ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਭਲ ਮਾਨੁ ॥
hovai so-ee bhal maan.
Whatever happens, accept that as good.
ਆਪਨਾ ਤਜਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
aapnaa taj abhimaan.
Leave your egotistical pride behind.
ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਨਿ ਸਦਾ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਉ ॥
din rain sadaa gun gaa-o.
Day and night, continually sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
ਪੂਰਨ ਏਹੀ ਸੁਆਉ ॥੧॥
pooran ayhee su-aa-o. ||1||
This is the perfect purpose of human life. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever happens, meet it as good.
Let your proud, puffed-up self step aside.
Day and night, keep singing the praises of the One.
This is the full purpose of a human life.
A whole life can be pointed toward one thing: grateful remembrance.
Hovai so-ee bhal maan — accept whatever comes as good, a call to sahaj, the peace that is not thrown by circumstance. Pooran ayhee su-aa-o: this is the complete purpose (su-aa-o) of life — not achievement, but grateful remembrance.
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