Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 4), Salok 126 — from restless fire to sanctuary
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Inside the one who follows only their own mind burns the fire of wanting; their hunger does not go away.
Clinging to family is all false, and they stay wrapped up in what is false.
Day and night they worry, and tied up in worry, they leave this world.
Their coming and going in birth and death does not end, because they act from ego.
Nanak says: in the Guru's shelter they are saved, and the One sets them free.
The fire of wanting and the knot of worry are undone in the Guru's shelter.
Tisnaa ag is the fire of wanting; bhukh na jaa-ay, a hunger that does not leave; chintaa, worry, day and night. Jaman maran na chuk-ee: the coming and going of birth and death goes on while a person acts from ha-umai, ego.
The turn comes at the end: gur sarnaa-ee ubrai, in the Guru's shelter one is lifted out, and la-ay chhadaa-ay, set free.
What helps you feel calm when your mind keeps wanting more and more?
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