Salok Sehskritee, Salok 6 — Love That Clings, Love That Lasts
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Shame on clinging to mother and father. Shame on clinging to brothers and relatives.
Shame on clinging to the joys of family life, with husband or wife and children.
Shame on clinging to the business of the house.
Only love for the Sangat is true. Nanak says: there I live in peace.
Clinging to family and home cannot give lasting peace; love for the Sangat can.
Dhrig is a very strong word, something like "shame on it." It is a shock meant to wake the listener. Its target is sanayh in the sense of clinging, the grip that turns family and home into the whole world and leaves no room for the One. Love for family is not the problem. The tight, forgetful grip is.
Saadhsang sneh satiyan: love for the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, is true. Sukhyan basant naankah: there Nanak lives in peace.
Can you think of a time holding onto something too tightly made you feel worse, not better?
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