ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
salok mehlaa 2.
Shalok, Second Mehl:
ਜਿਨੀ ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਸੇ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਿਥਾਰ ॥
jinee chalan jaani-aa say ki-o karahi vithaar.
They know that they will have to depart, so why do they make such ostentatious displays?
ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੧॥
chalan saar na jaannee kaaj savaaranhaar. ||1||
Those who do not know that they will have to depart, continue to arrange their affairs. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If you know you will have to leave one day, why make such a big show of everything?
It is those who forget they will have to leave who keep piling up and fussing over their affairs.
When you know you're just passing through, you travel light.
A Second Mehl shalok — Guru Angad. chalan jaani-aa = knowing one must depart; vithaar = ostentatious display, spreading oneself out. The wisdom of traveling light, of not over-investing in the temporary.
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