ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ
vad-hans mehlaa 3 asatpadee-aa
Wadahans, Third Mehl, Ashtapadees:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਸਚੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
sachee banee sach Dhun sach sabad veechaaraa.
True is the Bani of His Word, and True is the melody; True is contemplative meditation on the Word of the Shabad.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਵਡਭਾਗ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥੧॥
an-din sach salaahnaa Dhan Dhan vadbhaag hamaaraa. ||1||
Night and day, I praise the True Lord. Blessed, blessed is my great good fortune. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The good, true words are real; the tune is real; turning them over quietly in your heart is real.
Day and night I sing about what's true — and I feel so lucky to get to.
The deepest, most solid real thing — call it Truth — is worth singing about day and night.
This Ashtapadee of Guru Amar Das is built, verse after verse, on one word: sach — True, Truth, the real. It opens by calling the Bani (the sacred words), the melody, and the contemplation all true — real, solid, trustworthy. In Sikh thought Sach is one of the deepest names for the One: that which truly is, unchanging beneath all the passing things. The whole hymn will explore living a life made entirely of truth.
A Question to Sit With
What does it mean for something to be really, truly real, not just pretend?
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