ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੀਐ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
janam maran nivaaree-ai dukh na jam pur ho-ay.
Birth and death are overcome, and one does not have to suffer in the City of Death.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਸੋਈ ਪਾਏ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
naam niDhaan so-ee paa-ay kirpaa karay parabh so-ay. ||3||
He alone obtains the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, unto whom God shows His Mercy. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Birth and death are overcome, and one does not suffer in the City of Death.
He alone obtains the treasure of the Name, on whom God shows His Mercy.
Escaping the cycle and gaining the treasure are both gifts of mercy, not achievements.
Remembrance "overcomes birth and death" — the cycle and its sufferings — and the treasure of the Name comes only "unto whom God shows His Mercy." The escape from the cycle and the treasure are both gifts of grace, not achievements.
A Question to Sit With
What good things in your life were given rather than won?
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