ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੇ ਕਿਨੇਹਿਆ ॥
jinHaa na visrai naam say kinayhi-aa.
What are they like - those who do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord?
ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਮੂਲਿ ਸਾਂਈ ਜੇਹਿਆ ॥੧॥
bhayd na jaanhu mool saaN-ee jayhi-aa. ||1||
Know that there is absolutely no difference; they are exactly like the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What are they like — those who never forget the Name?
Know that there is no difference at all: they are exactly like the One.
Those who never forget the One become, in the end, just like the One.
A startling claim: those "who do not forget the Naam" become "exactly like the Lord" — "there is absolutely no difference." The soul that never forgets the One takes on the One's nature, the merger of Shabad 174 ("He and I are of the same color"). Constant remembrance makes the rememberer like what he remembers.
A Question to Sit With
Do we slowly become like whatever we keep our minds on?
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