ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
salok mehlaa 5.
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਸਭੇ ਉਤਰਨਿ ਨੀਤ ਨੀਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥
kilvikh sabhay utran neet neet gun gaa-o.
All sins are washed away, by continually singing the Lord's Glories.
ਕੋਟਿ ਕਲੇਸਾ ਊਪਜਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਉ ॥੧॥
kot kalaysaa oopjahi naanak bisrai naa-o. ||1||
Millions of afflictions are produced, O Nanak, when the Name is forgotten. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All wrongs are washed away by singing the One's glories.
Millions of troubles are made, Nanak says, when the Name is forgotten.
Remembrance cleanses and forgetting complicates — a life aligned with its source runs clean, a life cut off snags on everything.
A matched Shalok — praise washes, forgetting multiplies troubles. It states the Vaar's simple economy: remembrance cleanses, forgetting complicates. Not because a scorekeeper rewards and punishes, but because a life aligned with its source runs clean and a life cut off from it snags on everything. Sing, and the slate clears; forget, and the troubles breed.
A Question to Sit With
Have you noticed your troubles multiply when you drift from your center, and ease when you return?
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