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.