ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਗਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਪਕਰੀ ਨ ਆਈ ਹਾਥਿ ॥
gahu kar pakree na aa-ee haath.
No matter how hard you try to grab it, it does not come into your hands.
ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਚਾਲੀ ਨਹੀ ਸਾਥਿ ॥
pareet karee chaalee nahee saath.
No matter how much you may love it, it does not go along with you.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਉ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਦਈ ॥
kaho naanak ja-o ti-aag da-ee.
Says Nanak, when you abandon it,
ਤਬ ਓਹ ਚਰਣੀ ਆਇ ਪਈ ॥੧॥
tab oh charnee aa-ay pa-ee. ||1||
then it comes and falls at your feet. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
However hard you grab at Maya — the pull of money and things — it never comes into your hands.
However much you love it, it does not go along with you.
Nanak says: when you let it go,
it comes and falls at your feet.
The tighter you grab, the faster it slips away.
Maya, the pull of money and things, has a strange logic: grip it and it slips away, love it and it leaves, let it go and it comes back tame. It is a lesson about grasping itself.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever wanted something so much that wanting it got in the way?
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