ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salok mehlaa 3.
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜਗਤੁ ਮੁਆ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥
bin satgur sayvay jagat mu-aa birthaa janam gavaa-ay.
Without serving the True Guru, the people of the world are dead; they waste their lives away in vain.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਅਤਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਗਾ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
doojai bhaa-ay at dukh lagaa mar jammai aavai jaa-ay.
In love with duality, they suffer terrible pain; they die, and are reincarnated, and continue coming and going.
ਵਿਸਟਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਪਾਇ ॥
vistaa andar vaas hai fir fir joonee paa-ay.
They live in manure, and are reincarnated again and again.
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜਮੁ ਮਾਰਸੀ ਅੰਤਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ॥੧॥
naanak bin naavai jam maarsee ant ga-i-aa pachhutaa-ay. ||1||
O Nanak, without the Name, the Messenger of Death punishes them; in the end, they depart regretting and repenting. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A life with no goodness to guide it can feel wasted and stuck.
Getting caught only in grabbing brings a lot of unnecessary hurt.
But the good is always there, ready to lead us out.
A life with no goodness to guide it can feel stuck — but the good is always there, ready to lead us out.
A warning-Shalok, softened per the wellbeing rules — the harsh 'live in manure / Messenger of Death' imagery is dropped. The gentle kernel: a life with no goodness to guide it feels wasted and stuck, and getting caught only in grabbing brings needless hurt — but the good is always there to lead us out. For a child: a life with no goodness to guide it can feel stuck — but the good is always there, ready to lead us out.
A Question to Sit With
When you feel stuck, what good thing could help lead you out?
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