Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 3), Salok 71 — what stays steady
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People think a great deal about Maya and attachment; they carry many hopes, full of greed and wrong.
The manmukhs — those who follow only their own wants — never become steady; in a moment they die and are gone.
With great good fortune one meets the True Guru, and leaves behind ego and wrong ways.
Nanak says: remembering the Naam of the One, peace is found; I think deeply on the Word.
Things come and go. Keep close to what stays steady.
People think hard about Maya, money and things. They carry many hopes, mixed with greed. The manmukh, the person who follows only their own wants, never becomes asthir, steady. Such a life can be gone in a moment.
Think of a sandcastle at the beach. It looks great, but one wave takes it. Building only on things is like that.
vad bhaag hovai satgur milai — with great good fortune, a person meets the True Guru. Then they let go of pride and wrong ways. har naamaa jap sukh paa-i-aa — remembering the Naam, they find peace. Put your love into what lasts, while you are here.
What is something in your life that will still matter in ten years?
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