ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
bilaaval mehlaa 5.
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
ਨਿੰਦਕੁ ਐਸੇ ਹੀ ਝਰਿ ਪਰੀਐ ॥
nindak aisay hee jhar paree-ai.
Thus, the slanderer crumbles away.
ਇਹ ਨੀਸਾਨੀ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਤੁਮ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਉ ਕਾਲਰ ਭੀਤਿ ਗਿਰੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ih neesaanee sunhu tum bhaa-ee ji-o kaalar bheet giree-ai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
This is the distinctive sign - listen, O Siblings of Destiny: he collapses like a wall of sand. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Ill-will crumbles away, just like this.
Listen, brothers and sisters, here is the sign: it falls like a wall built of dry, salty sand.
Meanness tends to collapse under its own weight.
Ill-will falls apart on its own.
This is the Rahao, the pause line at the centre of the shabad. Nindak aisay hee jhar paree-ai — the slanderer crumbles away, just like that. Ji-o kaalar bheet giree-ai — like a wall of kaalar, salty sandy soil, that cannot hold together. Think of a sandcastle once the tide comes in. Nobody has to knock it down. This is a plain fact about how things work, with no gloating over any person.
A Question to Sit With
Why do you think unkindness is so hard to keep going?
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