Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Searching and searching, at last I drank the sweetness.
I took up patience and gave my mind to the True Guru.
Everyone calls themselves genuine — but only the one who gains the jewel is genuine, in every age.
Busy eating and drinking, people die without ever knowing.
But the moment the Word is recognized, the grasping self dies away in an instant.
The mind grows steady and is at peace, even with dying.
By the Guru's grace, the Naam is known.
Khimaa — patience and forgiveness — is chosen and given to the teacher. Khin meh moo-ay jaa sabad pachhaani-aa — the ego lets go in an instant when the Word is recognized: the classic dying-while-living, framed positively as the grasping self releasing. Maran man maani-aa — the mind grows steady. Grace: gur kirpaa tay.
Where in your life could a little more patience change things?
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