My Thirst Is Quenched

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੫

soohee mehlaa 4 ghar 5

Soohee, Fourth Mehl, Fifth House:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik-o^Nkaar satgur parsaad.

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਗੁਰੁ ਸੰਤ ਜਨੋ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਬੁਝਿ ਗਈਆਸੇ ॥

gur sant jano pi-aaraa mai mili-aa mayree tarisnaa bujh ga-ee-aasay.

O humble Saints, I have met my Beloved Guru; the fire of my desire is quenched, and my yearning is gone.

ਹਉ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੈ ਮੈ ਮੇਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੇ ॥

ha-o man tan dayvaa satigurai mai maylay parabh guntaasay.

I dedicate my mind and body to the True Guru; I pray that may He unite me with God, the treasure of virtue.

ਧਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਹੈ ਮੈ ਦਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਸਾਬਾਸੇ ॥

Dhan Dhan guroo vad purakh hai mai dasay har saabaasay.

Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the Supreme Being, who tells me of the most blessed Lord.

ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੇ ॥੧॥

vadbhaagee har paa-i-aa jan naanak naam vigaasay. ||1||

By great good fortune, servant Nanak has found the Lord; he blossoms forth in the Naam. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.

I have met my beloved Teacher, and the restless thirst inside me is finally stilled.

I give my whole mind and heart to the Teacher, who leads me to the One, the treasure of all that is good.

Blessed, blessed is the guide who points me toward the One — by great good fortune I have found what I was thirsting for, and my whole self blossoms.

The endless thirst of wanting is stilled not by getting more but by meeting the One.

The deeper layer

trisnaa bujh ga-ee — trisnaa, the burning thirst of endless wanting, is quenched: not by getting more, but by meeting. naam vigaasay, blossoming (vigaas) in the Name. The Guru is honored as the one who dasay, points the way, to the One.

A Question to Sit With

What is a longing that got quieter once you finally found the right thing?

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