ਜੈਸੇ ਅੰਭ ਕੁੰਡ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਓ ਪਰਤ ਸਿੰਧੁ ਗਲਿ ਜਾਹਾ ॥
jaisay ambh kund kar raakhi-o parat sinDh gal jaahaa.
It is like salt, preserved in its container; when it is put into water, it dissolves.
ਆਵਗਿ ਆਗਿਆ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕੀ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਸੀ ਮੁਹਤ ਚਸਾਹਾ ॥੩॥
aavag aagi-aa paarbarahm kee uth jaasee muhat chasaahaa. ||3||
When the Order of the Supreme Lord God comes, the soul arises, and departs in an instant. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is like salt kept in its container; put into water, it dissolves.
When the Order of the Supreme Lord comes, the soul rises and departs in an instant.
When the time comes, the soul departs in an instant — like salt dissolving in water.
The image of salt dissolving in water pictures how suddenly and completely the body returns to its elements: when "the Order" (Hukam) comes, "the soul... departs in an instant." No warning, no delay — the salt is simply gone.
A Question to Sit With
How does knowing the end comes suddenly change how you'd live now?
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