Once actor Balraj Sahni asked the Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore. You have written the National Anthem for India. Can you write an International anthem for the whole world?*
*He said : It has already been written not only international but for the entire universe, in the 16th century by Nanak, replied Tagore. He referred to the Sikh Arti (ceremony of light).*
*Gurudev Tagore was so enamoured of this arti that he personally translated it into Bengali.*
*As legend has it, in 1508 CE Guru Nanak Dev visited the famous temple of Jagannath at Puri in Orrisa, which was very well known for its arti for Lord Krishna. In the evening, priests brought a platter full of many lighted lamps, flowers, incense and pearls and began the arti..*
*Guru Nanak Sahib meanwhile spontaneously gave words to the wonderful arti which was being hummed by Nature before the invisible altar of God, the creator of this universe.*
*A must listen with eyes closed.* 👇👇👇
राग धनासरी महला १ ॥
Raag Dhanaasree, First Mehl:
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गगन मै थालु रवि चंदु दीपक बने
तारिका मंडल जनक मोती ॥
(Upon that cosmic
plate of the sky,
the sun and the moon
are the lamps. The stars
and their orbs are the
studded pearls)
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धूपु मलआनलो पवणु चवरो करे
सगल बनराइ फूलंत joti ॥१॥
(The fragrance of sandalwood
in the air is the temple incense,
and the wind is the fan. All the
plants of the world are the altar
flowers in offering to You,
O Luminous Lord)
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कैसी आरती होइ ॥
(What a beautiful Aartee,
lamp-lit worship service this is!)
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भव खंडना तेरी आरती ॥
(O Destroyer of Fear, this is
Your Ceremony of Light)
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ਅअनहता सबद वाजंत भेरी ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
(The Unstruck Sound-current
of the Shabad is the vibration
of the temple drums)
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सहस तव नैन नन नैन हहि तोहि कउ
सहस मूरति नना एक तोही ॥
(You have thousands of eyes,
and yet You have no eyes.
You have thousands of forms,
and yet You do not have even one)
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सहस पद बिमल नन एक पद गंध बिनु
सहस तव गंध इव चलत मोही ॥२॥
(You have thousands of Lotus
Feet, and yet You do not have
even one foot. You have no
nose, but you have thousands
of noses. This Play of Yours
entrances me)
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सभ महि जोति जोति है सोइ ॥
(Amongst all is the Light-You
are that Light)
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तिस दै चानणि सभ महि चानणु होइ ॥
(By this Illumination, that Light
is radiant within all)
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गुर साखी जोति परगटु होइ ॥
(Through the Guru's Teachings,
the Light shines forth)
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जो तिसु भावै सु आरती होइ ॥३॥
(That which is pleasing to Him
is the lamp-lit worship service)
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हरि चरण कवल मकरंद लोभित मनो
अनदिनो मोहि आही पिआसा ॥
(My mind is enticed by the honey
-sweet Lotus Feet of the Lord.Day
and night, I thirst for them)
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क्रिपा जलु देहि नानक सारिंग कउ
होइ जा ते तेरै नाइ वासा ॥४॥३॥
(Bestow the Water of Your Mercy
upon Nanak, the thirsty song-bird,
so that he may come to dwell in
Your Name)
Dhan Guru Nanak Dev ji
