Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 8
Verse 4 of 5

Every Age Has Its Own Path Home

ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣਾ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਧਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨਾ ॥
jug jug aapo aapnaa Dharam hai soDh daykhhu bayd puraanaa.
Each and every age has its own essence of Dharma; study the Vedas and the Puraanas, and see this as true.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਿਨੀ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਗਿ ਤੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਪਰਵਾਨਾ ॥੩॥
gurmukh jinee Dhi-aa-i-aa har har jag tay pooray parvaanaa. ||3||
They are Gurmukh, who meditate on the Lord, Har, Har; in this world, they are perfect and approved. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Each age carries its own way of living rightly — you can look through the old writings and see it is so.

Those who face the teaching and hold the One in mind turn out, in the end, to be whole and welcomed.

Every age has its own path home; the one who lives it is whole and welcomed.
The deeper layer

Every age has its own right path, and those who hold the One in mind are welcomed.

Jug jug aapo aapnaa dharam hai means each age has its own dharam, its own way of living rightly.

Sodh daykhhu bayd puraanaa means "look through the Vedas and Puranas and see." These are old and honored scriptures of India. Here they are called as witnesses, treated with respect.

Gurmukh jinee dhi-aa-i-aa har har means those who face the Guru and keep the One in mind. A gurmukh is someone whose face turns toward the Guru, like a sunflower toward the sun.

Jag tay pooray parvaanaa means in this world they are whole and parvaanaa, accepted and welcomed. Think of each generation in a family. Grandparents, parents, and kids each live a little differently, but the love that holds them together stays the same.

A Question to Sit With

How might the best way to help people be a little different now than it was long ago?

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