ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਅਨੰਦੀ ਖੇਲੁ ਰੀ ਦਿਖਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
harakh sog bairaag anandee khayl ree dikhaa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Pleasure and pain, detachment and ecstasy - the Lord has revealed His Play. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Pleasure and pain, detachment and ecstasy — the Lord has revealed His Play.
The ups and downs of life are movements within one drama the One is staging.
The Pause frames the whole of human experience — "pleasure and pain, detachment and ecstasy" — as the One's Play (lila). The ups and downs are not random chaos but movements within a single drama the One is staging.
A Question to Sit With
Could the swings of your life be part of a larger pattern than you can see?
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