ਹਰਿ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਰਖਿਆ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਵਾਰਿ ॥
har mandar har jee-o saaji-aa rakhi-aa hukam savaar.
The Dear Lord created the Temple of the Lord; He adorns it by His Will.
ਧੁਰਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੩॥
Dhur laykh likhi-aa so kamaavanaa ko-ay na maytanhaar. ||3||
All act according to their pre-ordained destiny; no one can erase it. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Dear One built this Temple, and keeps it beautiful through the flow of life.
What was written for us from the very start is what we live out. No one can rub it away.
You did not build the temple; it was made for you with care.
The temple you live in was built by the One, and the flow of life keeps it beautiful.
Hukam is the flow of existence that shapes and adorns the Temple. Dhur laykh: what was written from the very start. Life unfolds along that flow, the way a river follows the slope of the land.
A Question to Sit With
Can you think of something in your life that was made for you with care?
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