Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 69
Verse 4 of 5

For the Gurmukhs, the Way Is Obvious

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਪੰਥੁ ਪਰਗਟਾ ਦਰਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਪਾਇ ॥
gurmukhaa no panth pargataa dar thaak na ko-ee paa-ay.
For the Gurmukhs, the Way is obvious. At the Lord's Door, they face no obstructions.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਹਨਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
har naam salaahan naam man naam rahan liv laa-ay.
They praise the Lord's Name, they keep the Naam in their minds, and they remain attached to the Love of the Naam.
ਅਨਹਦ ਧੁਨੀ ਦਰਿ ਵਜਦੇ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਇ ॥੩॥
anhad Dhunee dar vajday dar sachai sobhaa paa-ay. ||3||
The Unstruck Celestial Music vibrates for them at the Lord's Door, and they are honored at the True Door. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

For the Gurmukhs, the Way is obvious. At the Lord's Door, they face no obstructions.

They praise the Lord's Name, they keep the Naam in their minds, and they remain attached to the Love of the Naam.

The Unstruck Celestial Music vibrates for them at the Lord's Door. They are honored at the True Door.

When the Way is clear, even a hard road is walkable — the Gurmukh faces no obstruction because the direction is settled.
The deeper layer

The anaahat naad (Unstruck Celestial Music) — the sound that arises from no physical source, the inner sound that mystics across traditions describe. In Gurbani, it is the sound of the divine that is heard when the inner stillness is sufficient. The Gurmukhs hear it at the Lord's Door.

"For the Gurmukhs, the Way is obvious" — sukhaalaa marag (the easy path). Not that the Gurmukh's life is without difficulty, but that the direction is clear. When you know where you are going, even a hard road is walkable. When you don't, even a smooth road is disorienting.

A Question to Sit With

Is there an area of your life where the direction is so clear that obstacles don't confuse you — you just work around them? What makes that direction clear?

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