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Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 114
Verse 42 of 66

What Forgetting Costs

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਸਭੇ ਦੁਖ ਸੰਤਾਪ ਜਾਂ ਤੁਧਹੁ ਭੁਲੀਐ ॥
sabhay dukh santaap jaaN tuDhhu bhulee-ai.
When I forget You, I endure all pains and afflictions.
ਜੇ ਕੀਚਨਿ ਲਖ ਉਪਾਵ ਤਾਂ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਘੁਲੀਐ ॥
jay keechan lakh upaav taaN kahee na ghulee-ai.
Making thousands of efforts, they are still not eliminated.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਉ ਸੁ ਨਿਰਧਨੁ ਕਾਂਢੀਐ ॥
jis no visrai naa-o so nirDhan kaaNdhee-ai.
One who forgets the Name, is known as a poor person.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਉ ਸੁ ਜੋਨੀ ਹਾਂਢੀਐ ॥
jis no visrai naa-o su jonee haaNdhee-ai.
One who forgets the Name, wanders in reincarnation.
ਜਿਸੁ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਚਿਤਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਮੁ ਡੰਡੁ ਦੇ ॥
jis khasam na aavai chit tis jam dand day.
One who does not remember his Lord and Master, is punished by the Messenger of Death.
ਜਿਸੁ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਆਵੀ ਚਿਤਿ ਰੋਗੀ ਸੇ ਗਣੇ ॥
jis khasam na aavee chit rogee say ganay.
One who does not remember his Lord and Master, is judged to be a sick person.
ਜਿਸੁ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਆਵੀ ਚਿਤਿ ਸੁ ਖਰੋ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀਆ ॥
jis khasam na aavee chit so kharo ahaNkaaree-aa.
One who does not remember his Lord and Master, is egotistical and proud.
ਸੋਈ ਦੁਹੇਲਾ ਜਗਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਨਾਉ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਆ ॥੧੪॥
so-ee duhaylaa jag jin naa-o visaaree-aa. ||14||
One who forgets the Name is miserable in this world. ||14||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When I forget You, every pain and every trouble comes.

Even a hundred thousand efforts cannot wash them away.

Whoever forgets the Naam is called poor.

Whoever forgets the Naam wanders from life to life.

Whoever does not keep the Master in mind is struck by death's rod.

Whoever does not keep the Master in mind is counted as sick.

Whoever does not keep the Master in mind is puffed up with pride.

Whoever forgets the Naam lives unhappy in this world.

Forgetting the One leaves an ache that no amount of busy effort can fill.
The deeper layer

Forgetting the One has a cost, and it is named plainly: pain, poverty of spirit, wandering, sickness and pride. No pile of efforts can fill the place the Naam leaves empty. Death's rod (jam dand) is a picture of how hard life becomes without the One. Pride (ahankaar) is named a sickness, something to heal.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you remember something important when you have let it slip your mind?

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