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Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 49
Verse 2 of 4

The Good You Love Is the Ever-Living Heart of the World

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
sabh jag aap upaa-i-on aavan jaan sansaaraa.
He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ॥
maa-i-aa moh khu-aa-i-an mar jammai vaaro vaaraa.
The love of Maya has ruined the world; people die, to be re-born, over and over again.
ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ਵਧਹਿ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣੀ ਮੂਠੀ ॥
mar jammai vaaro vaaraa vaDheh bikaaraa gi-aan vihoonee moothee.
People die to be re-born, over and over again, while their sins increase; without spiritual wisdom, they are deluded.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਓ ਰੋਵੈ ਅਵਗੁਣਿਆਰੀ ਝੂਠੀ ॥
bin sabdai pir na paa-i-o janam gavaa-i-o rovai avguni-aaree jhoothee.
Without the Word of the Shabad, the Husband Lord is not found; the worthless, false bride wastes her life away, weeping and wailing.
ਪਿਰੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਰੋਈਐ ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੇ ॥
pir jagjeevan kis no ro-ee-ai rovai kant visaaray.
He is my Beloved Husband Lord, the Life of the World - for whom should I weep? They alone weep, who forget their Husband Lord.
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥੨॥
sabh jag aap upaa-i-on aavan jaan sansaaray. ||2||
He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The whole world comes and goes, made and gathered back by the One.

Getting swept up only in grabbing can leave a heart circling and unsettled.

But here's the freeing thought: why weep, when the good you love is the ever-living heart of the world?

The good you love most is the ever-living heart of the world — it can't be lost, so love it and don't be afraid.
The deeper layer

The verse gives the freeing question that answers the whole mourning section: kis noo rovai—"for whom should I weep, when my Beloved is the Life of the World and does not die?" The love that matters most is woven into the living heart of everything and can't be lost, so the deepest grief loses its sting. "They alone weep who forget their Beloved" — the tears come from forgetting, not from the good itself. The qMonk voice keeps this gentle and hopeful. For a child: the good you love most is the ever-living heart of the world — it can't be lost, so love it and don't be afraid.

A Question to Sit With

How does it feel to know that the best kind of good can't be lost?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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