ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
vadbhaagee satgur paa-i-aa.
By great good fortune, I found the True Guru,
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਪੰਥੁ ਮਿਟਾਇਆ ॥
jin jam kaa panth mitaa-i-aa.
who obliterated the path of the Messenger of Death.
ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਾਇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥
har bhagat bhaa-ay chit laagaa.
My consciousness is focused on loving, devotional worship of the Lord.
ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵਹਿ ਸੇ ਵਡਭਾਗਾ ॥੨॥
jap jeeveh say vadbhaagaa. ||2||
One who lives in this meditation is very fortunate indeed. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By great good luck I found the true teacher, and the road of dread simply disappeared.
My heart settled into loving the One; whoever lives that way is truly fortunate.
When love fills a heart, dread finds less and less room to stay.
Jam kaa panth mitaa-i-aa -- the frightening road is erased. Sorath softens the old messenger-of-death imagery into this: the dread itself is removed, so what remains is a heart at ease in love (bhagat bhaa-ay).
A Question to Sit With
What is a fear that gets smaller when you fill your mind with something you love?
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