ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mehlaa 1.
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਭੂਲੀ ਭੂਲੀ ਮੈ ਫਿਰੀ ਪਾਧਰੁ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
bhoolee bhoolee mai firee paaDhar kahai na ko-ay.
Confused and deluded, I wander around, but no one shows me the way.
ਪੂਛਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਸਿਆਣਿਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਕੋਇ ॥
poochhahu jaa-ay si-aani-aa dukh kaatai mayraa ko-ay.
I go and ask the clever people, if there is there anyone who can rid me of my pain.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਾਜਨੁ ਉਤ ਹੀ ਠਾਇ ॥
satgur saachaa man vasai saajan ut hee thaa-ay.
If the True Guru abides within my mind, then I see the Lord, my best friend, there.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸੀਐ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥
naanak man tariptaasee-ai siftee saachai naa-ay. ||1||
O Nanak, my mind is satisfied and fulfilled, contemplating the Praises of the True Name. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes I feel muddled and lost, and it seems no one can point me the way.
I go and ask the clever ones, is there anyone who can take this ache from me?
But when the True Guru settles in my mind, I see the One right there, my dearest friend. Nanak says: my heart is full, praising the True Name.
The friend you were searching the world for has been waiting inside you.
A shalok of the First Mehl. The seeker turns first outward, to clever people, for relief from inner pain. The answer is inward: when the Guru abides in the mind, the One is discovered as the closest friend. The satisfaction described is that of a mind that has stopped hunting.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you usually look first when something hurts, outside or inside?
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