ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਿਲਾਟਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਧੁਰਿ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
mastak lilaat likhi-aa Dhur thaakur maytnaa na jaa-ay.
The pre-ordained destiny inscribed on the mortal's forehead by our Lord and Master cannot be erased.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਏ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਾਇ ॥੮॥੧॥
naanak say jan pooran ho-ay jin har bhaanaa bhaa-ay. ||8||1||
O Nanak, those humble beings are perfect, who are pleased by the Lord's Will. ||8||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What the Master wrote on each forehead from the very beginning cannot be rubbed out.
Nanak says: those humble people are complete who are glad in the will of the One.
The most complete hearts are the ones at peace with the flow.
Being glad in the flow of existence is what makes a person complete.
Mastak lilaat likhi-aa means what is written on the forehead, an old picture for the shape of a life. No one can rub it out. Bhaanaa is the One's will, the flow of existence, the Hukam. Pooran means complete, whole. The humble ones who are glad in that flow are the complete ones. Trust and ease are the fruit.
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