qMonkqMonkSikhism
Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 34
Verse 2 of 4

Turning Toward Good Opens the Heart Like a Flower

ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਰਸੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
ha-o jeevaa ha-o jeevaa satgur daykh sarsay raam.
I live, I live, and I blossom forth, beholding the True Guru.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੋ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਗਸੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
har naamo har naam drirh-aa-ay jap har har naam vigsay raam.
The Name of the Lord, the Name of the Lord, He has implanted within me; chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I blossom forth.
ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਮਲ ਪਰਗਾਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਵੰ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
jap har har naam kamal pargaasay har naam navaN niDh paa-ee.
Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the heart-lotus blossoms forth, and through the Name of the Lord, I have obtained the nine treasures.
ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਇਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਥਾ ਹਰਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਈ ॥
ha-umai rog ga-i-aa dukh laathaa har sahj samaaDh lagaa-ee.
The disease of egotism has been eradicated, suffering has been eliminated, and I have entered the Lord's state of celestial Samaadhi.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਡਾਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਈ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦੇਵ ਮਨੁ ਪਰਸੇ ॥
har naam vadaa-ee satgur tay paa-ee sukh satgur dayv man parsay.
I have obtained the glorious greatness of Name of the Lord from the True Guru; beholding the Divine True Guru, my mind is at peace.
ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਰਸੇ ॥੨॥
ha-o jeevaa ha-o jeevaa satgur daykh sarsay. ||2||
I live, I live, and I blossom forth, beholding the True Guru. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I live, I truly live, and I blossom open just by turning toward what's good.

Keeping the Name close, my heart opens like a flower, and I find every treasure inside.

The puffed-up feeling and the hurt melt away, and a deep calm settles in.

Turning toward what's good makes your heart open up like a flower — you feel truly alive.
The deeper layer

"I live, I live, and I blossom forth" — jeevaa jeevaa — the doubled words of pure aliveness. The heart-lotus blossoms (vigaas), "the disease of egotism is eradicated," and one enters "celestial Samaadhi" — deep peace. This is the raag's blossoming joy at full flower. For a child: turning toward what's good makes your heart open up like a flower, and you feel truly alive.

A Question to Sit With

When have you felt so glad it was like a flower opening inside you?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

About this shabad →
← Verse 1 of 4 A Heart So Full You Want to Say It Twice
Verse 3 of 4 →It's a Gift to Have Someone Lead You Toward Wisdom
Use ← → to navigate