ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਦ ਬਿਰੋਧਹਿ ਕੋਈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
bin baad biroDheh ko-ee naahee.
No one is free of conflict and strife.
ਮੈ ਦੇਖਾਲਿਹੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥
mai daykhaalihu tis saalaahee.
Show me anyone who is, and I will praise him.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੯॥
man tan arap milai jagjeevan har si-o banat banaa-ee hay. ||9||
Dedicating mind and body to God, one meets the Lord, the Life of the World, and becomes just like Him. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one is completely free of struggle and quarrel; it is part of being alive.
Show me someone with none, and I would gladly praise them.
When I offer my whole heart and body to the One, I meet the life of the world and slowly grow to be like it.
Everyone carries some struggle, so I do not have to be ashamed of mine.
The honest admission that everyone carries some conflict is oddly comforting: it removes shame from struggle. The remedy is offering oneself wholly to the One and being reshaped by that closeness.
A Question to Sit With
How does it help to know that everyone, not just you, has hard days?
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