ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mehlaa 1.
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਭੋਲਤਣਿ ਭੈ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹੇਕੈ ਪਾਧਰ ਹੀਡੁ ॥
bhogtan bhai man vasai haykai paaDhar heed.
The Fear of God abides in the mind of the innocent; this is the straight path to the One Lord.
ਅਤਿ ਡਾਹਪਣਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਘਣੋ ਤੀਨੇ ਥਾਵ ਭਰੀਡੁ ॥੧॥
at daahpan dukh ghano teenay thaav bhareed. ||1||
Jealousy and envy bring terrible pain, and one is cursed throughout the three worlds. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Loving awe lives naturally in a simple, open heart, and that is the straight road to the One.
Ill-will and envy only bring pain, mostly to the one who carries them.
So set that weight down; the clear, kind heart already walks the direct way home.
Ill-will is a weight that hurts most the one who carries it.
A shalok of the First Mehl. The 'innocent' heart, filled with awe (not dread), walks the straight path. Jealousy and envy bring 'terrible pain' wherever one goes, in all three worlds; that pain lands first on the one who carries them.
A Question to Sit With
How does it feel to let go of a grudge you have been holding?
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