Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji · Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 394 · Asa
Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji: whatever you do seems sweet to me
The closing couplet of a short hymn in Raag Asa by Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji. Sikh tradition reports that Guru Ji recited the first line while enduring torture at Lahore in 1606, and it has become the standard expression of accepting hardship as the will of God rather than as punishment or injustice.
The couplet's two halves belong together: acceptance of what comes, and a single request. The hymn as a whole, not shown, lists what the speaker has been given and insists that nothing is owed.
- 1ਤੇਰਾ ਕੀਆ ਮੀਠਾ ਲਾਗੈ ॥teraa keeaa meeThaa laagai
Whatever you send, I find it sweet.
- 2ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮਾਂਗੈ ॥੨॥੪੨॥੯੩॥har naam padhaarath naanak maangai
Nanak asks only for the treasure of your Name.
Our line is a reading of the intent. For the Gurmukhi source text and reference translations seeSikhiToTheMax and SikhRI's Guru Granth Sahib Project.[DB][EoS]