ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਸੁਣਿ ਸਿਖਿਐ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਜਿਚਰੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
sun sikhi-ai saad na aa-i-o jichar gurmukh sabad na laagai.
Hearing the teachings, he does not appreciate them, as long as he is not Gurmukh, attached to the Word of the Shabad.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਭਾਗੈ ॥
satgur sayvi-ai naam man vasai vichahu bharam bha-o bhaagai.
Serving the True Guru, the Naam comes to abide in the mind, and doubts and fears run away.
ਜੇਹਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਹੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਾ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
jayhaa satgur no jaanai tayho hovai taa sach naam liv laagai.
As he knows the True Guru, so he is transformed, and then, he lovingly focuses his consciousness on the Naam.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਆਗੈ ॥੨॥
naanak naam milai vadi-aa-ee har dar sohan aagai. ||2||
O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, greatness is obtained; he shall be resplendent in the Court of the Lord hereafter. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Just hearing good teachings isn't enough if we don't take them to heart.
But taking them in, doubts and fears run away.
We slowly become like the good we give our hearts to.
We slowly become like the good we take to heart — so choose carefully what you give your heart to.
"As he knows the True Guru, so he is transformed." A key teaching: we become like what we truly take to heart. Merely hearing good words does little; living them transforms us, and "doubts and fears run away." For a child: we slowly become like the good we take to heart — so choose it carefully.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing would you like to slowly become more like?
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