ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰਾ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਏਹੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਜਨਹਿ ਪੀਓ ॥
amrit naam tumHaaraa thaakur ayhu mahaa ras janeh pee-o.
Your Name is Ambrosial Nectar, O Lord Master; Your humble servant drinks in this supreme elixir.
ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਚੂਕੇ ਭੈ ਭਾਰੇ ਦੁਰਤੁ ਬਿਨਾਸਿਓ ਭਰਮੁ ਬੀਓ ॥੧॥
janam janam chookay bhai bhaaray durat binaasi-o bharam bee-o. ||1||
The fearful load of sins from countless incarnations has vanished; doubt and duality are also dispelled. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your Name is the Ambrosial Nectar, Master; Your servant drinks this supreme elixir.
The frightful load of sins from countless lifetimes has vanished, and doubt and division are gone.
If the world is a slow poison, the Name is the antidote that undoes its harm.
If the world is poison (Shabad 137), the Name is the antidote: "Your Name is Ambrosial Nectar... Your servant drinks this supreme elixir." Drinking it, "the fearful load of sins from countless incarnations" vanishes, and "doubt and duality" dissolve. The Nectar undoes what the poison did.
A Question to Sit With
What is the 'antidote' in your life to the things that quietly harm you?
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