Eversince God created the boundless Universe about us, we are going in an un-ending vicious cycle of birth and death (ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣ ਦਾ ਚੱਕਰ) reaping fruit of our good and bad deeds committed in our previous lives as well as in the present one. And, this will continue till eternity unless we (our souls) merge back in the Supreme Soul (Parm-Atma) from where we had originated; and thus become immortal, achieving salvation. Till such time this Union takes place, our mental and physical sufferings are apt to continue in varying degrees and we keep on appearing in and disappearing from various forms of life.

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਸਬਦ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਆਇਆ ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੰਤਾਏ ॥੩॥

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