ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਸੇ ਕਿਤੁ ਆਏ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥
jinee naam visaari-aa say kit aa-ay sansaar.
Those who have forgotten the Naam - why have they even come into the world?
ਆਗੈ ਪਾਛੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਹੀ ਗਾਡੇ ਲਾਦੇ ਛਾਰੁ ॥
aagai paachhai sukh nahee gaaday laaday chhaar.
Here and hereafter, they do not find any peace; they have loaded their carts with ashes.
ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਮੇਲਾ ਨਹੀ ਦੂਖੁ ਘਣੋ ਜਮ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥੩॥
vichhurhi-aa maylaa nahee dookh ghano jam du-aar. ||3||
Those who are separated, do not meet with the Lord; they suffer in terrible pain at Death's Door. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is easy to spend a whole day filling my cart with things that turn to dust, and end up tired, holding nothing.
The heart rests only when it stays close to the Name. That is the difference between feeling far away and feeling at home.
Fill your days with what lasts, not with what turns to ash.
Gaade laade chhaar, carts loaded with ashes, pictures investing in the impermanent. Forgetting the Naam brings no peace, here or hereafter, and being far from the One hurts. Staying near the Naam is how a person comes home.
A Question to Sit With
What is something that felt exciting but turned out to be ashes?
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