ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 1.
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਪੇਵਕੜੈ ਧਨ ਖਰੀ ਇਆਣੀ ॥
payvkarhai Dhan kharee i-aanee.
In this world of my father's house, I, the soul-bride, have been very childish;
ਤਿਸੁ ਸਹ ਕੀ ਮੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
tis sah kee mai saar na jaanee. ||1||
I did not realize the value of my Husband Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Here in my first home, my childhood home, I was foolish;
I never understood how precious my Beloved was.
It is easy, while young and comfortable, to take for granted what is most precious.
The second shabad begins with the two-homes image: the father's house (peke ghar) is this life, where the soul-bride is "childish" and fails to value the Beloved. Youth here is not innocence but un-seriousness — taking for granted the One whose worth she has not yet grasped.
A Question to Sit With
What do people often fail to value until later, when they understand it better?
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