ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mehlaa 1.
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਜਿਨੀ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਰਸੁ ਕੰਤ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਸਾਉ ॥
jinee na paa-i-o paraym ras kant na paa-i-o saa-o.
Those who do not obtain the sublime essence, the love and delight of their Husband Lord,
ਸੁੰਞੇ ਘਰ ਕਾ ਪਾਹੁਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਉ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥
sunjay ghar kaa paahunaa ji-o aa-i-aa ti-o jaa-o. ||1||
are like guests in a deserted house; they leave just as they have come, empty-handed. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who never taste the sweetness of love, the delight of the Beloved,
are like guests in an empty house: they leave just the way they came, with empty hands.
Without the taste of love, a life leaves the way it came: empty-handed.
A shalok of the First Mehl. paraym ras = the sweet essence of love, the one thing worth tasting. sunjay ghar kaa paahunaa = a guest in a deserted house, who leaves as empty-handed as they came. A warning, kept plain: a life can pass by without that taste.
A Question to Sit With
What is a sweetness in life you don't want to miss out on?
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