ਜਿਉ ਤਰੁਨਿ ਭਰਤ ਪਰਾਨ ॥
ji-o tarun bharat paraan.
As the young bride places the hopes of her life in her husband,
ਜਿਉ ਲੋਭੀਐ ਧਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥
ji-o lobhee-ai Dhan daan.
as the greedy person looks upon the gift of wealth,
ਜਿਉ ਦੂਧ ਜਲਹਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ॥
ji-o dooDh jaleh sanjog.
as milk is joined to water,
ਜਿਉ ਮਹਾ ਖੁਧਿਆਰਥ ਭੋਗੁ ॥
ji-o mahaa khuDhi-aarath bhog.
as food is to the very hungry man,
ਜਿਉ ਮਾਤ ਪੂਤਹਿ ਹੇਤੁ ॥
ji-o maat pooteh hayt.
and as the mother loves her son,
ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਨੇਤ ॥੭॥
har simar naanak nayt. ||7||
so does Nanak constantly remember the Lord in meditation. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Love the One the way someone loves the person they've built their life around, the way a hungry person loves food, the way milk mixes right into water.
Love the One the way a mother loves her child -- that steady, always-there kind of love. Nanak says: that is how I keep the One in mind, always.
*The steadiest love, like a parent's, is a picture of loving the One.*
The second wave of similes. maat pooteh hayt -- the mother-child bond as the model of steady love; milk-and-water as inseparability. Everyday, tender comparisons that make devotion feel familiar and safe.
A Question to Sit With
Whose love in your life feels the steadiest, most always-there?
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