ਸਾਰੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
saarang mehlaa 9.
Saarang, Ninth Mehl:
ਕਹਾ ਮਨ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਲਪਟਾਹੀ ॥
kahaa man bikhi-aa si-o laptaahee.
O mortal, why are you engrossed in corruption?
ਯਾ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਕੋਊ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
yaa jag meh ko-oo rahan na paavai ik aavahi ik jaahee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
No one is allowed to remain in this world; one comes, and another departs. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why wrap yourself so tightly around things that end up harming you?
No one gets to stay here forever — one arrives, another moves on, like an endless coming and going.
Everything here is coming and going; hold on gently.
Ik aavahi ik jaahee — one arrives, one departs. Seeing that clearly loosens our grip on bikhiaa, the things that harm us when we cling to them.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you have watched change or move on, that once felt permanent?
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