ਜਿਹ ਗੁਰ ਮਾਨਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ਤਿਹ ਮਹਾ ਅਨੰਦ ਰਸੁ ਕਰਿਆ ॥
jih gur maan parabhoo liv laa-ee tih mahaa anand ras kari-aa.
One who has faith in the Guru, and who is lovingly attached to God, enjoys the delights of supreme ecstasy.
ਜਿਹ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਬਿਸਾਰਿ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਬੇਮੁਖਾਈ ਤੇ ਨਰਕ ਘੋਰ ਮਹਿ ਪਰਿਆ ॥੩॥
jih parabhoo bisaar gur tay baymukhaa-ee tay narak ghor meh pari-aa. ||3||
One who forgets God and forsakes the Guru, falls into the most horrible hell. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who trusts the teaching and lets the heart lean into the One tastes a deep, steady joy.
But turning away and forgetting leaves a person lost in their own darkness.
Leaning toward the One brings deep joy; turning away just leaves you in your own darkness.
The literal second line (narak ghor, the most horrible hell) is dropped per the wellbeing rules. Its truth — that forsaking the source leaves one baymukhaa-ee, turned-away and lost — is kept as 'lost in one's own darkness': an inner condition of separation, not a place of torture. The bright half, mahaa anand ras, supreme joyful essence, is foregrounded. Turning toward vs. turning away.
A Question to Sit With
When you've turned away from something good for you, how did it feel — and what brought you back?
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