Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 107
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Dyed In Deep Color

ਸੰਚਨਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਰਤਨਾ ਮਨ ਤਨ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਸੀਵਨਿ ॥
sanchan raam naam Dhan ratnaa man tan bheetar seevan.
They gather up the priceless wealth of the Lord's Name, and weave it into the fabric of their mind and body.
ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗ ਰਾਂਗ ਭਏ ਮਨ ਲਾਲਾ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਰਸ ਖੀਵਨਿ ॥੧॥
har rang raaNg bha-ay man laalaa raam naam ras kheevan. ||1||
Imbued with the Lord's Love, their minds are dyed in the deep crimson color of devotional love; they are intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord's Name. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

They gather the priceless treasure of the Name and weave it right into their mind and body.

Colored through and through with love for the One, their hearts glow a deep crimson, drunk on the sweetness of the Name.

Deep love colors you all the way through.
The deeper layer

The Naam is a treasure woven into mind and body, and love dyes the heart a deep, glowing red.

Sanchan raam naam Dhan ratnaa means gathering the jewel-wealth of the Name. Then man tan bheetar seevan: stitching it into mind and body. It becomes part of the cloth, not a sticker on top.

The next picture is dyeing fabric. Har rang raang means colored with love for the One. The mind turns laalaa, deep crimson, all the way through. Think of the difference between a painted T-shirt and one dyed so deep the color can't wash out.

Kheevan means happily lost in something. It is the glad, full feeling of a heart soaked in what it loves.

A Question to Sit With

What is something you love so much it has become part of who you are?

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