SHABD VICHAR

Bandna Har Bandna ਬੰਦਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਬੰਦਨਾ

Dr. Karminder Singh Dhillon

ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧੨ Dhansri Mehla 5 Ghar 12.

SGGS 683

ਬੰਦਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਬੰਦਨਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਰਾਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Bandna Har Bandna Gunn Gavho Gopal Raye. Rahao

Bandna – Devotion. Har – Creator. Gunn Gavho – Realization of Divine Virtues. Gopal Raye – Omipresent Sustainer.

My Devotion Towards My Omnipresent Sustainer and Creator Within is to Realize Divine Virtues.

ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਭੇਟੇ ਗੁਰਦੇਵਾ ॥ Vdey Bhag Bhetey Gurdeva

Vdey Bhag – Immense Blessings. Bhetey – Brought about, Created. Gurdeva- Enlightened Guru

The Guru’s Immense Blessings Has Brought About Such Enlightenment;

 

ਕੋਟਿ ਪਰਾਧ ਮਿਟੇ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ॥ ੧ ॥ Kot Pradh Mitey Har Seva

Kot – Multitudes, Immense. Pradh – Vices. Mitey – Eliminate. Har – Creator. Seva – Devotion

Multitudes of My Vices Get Eliminated in Such Devotion of the Creator Within.

ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਪੈ ॥ Charan Kamal Ja Ka Mun Rapey

Charan Kamal – Messages of the Shabd Guru. Ja Ka- Whose, Whence. Mun – Mind. Rapey- Realize

Whence My Mind Realized the Messages of Such Enlightenment;

ਸੋਗ ਅਗਨਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਨ ਬਿਆਪੈ ॥ ੨ ॥ Sog Agan Tis Jun Na Biyapey

Sog – Anxiety. Agan – Lit. Fire, Intense. Tis Jun – Spiritual being. Na Biyapey – Dissipate, Eliminate

The Disquiet of Intense Anxiety Relating to my Spirituality Dissipated.

ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਰਿਆ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗੇ ॥ Sagar Tariya Sadhu Sangey

Sagar – Lit. Ocean; Spiritual Journey. Tariya – Lit. swam across, Navigated. Sadhu – Guru. Sangey – Lit. Company; Guidance.

I Navigated my Spiritual Journey With the Guru’s Guidance;

ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੇ ॥ ੩ ॥ Nirbhau Nam Jpho Har Rangey

Nirbhau – Fearless. Nam – Divine Virtues. Har – Creator. Jpho – Realize. Rangey – Imbue

Imbued in the Realization of the Divine Virtue of Fearlessness.

ਪਰ ਧਨ ਦੋਖ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਪ ਨ ਫੇੜੇ ॥ Par Dhan Dokh Kich Pap Na Ferrey

Par – Temporal. Dhan, Dokh – Infirmities. Pap – Afflictions. Na Ferrey – No Affect

Temporal Afflictions and Infirmities Affect me no More;

ਜਮ ਜੰਦਾਰੁ ਨ ਆਵੈ  ਨੇੜੇ ॥ ੪ ॥ Jum Jundar Na Avey Nereiy

Jum – Vices. Jandar – Prey. Na Avey Nerrey – No Longer Affected

As I am no Longer a Prey to My Vices

ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ Trishna Agun Prabh Aap Bujhayi

Trishna Agun – Vice Related Desires. Prabh – Creator. Aap – My Realization Within. Bujhayi – Extinguished, eliminated

My Realization of the Creator Within Has Eliminated my Vice-Related Desires;

ਨਾਨਕ ਉਧਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥ ੫ ॥ ੧ ॥ Nanak Udhrey Prabh Sarnayi.

Udhrey – Lit. Saved; Realized. Prabh – Creator. Sarnayi – Lit, Come Under the Protection; Shelter.

Nanak, my Spirituality is Realized Within the Shelter of My Devotion Towards My Creator.