ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਮੋਹ ਮਲਨ ਨੀਦ ਤੇ ਛੁਟਕੀ ਕਉਨੁ ਅਨੁਗ੍ਰਹੁ ਭਇਓ ਰੀ ॥
moh malan need tay chhutkee ka-un anoograhu bha-i-o ree.
You have avoided the slumber of attachment and impurity - by whose favor has this happened?
ਮਹਾ ਮੋਹਨੀ ਤੁਧੁ ਨ ਵਿਆਪੈ ਤੇਰਾ ਆਲਸੁ ਕਹਾ ਗਇਓ ਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
mahaa mohnee tuDh na vi-aapai tayraa aalas kahaa ga-i-o ree. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The great enticer does not affect you. Where has your laziness gone? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You have slipped free of the sleep of attachment and impurity — by whose favor did that happen?
The great enticer can't touch you. Where did your laziness go?
When someone escapes what traps everyone else, the real question is: by whose grace?
The shabad opens with wondering questions put to a soul that escaped Maya: "by whose favor has this happened?" How did you wake from "the slumber of attachment," become untouchable by "the great enticer," shake off "laziness"? The questions imply the answer: not by your own strength, but by favor — grace.
A Question to Sit With
When you've broken a habit that grips most people, was it really by willpower alone?
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