Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 77 - A Sacrifice to the Sight of You
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Raag Soohee, Shabad 77 - That One Wonderful Moment

ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ਜਾਈ ਉਸੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਜਿਤੁ ਤੁਮਰੈ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਆਇਆ ॥
kurbaan jaa-ee us vaylaa suhaavee jit tumrai du-aarai aa-i-aa.
I am a sacrifice to that most wonderful time when I came to Your Door.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਏ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੮॥੫੫॥
naanak ka-o parabh bha-ay kirpaalaa satgur pooraa paa-i-aa. ||4||8||55||
God has become compassionate to Nanak; I have found the Perfect True Guru. ||4||8||55||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I bless the moment I first came to Your door - of all the times in my life, that one was the most beautiful.

Kindness reached me then, and I found the whole and perfect teaching.

Bless the moment you first turned toward the One.
The deeper layer

The singer blesses the moment they first came to the One's door.

Kurbaan jaa-ee us vaylaa suhaavee — I would give myself for that beautiful moment. It was the moment of arriving at Your door. Think of the first day at a new school, when someone sat next to you and you knew you had a friend. Everything after that day was different.

Naanak ka-o parabh bha-ay kirpaalaa — God became kind to Nanak. Satgur pooraa paa-i-aa — I found the Perfect True Guru, the whole and complete teaching. Arriving and being blessed happen together, in the same moment.

A Question to Sit With

What is a moment you would bless for how it changed your life?

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