ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 1.
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਜੋ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਸਚੁ ਥੀਆ ॥
jo tin kee-aa so sach thee-aa.
Whatever He has done, has proved to be true.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ॥
amrit naam satgur dee-aa.
The True Guru bestows the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਭੰਗੁ ॥
hirdai naam naahee man bhang.
With the Naam in the heart, the mind is not separated from the Lord.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸੰਗੁ ॥੧॥
an-din naal pi-aaray sang. ||1||
Night and day, one dwells with the Beloved. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever the One has done has turned out to be true.
The True Guru gives the Ambrosial Name; with the Name held in the heart, the mind is never cut off from the One.
Night and day, you live with your Beloved.
Hold the Name in your heart, and you are never cut off from the One — day or night.
The Naam, once "in the heart," keeps the mind unseparated from the One — a continuous companionship "night and day." This is the answer to viraha: not occasional visits but a Beloved who never leaves once truly received. "Whatever He has done has proved true" grounds it in Sat — the One's doing is the reliable thing.
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