ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਏਹੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣੁ ਹੈ ਜੇਤਾ ਹੈ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
ayhu sabh kichh aavan jaan hai jaytaa hai aakaar.
All these things come and go, all these things of the world.
ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹੁ ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੋ ਹੋਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
jin ayhu laykhaa likhi-aa so ho-aa parvaan.
One who knows this written account is acceptable and approved.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਇਦਾ ਸੋ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਗਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੧॥
naanak jay ko aap ganaa-idaa so moorakh gaavaar. ||1||
O Nanak, anyone who takes pride in himself is foolish and unwise. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All these things of the world come and go.
The one who knows this written truth is accepted. Nanak says: whoever is full of self-pride is foolish and unwise.
Pride is foolish because it puffs up over passing things — wisdom remembers that nothing here stays.
A short, clear Shalok on impermanence and humility. To "know this written account" — that all worldly things "come and go" — is to be "acceptable." And the one who takes "pride in himself" is "foolish" precisely because pride forgets impermanence; it puffs up over things that are passing. Wisdom is remembering that nothing here stays, and humility is its natural fruit.
A Question to Sit With
What are you a little proud of that is actually passing? How does remembering that soften the pride?
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