ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mehlaa 1.
First Mehl:
ਪੂਰਬ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪਿਰਾਣਿ ਲੈ ਮੋਟਉ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮਾਣਿ ॥
poorab pareet piraan lai mota-o thaakur maan.
Know and enjoy the primal, eternal Love of the Great Lord and Master.
ਮਾਥੈ ਊਭੈ ਜਮੁ ਮਾਰਸੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਲਣੁ ਨਾਮਿ ॥੩॥
maathai oobhai jam maarsee naanak maylan naam. ||3||
Blessed with the Naam, O Nanak, you shall strike down the Messenger of Death, and push his face to the ground. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Know and enjoy the ancient, unbroken love of the Great One.
It was there before everything, and it holds steady through everything.
Nanak says: blessed with the Naam, even the fear of death loses its power over you.
A love older than everything is strong enough to quiet the fear of endings.
A shalok of the First Mehl. The 'primal, eternal Love' is the love that was there before everything and outlasts everything. Held in that love and blessed with the Naam, a person finds the fear of death pressed flat and powerless.
A Question to Sit With
What is a love in your life that feels like it was always there?
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