Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 114
Verse 3 of 4

Spreading the Bed of Loving Trust

ਸਾ ਧਨ ਆਸਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਜਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੇਜੜੀਐ ਆਈ ॥
saa Dhan aasaa chit karay raam raaji-aa har parabh sayjrhee-ai aa-ee.
The bride hopes in her mind, that her Sovereign Lord God will come to her bed.
ਮੇਰਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਅਗਮ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੈ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਜਿਆ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਲੇਹੁ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥
mayraa thaakur agam da-i-aal hai raam raaji-aa kar kirpaa layho milaa-ee.
My Lord and Master is infinitely compassionate; O Sovereign Lord, be merciful, and merge me into Yourself.
ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਲੋਚਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖੇ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਜਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਧਾ ਸੇਜ ਵਿਛਾਈ ॥
mayrai man tan lochaa gurmukhay raam raaji-aa har sarDhaa sayj vichhaa-ee.
My mind and body long to behold the Guru's face. O Sovereign Lord, I have spread out my bed of loving faith.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਣੀਆ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਜਿਆ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਈ ॥੩॥
jan naanak har parabh bhaanee-aa raam raaji-aa mili-aa sahj subhaa-ee. ||3||
O servant Nanak, when the bride pleases her Lord God, her Sovereign Lord meets her with natural ease. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The heart hopes and hopes that the One will come and make a home within it.

My Master is beyond reach yet endlessly kind — show me mercy, and draw me close.

With my whole mind and body I long to see You, and I have made my heart ready and open like a welcome spread out for a guest — and to the ready heart, the One comes with easy grace.

Make your heart ready and open, and the One comes with easy grace.
The deeper layer

sardhaa sayj vichhaa-ee — spreading the bed of loving trust, sardhaa: preparing the heart inwardly to receive the One. agam da-i-aal, the One as both agam, beyond reach, and da-i-aal, tender: the distance is bridged by kindness, not by the seeker's power. Meeting comes sahj subhaa-ay, in natural ease, to the heart that is simply ready.

A Question to Sit With

How do you get ready inside when you are expecting someone you love?

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