ਜਾ ਕਉ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਵੈ ॥
jaa ka-o kirpaa karahu parabh mayray so har kaa jas gaavai.
O my God, whoever You bless with Your Mercy - he alone sings Your Glorious Praises.
ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵੈ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਦ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਵੈ ॥੨॥੬੪॥੮੭॥
aath pahar gobind gun gaavai jan naanak sad bal jaavai. ||2||64||87||
Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to that person who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, twenty-four hours a day. ||2||64||87||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever the One touches with kindness — that is the person who ends up singing Your praises.
Nanak says: all day and all night they sing of the One, and my heart bows in thanks to anyone who lives like that.
Even the love you give back begins as a gift you were given.
Even the singing is grace: the One blesses, and the praise flows out.
Jaa ka-o kirpaa karahu — whoever You bless — so har kaa jas gaavai, that one sings the praise of the One. Aath pahar, all eight watches of the day, means a whole life lived in praise. Jan naanak sad bal jaavai — Nanak bows gladly to such a person.
A Question to Sit With
Who is someone whose way of living makes you want to be more like them?
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