ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 3.
Aasaa, Third Mehl:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
satgur vich vadee vadi-aa-ee.
Great is the greatness of the True Guru;
ਚਿਰੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥
chiree vichhunay mayl milaa-ee.
He merges in His Merger, those who have been separated for so long.
ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
aapay maylay mayl milaa-ay.
He Himself merges the merged in His Merger.
ਆਪਣੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਪਾਏ ॥੧॥
aapnee keemat aapay paa-ay. ||1||
He Himself knows His own worth. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Great is the greatness of the true Guru, who reunites the soul that has been separated so long.
He Himself joins the parted one back into the whole —
for only He knows His own worth.
The Guru's great work is bringing home the soul that has been apart for so long.
The Guru's great work is reunion: "He merges in His Merger, those who have been separated for so long." This is the answer to viraha (the soul's long separation-longing) — the Guru as the one who brings the parted soul home. And the One "knows His own worth" alone — the reuniter is beyond all our measuring.
A Question to Sit With
Has anyone ever helped reunite you with something or someone you'd been separated from?
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