Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji · Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 787 · Suhi
Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji: those who know they must leave
Two saloks of Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji from the Var of Suhi, in the short, pointed style of his surviving couplets. Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji placed Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji's saloks within the vars of other Gurus when he compiled the Adi Granth.
- 1ਜਿਨੀ ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਸੇ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਿਥਾਰ ॥jinee chalan jaaniaa se kiau kareh vithaar
People who know they must leave: why would they build so much here?
- 2ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੧॥chalan saar na jaananee kaaj savaaranahaar
Those busy arranging their affairs have not understood what leaving means.
- 3ਰਾਤਿ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਭਲਕੇ ਚਲਣੁ ਹੋਇ ॥raat kaaran dhan sancheeaai bhalake chalan hoi
We hoard money for one night, and in the morning we leave.
Note. Life is pictured as a single night's stay.
- 4ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥naanak naal na chaliee fir pachhutaavaa hoi
Nanak says it will not go with you, and then comes regret.
Our line is a reading of the intent. For the Gurmukhi source text and reference translations seeSikhiToTheMax (part 1), SikhiToTheMax (part 2) and SikhRI's Guru Granth Sahib Project.[DB][EoS]