Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Bestowing His Glance of Grace, the Lord gives us His Love — and we contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
Serving the True Guru, intuitive peace wells up from within. Ego and desire die.
The Lord who gives virtue dwells forever within the minds of those who keep Truth enshrined in their hearts.
Nadar kari-aa har pir man vasiaa, gur kai sabad vi-chaaree — bestowing His Glance of Grace (nadar — the divine's look of grace that initiates everything), the Husband Lord came to dwell in the mind; we contemplate the Guru's Shabad. Nadar is the initiating moment: the divine's gracious attention that begins the entire movement. Before the Glance of Grace, the human being can seek — but the seeking is completed by grace, not by effort.
Satgur sevi-aa sukh fal paa-i-aa, haumai trishnaa maaree — serving the True Guru, the fruit of peace is found; ego (haumai) and desire (trishnaa — craving, the unquenchable thirst of Shabad 112) die. The fruit (fal) of the service: the ego dies; the craving dies. Not suppressed — dead. Not fighting them any longer but having had the condition that sustained them (separation from the divine) removed through service.
Gundavantee sadaa man vasiaa, sach ridi-ai ur dhaaree — the Lord who gives virtue (gundavantee — possessor of all qualities and virtues) dwells forever within the minds of those who keep Truth enshrined (ur dhaaree — held in the heart, the chest) within their hearts. The interior dwelling of the divine: not sought in temples or at pilgrimage sites but in the heart that holds Truth. Truth held in the heart is where the divine is at home.
Have you ever experienced a moment of unexpected grace — something given that you didn't earn or seek — and how did it change you?
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