ਜੋ ਜੋ ਸੁਨੈ ਪੇਖੈ ਲਾਇ ਸਰਧਾ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਗੈ ॥
jo jo sunai paykhai laa-ay sarDhaa taa kaa janam maran dukh bhaagai.
Whoever listens to, and beholds the Guru with faith, shall see his pains of birth and death taken away.
ਐਸੀ ਨਿਰਤਿ ਨਰਕ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਗੈ ॥੪॥੪॥੪੩॥
aisee nirat narak nivaarai naanak gurmukh jaagai. ||4||4||43||
Such a dance eliminates hell; O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains wakeful. ||4||4||43||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever listens to and beholds the Guru with faith has the pains of birth and death taken away.
Such a dance does away with hell, says Nanak; the Gurmukh stays awake.
The true inner dance is itself liberation — and it keeps you awake.
The fruit of the true dance: "the pains of birth and death taken away," and "such a dance eliminates hell." The inner dance — self silenced, passions stilled, self surrendered — is itself liberation. And "the Gurmukh remains wakeful" — the dance is how the rare few of Shabad 130 stay awake.
A Question to Sit With
What practice leaves you more awake and free, not more numb?
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