Bhagat Dhanna Ji

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The sacred song of Dhanna - a folk song - as recorded by R C Temple the British Folklorist in 1880 - sung by the Raagis of Darbar Sahib - Miran Bakhsh and Ghunna - published in R C Temple's Legends of the Panjab.

Dhanna Bhagat -

* Taken from 'Punjab dian Lok Gathavan' Sir Richard Temple - Bhasha Vibhag Punjab - 1971 Vol 1 pg 65 - 70

Dhanna The Bhagat -

* Taken from 'The Legends of the Panjab' - R C Temple - Rupa 2002 - Vol 1 pg 106-117

The Shabads of Bhagat Dhanna in Siri Guru Granth Sahib (* from Sikhitothemax)

This Shabad is by Bhagat Dhannaa Ji in Raag Aasaa on Pannaa 487

aasaa baanee bhagath dhha(n)nae jee kee

ik oa(n)kaar sathigur prasaadh ||

bhramath firath bahu janam bilaanae than man dhhan nehee dhheerae ||

laalach bikh kaam lubadhh raathaa man bisarae prabh heerae ||1|| rehaao ||

bikh fal meet(h) lagae man bourae chaar bichaar n jaaniaa ||

gun thae preeth badtee an bhaa(n)thee janam maran fir thaaniaa ||1||

jugath jaan nehee ridhai nivaasee jalath jaal jam fa(n)dhh parae ||

bikh fal sa(n)ch bharae man aisae param purakh prabh man bisarae ||2||

giaan pravaes gurehi dhhan dheeaa dhhiaan maan man eaek meae ||

praem bhagath maanee sukh jaaniaa thripath aghaanae mukath bheae ||3||

joth samaae samaanee jaa kai ashhalee prabh pehichaaniaa ||

dhha(n)nai dhhan paaeiaa dhharaneedhhar mil jan sa(n)th samaaniaa ||4||1||

Aasaa, The Word Of Devotee Dhanna Jee:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

I wandered through countless incarnations, but mind, body and wealth never remain stable.

Attached to, and stained by the poisons of sexual desire and greed, the mind has forgotten the jewel of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

The poisonous fruit seems sweet to the demented mind, which does not know the difference between good and evil.

Turning away from virtue, his love for other things increases, and he weaves again the web of birth and death. ||1||

He does not know the way to the Lord, who dwells within his heart; burning in the trap, he is caught by the noose of death.

Gathering the poisonous fruits, he fills his mind with them, and he forgets God, the Supreme Being, from his mind. ||2||

The Guru has given the wealth of spiritual wisdom; practicing meditation, the mind becomes one with Him.

Embracing loving devotional worship for the Lord, I have come to know peace; satisfied and satiated, I have been liberated. ||3||

One who is filled with the Divine Light, recognizes the undeceivable Lord God.

Dhanna has obtained the Lord, the Sustainer of the World, as his wealth; meeting the humble Saints, he merges in the Lord. ||4||

This Shabad is by Bhagat Dhannaa Ji in Raag Dhanaasree on Pannaa 695

dhha(n)naa ||

gopaal thaeraa aarathaa ||

jo jan thumaree bhagath kara(n)thae thin kae kaaj savaarathaa ||1|| rehaao ||

dhaal seedhhaa maago gheeo ||

hamaraa khusee karai nith jeeo ||

panheeaa shhaadhan neekaa || anaaj mago sath see kaa ||1||

goo bhais mago laavaeree ||

eik thaajan thuree cha(n)gaeree ||

ghar kee geehan cha(n)gee ||

jan dhha(n)naa laevai ma(n)gee ||2||4||

Dhannaa:

O Lord of the world, this is Your lamp-lit worship service.

You are the Arranger of the affairs of those humble beings who perform Your devotional worship service. ||1||Pause||

Lentils, flour and ghee - these things, I beg of You.

My mind shall ever be pleased.

Shoes, fine clothes, and grain of seven kinds - I beg of You. ||1||

A milk cow, and a water buffalo, I beg of You,

and a fine Turkestani horse.

A good wife to care for my home

- Your humble servant Dhanna begs for these things, Lord. ||2||4||