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Summary of Question:	Shabad
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Wednesday, 4/17/2002 7:08 PM MDT

Can you tell me what this shabad means- "Teri Chaal Suhavi Madhurarhi Bani" and who wrote it thanks. I tried to do a search but could not find it.

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This Shabd starts on Page 566 of the Gurmukhi Bir and continues to page 567. It is Wadhans First Guru. The line you mentioned is the first line of the last stanza #8. I have given it below stanza #1 You can look up any line from Siri Guru GranthSahib in the book: "Gurshabd Rattan Prakash"

It starts: Kaho dayaa teraa naam vakhaanaa. Show mercy unto me on God that I may utter Thy Name. You Yourself hast created all and Yourself art pervading amongst all. You Yourself pervades all and creating all have put them to work. You have made kings and some go begging for alms. Greed and worldly love you have made to seem sweet and in this false giving, the person is deluded. Be ever merciful to me. Then alone can I chant your Name.(1)..................

It ends: GRACEFUL IS YOUR GAIT AND BEAUTIFUL YOUR SPEECH. You coo like a coocoo and budding is your youth. The budding youth is pleasing to you and its sight fills the hearts desires. Like an elephant You teasingly place Your foot and you are intoxicated with Yourself. She who is filled with the love of such a sublime spouse flows drunk like the Gangee's water. Prays Nanak, I am your slave O Lord. GRACEFUL IS YOUR GAIT AND SWEET YOUR SPEECH.
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