ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦੁਪਦੇ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 1 dupday.
Aasaa, First Mehl, Du-Padas:
ਤਿਤੁ ਸਰਵਰੜੈ ਭਈਲੇ ਨਿਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਾਵਕੁ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਕੀਆ ॥
tit saravrarhai bha-eelay nivaasaa paanee paavak tineh kee-aa.
In that pool of the world, the people have their homes; there, the Lord has created water and fire.
ਪੰਕਜੁ ਮੋਹ ਪਗੁ ਨਹੀ ਚਾਲੈ ਹਮ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਡੂਬੀਅਲੇ ॥੧॥
pankaj moh pag nahee chaalai ham daykhaa tah doobee-alay. ||1||
In the mud of earthly attachment, their feet have become mired, and I have seen them drowning there. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People build their homes in the pool of this world, where the One has set both water and fire side by side.
But their feet sink into the mud of clinging, and I have watched them drowning in it.
It is not the world that drowns us, but the mud of clinging that grabs our feet.
The world is a pool in which people make their homes — a place the One designed with opposites (water and fire) held together. The danger is not the pool itself but the "mud of earthly attachment" that grips the feet. Nanak speaks as a witness — "I have seen them drowning" — with sorrow, not contempt.
A Question to Sit With
What kinds of "mud" make it hard for people to move freely through life?
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