ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਆਗੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੂਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਕਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਗਿਆਨਾ ॥
aagai hee tay sabh kichh hoo-aa avar ke jaanai gi-aanaa.
Everything is pre-ordained; what else can be known through study?
ਭੂਲ ਚੂਕ ਅਪਨਾ ਬਾਰਿਕੁ ਬਖਸਿਆ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਭਗਵਾਨਾ ॥੧॥
bhool chook apnaa baarik bakhsi-aa paarbarahm bhagvaanaa. ||1||
The errant child has been forgiven by the Supreme Lord God. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everything is already written; what more could study add to it?
The wayward child has been forgiven by the Supreme One.
Like a parent forgiving a wayward child, the One forgives — not because you earned it.
Two truths: "everything is pre-ordained" (the Hukam), so endless study cannot add to what is already set; and the tender image of "the errant child... forgiven by the Supreme Lord God." The One forgives like a parent forgiving a wayward child — not because the child earned it, but because that is a parent's love (cf. Shabad 136).
A Question to Sit With
Have you been forgiven by someone simply because they loved you, not because you deserved it?
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