ਮਰਣੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ਆਏ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਣਾ ॥
maran likhaa-ay aa-ay nahee rahnaa.
Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here.
ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਜਾਪਿ ਰਹਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har jap jaap rahan har sarnaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone who arrives here has to leave again -- that is simply how it is. So keep the One in your heart and stay safe in its shelter.
Since everyone who arrives must leave, keep the One close and stay in its shelter.
The Rahao. The bare fact -- death is written for all who come -- is not morbid but clarifying: it presses the soul toward the Sanctuary (refuge) and remembrance. Mortality is the teacher that points to the Name.
A Question to Sit With
Does remembering that life is short make you want to live any differently?
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