Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My pride is gone, friends; my doubt is cleared,
and the Guru has united me with my Beloved.
This is the pause line, the center of the shabad. It names two things that had to go before the soul could meet its Beloved: pride and doubt.
Chukaa nihoraa sakhee sahayree — "my pride is gone, my friends and companions." Bharam ga-i-aa gur pir sang mayree — "my doubt is gone, and the Guru has joined me with my Beloved."
The pride is haumai, the "me first" feeling that fills us up. Once it went quiet and the doubt cleared, the Guru brought the soul to the Beloved. The meeting was not waiting on the Beloved to arrive. The Beloved was already near. It was waiting on the soul's pride to quiet down, as another shabad in Aasaa also teaches.
What gets easier when your pride and doubts settle?
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