ਮਃ ੫ ॥
mehlaa 5.
Fifth Mehl:
ਪਾਪੜਿਆ ਪਛਾੜਿ ਬਾਣੁ ਸਚਾਵਾ ਸੰਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਿ ਕੈ ॥
paaprhi-aa pachhaarh baan sachaavaa saNniH kai.
Take aim with the arrow of Truth, and shoot down sin.
ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੜਾ ਚਿਤਾਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਥੀਵਈ ॥੨॥
gur mantarhaa chitaar naanak dukh na theev-ee. ||2||
Cherish the Words of the Guru's Mantra, O Nanak, and you shall not suffer in pain. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Take aim with the arrow of truth and shoot down wrongdoing.
Treasure the teaching's word, Nanak says, and you won't suffer.
Wrongdoing isn't wrestled with endlessly — it's aimed at and dropped with one true shot; truth, precisely applied, undoes it.
A crisp warrior-image: "take aim with the arrow of Truth, and shoot down sin." Wrongdoing is not wrestled with endlessly but aimed at and dropped with one true shot — truth, precisely applied, undoes it. And the protection against suffering is to "cherish the Words of the Guru's Mantra." The Vaar's martial tune surfaces here: the spiritual life has its weapons, and the sharpest is truth.
A Question to Sit With
What single truth, aimed clearly, might undo a wrong pattern you keep wrestling with?
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