪॥੨੪॥੩੫॥
har mayree vartan har mayree raas. ||4||24||35||
the Lord is my merchandise, and the Lord is my capital. ||4||24||35||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever the One blesses with mercy
finds the One's wealth in the Sangat.
Nanak prays to the merciful One:
You are what I trade in, and You are all my savings.
The Sangat is where the deepest wealth is found.
Saadhsang — the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, where this wealth is found. The closing line uses the language of a merchant: har mayree vartan har mayree raas — the One is my goods and my capital. For a trading community, this reframes the whole ledger of life: the only asset worth counting is the One.
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