Verse 35 of 57
Salok Mehlaa 9, Salok 35 — childhood, youth, and age
ਬਾਲ ਜੁਆਨੀ ਅਰੁ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਫੁਨਿ ਤੀਨਿ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਜਾਨਿ ॥
baal ju-aanee ar biraDh fun teen avasthaa jaan.
Childhood, youth and old age - know these as the three stages of life.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੩੫॥
kaho naanak har bhajan bin birthaa sabh hee maan. ||35||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, everything is useless; you must appreciate this. ||35||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Childhood, youth and old age — know these as the three stages of life.
Nanak says: without remembering the One, all of it is wasted. Understand this.
Every season of life is empty without remembering the One.
Every stage of life is empty without remembering the One.
Baal ju-aanee ar biraDh: childhood, youth and old age. Teen avasthaa jaan: know these as the three stages. Each one passes into the next.
Birthaa sabh hee maan: without remembering, all of it is birthaa, wasted. The words are blunt so that the reader starts remembering now, in whatever stage they are in.
A Question to Sit With
What is a gift of the season of life you are in right now?
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