ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਧਨ ਪਿਰੁ ਏਹਿ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਨਿ ਬਹਨਿ ਇਕਠੇ ਹੋਇ ॥
Dhan pir ayhi na aakhee-an bahan ikthay ho-ay.
They are not said to be husband and wife, who merely sit together.
ਏਕ ਜੋਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਮੂਰਤੀ ਧਨ ਪਿਰੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
ayk jot du-ay moortee Dhan pir kahee-ai so-ay. ||3||
They alone are called husband and wife, who have one light in two bodies. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
We do not call them husband and wife just because they sit side by side.
They are called husband and wife who are one light in two bodies, like one flame shining through two lamps.
True togetherness is one light shining through two lives.
ayk jot du-ay moortee = one light, two forms — Guru Amar Das's famous definition of true union: not mere proximity but shared soul and purpose. Widely read as the Sikh ideal of marriage as a spiritual partnership of equals; it is also a picture of the soul's union with the One.
A Question to Sit With
What makes two people close, beyond just being in the same place?
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