ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਉਪਦੇਸਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਹਉ ਸਦਾ ਘੁਮਾਇਆ ॥
jin jagjeevan updaysi-aa tis gur ka-o ha-o sadaa ghumaa-i-aa.
I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru, who has taught me about the Lord, the Life of the World.
ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਹਉ ਖੰਨੀਐ ਜਿਨਿ ਮਧੁਸੂਦਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ॥
tis gur ka-o ha-o khannee-ai jin maDhusoodan har naam sunaa-i-aa.
I am every bit a sacrifice to the Guru, the Lover of Nectar, who has revealed the Name of the Lord.
ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਹਉ ਵਾਰਣੈ ਜਿਨਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਸਭੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
tis gur ka-o ha-o vaarnai jin ha-umai bikh sabh rog gavaa-i-aa.
I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism.
ਤਿਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਵਡ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਨਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਕਟਿ ਗੁਣੀ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ॥
tis satgur ka-o vad punn hai jin avgan kat gunee samjhaa-i-aa.
Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.
ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੭॥
so satgur tin ka-o bhayti-aa jin kai mukh mastak bhaag likh paa-i-aa. ||7||
The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I'm so grateful for the wisdom that revealed the good and cured my puffed-up heart.
It rooted out what was unkind in me and planted good qualities instead.
That's a truly great gift.
Real wisdom doesn't just scold what's unkind in us — it plants good qualities in their place.
The Pauree overflows with gratitude: "the Guru... has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism... eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue." Wisdom doesn't just scold the bad — it replaces it with good, like a gardener pulling weeds and planting flowers. For a child: real wisdom doesn't just scold what's unkind in us — it plants good qualities in their place.
A Question to Sit With
What good quality would you like planted where an unkind habit used to be?
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