Meaning
Transliteration
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 469 · Asa di Vaar, Salok · Raag Asa · Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Verified · BaniDBਦੁਖੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਭਇਆ ਜਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਾਮਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
Dukh daaroo sukh rog bhaiaa jaa sukh taam na hoee.
Meaning
Suffering can become the medicine, and comfort the disease — for when there is only comfort, the Divine is forgotten.
ਦੁੱਖ ਦਵਾਈ ਬਣ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਰੋਗ — ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਜਦੋਂ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਸੁਖ ਹੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਾਂ ਰੱਬ ਭੁੱਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Context
This line is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
It is from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 469, in Asa di Vaar, Salok, Raag Asa.
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Sources
- Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 469
- Gurmukhi text and Ang checked against BaniDB (Khalis Foundation) on 2026-09-27