ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
ga-orhee gu-aarayree mehlaa 3.
Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl:
ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਜਿਸ ਕੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਰਾਨਾ ॥
so ki-o visrai jis kay jee-a paraanaa.
Why forget Him, unto whom the soul and the breath of life belong?
ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸਭ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥
so ki-o visrai sabh maahi samaanaa.
Why forget Him, who is all-pervading?
ਜਿਤੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਨਾ ॥੧॥
jit sayvi-ai dargeh pat parvaanaa. ||1||
Serving Him, one is honored and accepted in the Court of the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why would you forget the One that your very soul and breath belong to? Why forget the One that fills everything? Serve that One, and you are welcomed and honored.
Why forget the One your soul and breath belong to? Serve, and you are welcomed.
A shabad of not forgetting. The argument is intimacy: the One owns your soul and breath (cf. the Maajh opening) and pervades all. Forgetting such a One is the strange thing. Service brings honor in the Court -- acceptance.
A Question to Sit With
What is something so close to you that you forget it is even there?
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