ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇਸੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੋ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
aasaa mansaa mar jaa-isee jin keetee so lai jaa-ay.
Hopes and desires shall die only when He, who created them, takes them away.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
naanak nihchal ko nahee baajhahu har kai naa-ay. ||2||
O Nanak, nothing is permanent, except the Name of the Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hopes and desires die only when the One who made them takes them away.
Nanak says: nothing lasts, except the Name of the One.
You can't switch off restless desire by willpower — it quiets only when handed back to its source; and only the One stays.
The companion Shalok completes the thought: our restless "hopes and desires" are finally stilled only by the One "who created them" — we cannot switch them off by willpower, but they quiet when handed back to their source. And the bedrock conclusion: "nothing is permanent, except the Name of the Lord." Everything we hoped in passes; only the One stays. Rest your hope there, and it will not outlive you unsatisfied.
A Question to Sit With
What restless wanting might finally rest if you handed it back rather than fighting it?
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