ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਸਰਬ ਦੂਖ ਜਬ ਬਿਸਰਹਿ ਸੁਆਮੀ ॥
sarab dookh jab bisrahi su-aamee.
Everything is painful, when one forgets the Lord Master.
ਈਹਾ ਊਹਾ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ॥੧॥
eehaa oohaa kaam na paraanee. ||1||
Here and hereafter, such a mortal is useless. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everything turns painful the moment you forget the Master.
Here and hereafter, such a life comes to nothing.
Forgetting the One is the root of pain; remembering is the cure.
When we forget the One, everything starts to hurt.
Sarab dookh jab bisrahi su-aamee — all is pain when you forget the Master. Eehaa oohaa kaam na paraanee — a life lived that way is of no use, here or in the next world.
So forgetting is the root of the pain. And the cure is not a new house or a better day. The cure is remembering. Think of a phone that has lost its signal. You can move it around the room all you like. It only works again once it reconnects.
A Question to Sit With
Have you noticed how much heavier everything feels when you forget what holds you?
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