ਪਾਪ ਪੁੰਨ ਵਰਤੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
paap punn vartai sansaaraa.
The world is engrossed in vice and virtue.
ਹਰਖੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਰਾ ॥
harakh sog sabh dukh hai bhaaraa.
Happiness and misery are totally loaded with pain.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਜਿਨਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਹੇ ॥੬॥
gurmukh hovai so sukh paa-ay jin gurmukh naam pachhaataa hay. ||6||
One who becomes Gurmukh finds peace; such a Gurmukh recognizes the Naam. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The world spends itself keeping score of good and bad.
Riding the see-saw of happy days and sad days can wear a heart out.
The one who turns to the Guru finds a steady peace and recognizes the Naam.
A steady peace lives underneath the up-and-down of good and bad days.
Harakh sog — pleasure and sorrow — are named as a heavy weight: the tiredness of a heart tossed by ups and downs. The Gurmukh, the one turned toward the Guru, finds sukh by resting in something deeper than the score.
A Question to Sit With
What is one thing that stays good for you on both good days and bad?
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