ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਕੰਟਕੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਕੰਟਕੁ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ॥
kantak kaal ayk hai hor kantak na soojhai.
Only death is painful; I cannot conceive of anything else as painful.
ਅਫਰਿਓ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਪਾਪੀ ਸਿਉ ਲੂਝੈ ॥
afri-o jag meh varatdaa paapee si-o loojhai.
It is unstoppable; it stalks and pervades the world, and fights with the sinners.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਭੇਦੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੂਝੈ ॥
gur sabdee har bhaydee-ai har jap har boojhai.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one is immersed in the Lord. Meditating on the Lord, one comes to realize the Lord.
ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਜੋ ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਜੂਝੈ ॥
so har sarnaa-ee chhutee-ai jo man si-o joojhai.
He alone is emancipated in the Sanctuary of the Lord, who struggles with his own mind.
ਮਨਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੁ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਸੀਝੈ ॥੧੧॥
man veechaar har jap karay har dargeh seejhai. ||11||
One who contemplates and meditates on the Lord in his mind, succeeds in the Court of the Lord. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Of all hard things, endings can seem the hardest, the one no one can simply stop.
Yet even there the One can be met; through the Guru's Word a heart is folded into the One.
The one who wrestles with their own mind and remembers the One finds their footing, even at the threshold.
Even the last threshold can be met without dread when the heart is anchored.
The eleventh Pauree (||11||). Death is a threshold that can be met without dread when one is joined to the One through the Word. The inner battle, with one's own mind, is again the work that matters.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you feel steady when facing something hard you cannot change?
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