ਚਹੁ ਦਿਸ ਫੂਲਿ ਰਹੀ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਖੁ ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਮੂਖਿ ਗਰੁੜਾਰੀ ॥
chahu dis fool rahee bikhi-aa bikh gur mantar mookh garurhaaree.
The poison of corruption is flowering forth in the four directions; I have taken the GurMantra as my antidote.
ਹਾਥ ਦੇਇ ਰਾਖਿਓ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਕਮਲਾ ਅਲਿਪਾਰੀ ॥੧॥
haath day-ay raakhi-o kar apunaa ji-o jal kamlaa alipaaree. ||1||
Giving me His Hand, He has saved me as His Own; like the lotus in the water, I remain unattached. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All around, poison blooms in every direction, but the Guru's Word in my mouth is the healing medicine.
The One reached out a hand and kept me safe, so I live like a lotus: right in the water, yet never stained by it.
You can live right in the middle of the world and still stay unstained.
The world is full of bikhi-aa, the sweet-looking pull of things that can throw us off course. Against it, the gur mantar works like an antidote. The classic image comes last: jal kamlaa alipaaree — the lotus roots in muddy water yet its flower stays clean. You can live right in the middle of everything and still keep your heart unstained.
A Question to Sit With
How do you stay yourself when everyone around you is being pulled a different way?
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