ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਤੇਰੈ ਕਾਜਿ ਨ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਰਾਜੁ ਮਾਲੁ ॥
tayrai kaaj na garihu raaj maal.
Your home, power and wealth will be of no use to you.
ਤੇਰੈ ਕਾਜਿ ਨ ਬਿਖੈ ਜੰਜਾਲੁ ॥
tayrai kaaj na bikhai janjaal.
Your corrupt worldly entanglements will be of no use to you.
ਇਸਟ ਮੀਤ ਜਾਣੁ ਸਭ ਛਲੈ ॥
isat meet jaan sabh chhalai.
Know that all your dear friends are fake.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਚਲੈ ॥੧॥
har har naam sang tayrai chalai. ||1||
Only the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, will go along with you. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your house, your power and your money will be no use to you.
Your tangled chasing after pleasures will be no use to you either.
Know that all the friends you hold dear will let you down.
Only the Naam of the One will go along with you.
Only the Name travels the whole way with you.
Some things stay behind, and one thing travels: garihu raaj maal (home, power, wealth) stay, and har har naam is the one thing that sang tayrai chalai, goes along with you. Isat meet jaan sabh chhalai: even dear friends cannot carry you to the end. Love them, and lean on the One first.
A Question to Sit With
What do you have that would still matter to you no matter where you went?
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