ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿ ॥
jinH ka-o aap la-ay parabh mayl.
Those, whom God unites with Himself,
ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਪੇਲਿ ॥
tin ka-o kaal na saakai payl.
cannot be crushed by death.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਰਹਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
gurmukh nirmal raheh pi-aaray.
The beloved Gurmukhs remain immaculately pure,
ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਅੰਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਕਮਲ ਨਿਰਾਰੇ ॥੨॥
ji-o jal ambh oopar kamal niraaray. ||2||
like the lotus in the water, which remains untouched. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those the One joins to itself cannot be crushed by death.
The beloved Gurmukhs stay spotlessly pure —
like the lotus in the water, which the water never wets.
Be like the lotus — rooted in the water, yet never soaked by it.
The classic lotus image: rooted in muddy water yet untouched by it. The Gurmukh lives fully in the world (the householder again) and is not stained by it — engagement without contamination. And "cannot be crushed by death" is jeevat marnaa: the soul already merged in the One has nothing left for death to take.
A Question to Sit With
How can you be fully part of something without letting it stain you?
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