ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਏ ॥
gurmukh hovai so sukh kamaa-ay.
One who becomes Gurmukh earns peace.
ਮਰਣ ਜੀਵਣ ਕੀ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਏ ॥
maran jeevan kee sojhee paa-ay.
He comes to understand death and birth.
ਮਰਣੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਜੋ ਸਮ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੨॥
maran jeevan jo sam kar jaanai so mayray parabh bhaa-idaa. ||12||
One who looks alike upon death and birth, is pleasing to my God. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The heart that faces the One finds a deep, settled peace.
It comes to see beginnings and endings with the same calm eyes, and that steadiness is dear to the One.
Meeting beginnings and endings with the same calm is a rare kind of peace.
A key Maaroo verse: seeing birth and death with equal calm. Death is met without dread, and that steady calm pleases the One.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you stay steady when something ends?
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