Verse study

ਫਰੀਦਾ ਬੁਰੇ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਰਿ ਗੁਸਾ ਮਨਿ ਨ ਹਢਾਇ ॥

Fareedaa bure daa bhalaa kar gusaa man na hadhaae.

Meaning Transliteration
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 1381 · Salok Farid · Sheikh Farid Ji
Verified · BaniDB

ਫਰੀਦਾ ਬੁਰੇ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਰਿ ਗੁਸਾ ਮਨਿ ਨ ਹਢਾਇ ॥

Fareedaa bure daa bhalaa kar gusaa man na hadhaae.

Meaning · GurVichaar explanation, not a scholarly translation

Farid, do good even to the one who does you harm; do not let anger wear down your mind.

ਫ਼ਰੀਦ, ਜੋ ਤੇਰਾ ਬੁਰਾ ਕਰੇ, ਉਸ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਭਲਾ ਕਰ; ਗੁੱਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨ ਖੋਰਨ ਨਾ ਦੇ।

Context

This line is by Sheikh Farid Ji.

It is from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1381, in Salok Farid.

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Sources

  1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1381
  2. Gurmukhi text and Ang checked against BaniDB (Khalis Foundation) on 2026-09-27

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