Guru Amardas Sahib in Rag Basant | GGS 1176 | Artist: Sikh Women Musicians Singing Gurbani

The Sabad begins by celebrating the transition from winter's harshness to spring's warmth and vitality. The joy of this connection is likened to the natural world's response to spring, where every being rejoices in the newfound warmth and light.

Spring arrives, flora blooms.
Consciousness connects with All-Pervasive and this fauna blooms.  1.

In this way, this mind becomes green:
Uttering All-Pervasive, All-Pervasive’s Nam¹ day and night,
Becomes Guru-oriented, washes and removes ego.  1. Reflect.

Listens to Eternal-Guru’s Teaching and Sabad,²
Loves Eternal-Guru, this world becomes green.  2.

Fruits and flowers grow when You make them grow.
Eternal-Guru discovered, then connected with the Origin. 3.

You are the Spring, and the whole world is the garden.Nanak: Unique devotion is the complete fortune. 4.

¹ Divine Identification

² Literally “The Word.” Popularly refers to the hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib

     Guru Amardas Sahib in Rag Basant  |  Guru Granth Sahib 1176

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
ਬਸੰਤੁ ਚੜਿਆ ਫੂਲੀ ਬਨਰਾਇ ॥
ਏਹਿ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਫੂਲਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ॥੧॥
ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਢੈ ਧੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ॥

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਏ ॥੨॥
ਫਲ ਫੂਲ ਲਾਗੇ ਜਾਂ ਆਪੇ ਲਾਏ ॥

ਮੂਲਿ ਲਗੈ ਤਾਂ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥੩॥
ਆਪਿ ਬਸੰਤੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਭੁ ਵਾੜੀ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਰਾਲੀ ॥੪॥੫॥੧੭॥

About Sabad of the Week

We are finite; our understanding is finite. Our understanding was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.