ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
vad-hans mehlaa 4.
Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
har kirpaa har kirpaa kar satgur mayl sukh-daata raam.
O Lord, show Your Mercy, show Your Mercy, and let me meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace.
ਹਮ ਪੂਛਹ ਹਮ ਪੂਛਹ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਾਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਤਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
ham poochhah ham poochhah satgur paas har baataa raam.
I go and ask, I go and ask from the True Guru, about the sermon of the Lord.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਾਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਤ ਪੂਛਹ ਜਿਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
satgur paas har baat poochhah jin naam padaarath paa-i-aa.
I ask about the sermon of the Lord from the True Guru, who has obtained the treasure of the Naam.
ਪਾਇ ਲਗਹ ਨਿਤ ਕਰਹ ਬਿਨੰਤੀ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਪੰਥੁ ਬਤਾਇਆ ॥
paa-ay lagah nit karah binantee gur satgur panth bataa-i-aa.
I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him; the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
ਸੋਈ ਭਗਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥
so-ee bhagat dukh sukh samat kar jaanai har har naam har raataa.
He alone is a devotee, who looks alike upon pleasure and pain; he is imbued with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ॥੧॥
har kirpaa har kirpaa kar gur satgur mayl sukh-daata. ||1||
O Lord, show Your Mercy, show Your Mercy, and let me meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be kind to me, and let me meet real wisdom, the giver of peace.
I go and ask it about what's good and true.
A real friend of the One treats joy and hardship the same — steady through both.
A truly steady heart stays even through both good days and hard ones — not thrown around by either.
Guru Ram Das: "show Your Mercy, let me meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace... I go and ask about the sermon." The verse's gem is its definition of a true devotee: "he alone is a devotee who looks alike upon pleasure and pain" — steadiness through both good days and hard ones (sam drisat, equal vision). For a child: a truly steady heart stays even through both good days and hard ones.
A Question to Sit With
How might you stay steady inside whether a day goes well or badly?
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