ਖਿਨਹੂੰ ਜੋਗ ਤਾਪ ਬਹੁ ਪੂਜਾ ਖਿਨਹੂੰ ਭਰਮਾਇਓ ॥
khinhoo-aN jog taap baho poojaa khinhoo-aN bharmaa-i-o.
One moment, he practices Yoga and intense meditation, and all sorts of worship; the next moment, he wanders in doubt.
ਖਿਨਹੂੰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਇਓ ॥੨॥੫॥੧੫੬॥
khinhoo-aN kirpaa saaDhoo sang naanak har rang laa-i-o. ||2||5||156||
One moment, O Nanak, the Lord bestows His Mercy and blesses him with His Love, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||5||156||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One moment he practices Yoga, meditation, and worship; the next he wanders in doubt.
And in one moment, O Nanak, the Lord bestows His Mercy and blesses him with Love, in the company of the holy.
Even your devotion flickers — but grace, given in good company, is the steady point.
Even the spiritual states flicker — devotion one moment, doubt the next. The one thing that is not mere flux is the One's mercy: "in one moment... the Lord bestows His Mercy." Grace, given in the Sangat, is the steady point amid all the changing states.
A Question to Sit With
What in your spiritual life comes and goes, and what stays?
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