ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
vad-hans mehlaa 4.
Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:
ਮੇਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੁੰਦਰੁ ਮੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥
mayraa har parabh sundar mai saar na jaanee.
My Lord God is so beautiful. I do not know His worth.
ਹਉ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਛੋਡਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
ha-o har parabh chhod doojai lobhaanee. ||1||
Abandoning my Lord God, I have become entangled in duality. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One I love is so beautiful I can't even measure it — and sometimes I wander off and get tangled in lesser things.
But noticing that I've wandered is the first step back.
It's easy to wander off toward lesser things — but noticing you've wandered is the first step back.
Guru Ram Das opens: "My Lord God is so beautiful. I do not know His worth. Abandoning my Lord, I have become entangled in duality." An honest confession of how we drift — dazzled by lesser things (doojaa, the second, the me-vs-them split) and forgetting the beauty right there. The qMonk voice keeps it hopeful: noticing you've wandered is the beginning of coming back.
A Question to Sit With
When you notice you've drifted away from something good, how do you find your way back?
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