ਹਉਮੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਪਾਇ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
ha-umai bikh paa-ay jagat upaa-i-aa sabad vasai bikh jaa-ay.
Injecting the poison of egotism, the world was created; with the Shabad enshrined within, the poison is eliminated.
ਜਰਾ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਈ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
jaraa johi na sak-ee sach rahai liv laa-ay.
Old age cannot torment one who remains lovingly absorbed in the True Lord.
ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਸੋ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੬॥
jeevan mukat so aakhee-ai jis vichahu ha-umai jaa-ay. ||6||
He alone is called Jivan-Mikta, liberated while yet alive, from within whom egotism is eradicated. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The little ache of only me can color everything, but the moment the teaching lives in the heart, that ache dissolves.
Then even growing older cannot shake the deep steadiness inside. To be free like that, while you are wide awake and living your life, is freedom.
Freedom is being at peace inside while fully, actively alive.
Haumai is the poison the shabad removes. Jaraa, old age, cannot torment one who is liv-laae, absorbed in the One. Jeevan-mukta means liberated while alive: freedom now, not only later. Growing old is met with dignity.
A Question to Sit With
What does being free inside feel like to you?
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