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Verse 28 of 74

The One Who Faces the Guru

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਕਾ ਭਉ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
gurmukh saachay kaa bha-o paavai.
The Gurmukh lives in the Fear of God, the True Lord.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਅਘੜੁ ਘੜਾਵੈ ॥
gurmukh banee agharh gharhaavai.
Through the Word of the Guru's Bani, the Gurmukh refines the unrefined.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥
gurmukh nirmal har gun gaavai.
The Gurmukh sings the immaculate, Glorious Praises of the Lord.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰੁ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
gurmukh pavitar param pad paavai.
The Gurmukh attains the supreme, sanctified status.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰੋਮਿ ਰੋਮਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਵੈ ॥
gurmukh rom rom har Dhi-aavai.
The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord with every hair of his body.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੨੭॥
naanak gurmukh saach samaavai. ||27||
O Nanak, the Gurmukh merges in Truth. ||27||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The one who faces the Guru lives in awe of the True One.

Through the Guru's Bani, that person shapes what was unshaped.

The one who faces the Guru sings the pure praises of the One,

and reaches the highest, holiest place.

With every hair of the body, they remember the One.

Nanak says: the one who faces the Guru merges into Truth.

You are not finished clay; the Guru's Word keeps shaping you.
The deeper layer

The one who faces the Guru lets the Word shape them, the way a potter slowly shapes clay. Aghar gharaavai means shaping the unshaped. Bhau here is awe and reverence, not terror. Rom rom means with every hair of the body.

Many verses from here on describe the gurmukh, the one who faces the Guru.

A Question to Sit With

What rough edge in yourself are you slowly smoothing?

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

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