ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਰੇ ਮੂੜੇ ਲਾਹੇ ਕਉ ਤੂੰ ਢੀਲਾ ਢੀਲਾ ਤੋਟੇ ਕਉ ਬੇਗਿ ਧਾਇਆ ॥
ray moorhay laahay ka-o tooN dheelaa dheelaa totay ka-o bayg Dhaa-i-aa.
O fool, you are so slow to earn your profits, and so quick to run up losses.
ਸਸਤ ਵਖਰੁ ਤੂੰ ਘਿੰਨਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਾਪੀ ਬਾਧਾ ਰੇਨਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
sasat vakhar tooN ghinneh naahee paapee baaDhaa raynaa-i-aa. ||1||
You do not purchase the inexpensive merchandise; O sinner, you are tied to your debts. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O fool, you are so slow to earn your profits, and so quick to run up losses.
You do not buy the priceless, inexpensive merchandise; O sinner, you are tied to your debts.
We're often quick to run up losses and slow to buy the one priceless thing, freely offered.
The foolish merchant: slow at profit, quick at loss, ignoring "the inexpensive merchandise" (the Name, freely available yet priceless) while piling up "debts." Life's bad trade — chasing losing bets while the one good buy goes unbought (cf. Shabad 205).
A Question to Sit With
What 'cheap but priceless' good do you keep failing to pick up?
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