14: scw soihlw

The true engagement

rwjw prjw hoiekY cwkr kUkr dyis duhweI ]

raajaa parajaa hoi kai chaakar kookar daysi duhaaee.

By becoming subject of a king, people as servants go around the countries to abide orders.

jMmidAw ruixJuMJxw nwnk dwdk hoie vDweI ]

janmadiaa rounijhounjhanaa naanak daadak hoi vadhaaee.

On the birth of a child felicitatory songs are sung in the houses of the maternal and paternal grandfathers.

vIvwhw no isTxIAw duhI vlI duih qUr vjweI ]

veevaahaa no sitdaneeaa duhee valee dui toor vajaaee.

On marriage occasions the songs are sung by woman in scurrilous language and trumpets are played on the part of the bride and bridegroom (but not so among the gurmukhs).

rovx iptxu muieAW no vYx Alwhix Dum DumweI ]

rovanu pitanu muiaa no vainu alaahani dhoum dhoumaaee.

Weepings and wailings are there for the dead;

swDsMgiq scu soihlw gurmuiK swDsMgiq ilv lweI ]

saadhasangati sachu sohilaa guramoukhi saadhasangati liv laaee.

But the gurmukhs (the Guru-oriented) recite the Sohila in the company of the saints on such occasions.

byd kqybhu bwhrw jMmix mrix Ailpqu rhweI ]

bayd kataybahu baaharaa janmani marani alipatu rahaaee.

The Sikh (gurmukh) goes beyond the holy books of the Hindus and Muslims i.e. the Vedas and the Katebas, and neither rejoices at a birth nor mourns at a death.

Awsw ivic inrwsu vlweI ]14]

aasaa vichi niraasu valaaee ||14||

In the midst of desires he remains free from them.