ਨਾਮਹੀਨ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਤੇ ਤਿਨ ਵਡ ਦੂਖ ਸਹੰਮਾ ॥
naamheen Dharig jeevtay tin vad dookh sahammaa.
Those who lack the Naam, the Name of the Lord, their lives are cursed, and they must endure terrible pain.
ਓਇ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ਮੰਦਭਾਗੀ ਮੂੜ ਅਕਰਮਾ ॥੩॥
o-ay fir fir jon bhavaa-ee-ah mand-bhaagee moorh akarmaa. ||3||
They are consigned to reincarnation over and over again; they are the most unfortunate fools, with no good karma at all. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A life with no room in it for the Name feels strangely empty, weighed down by an ache it cannot name.
It keeps going around and around the same worn track, never quite arriving — like a wheel that turns and turns but gets nowhere new.
A life with no inner center keeps circling the same track without arriving.
Dharig... vad dookh... moorh akarmaa are strong words. At their heart is the emptiness of a life with no inner center — the circling that the Name would break.
A Question to Sit With
When have you noticed yourself going in circles, and what finally broke the loop?
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