Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 79
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Those Who Focus Consciousness on the True Guru Are Fulfilled

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
sireeraag mehlaa 5.
Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:
ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਪਰਧਾਨ ॥
jinaa satgur si-o chit laa-i-aa say pooray parDhaan.
Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and famous.
ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਤਿਨ ਉਪਜੈ ਮਨਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥
jin ka-o aap da-i-aal ho-ay tin upjai man gi-aan.
Spiritual wisdom wells up in the minds of those unto whom the Lord Himself shows Mercy.
ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੧॥
jin ka-o mastak likhi-aa tin paa-i-aa har naam. ||1||
Those who have such destiny written upon their foreheads obtain the Name of the Lord. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and famous.

Spiritual wisdom wells up in the minds of those unto whom the Lord Himself shows Mercy.

Those who have such destiny written upon their foreheads obtain the Name of the Lord.

When mercy is shown, spiritual wisdom wells up from within — it was always there, waiting for mercy to unlock it.
The deeper layer

This one says that wisdom rises up inside those the One looks on with kindness.

Tin upjai man gi-aan — wisdom wells up in their minds. That wisdom isn't earned by study or hard work. It rises from inside when the One shows mercy. Mercy unlocks what was already there. Think of a spring. The water is under the ground all along. It just needs an opening to come up.

Say pooray parDhaan — they are fully satisfied and well known. A person who is truly full inside becomes seen in the world. Not by showing off, but by the quiet light of what they carry.

Jin ka-o mastak likhi-aa — those with it written on their foreheads receive the Name. That is an old way of saying "those whose lot it is," by the One's gift.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever had wisdom arrive suddenly — insight that you didn't work toward but that simply appeared? What prompted it? What did it feel like?

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