ਮਨ ਸੋ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਹਾਂ ॥
man so sayvee-ai haaN.
O my mind, serve Him.
ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵੀਐ ਹਾਂ ॥
alakh abhayvee-ai haaN.
He is unknowable and inscrutable.
ਤਾਂ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਹਾਂ ॥
taaN si-o pareet kar haaN.
Enshrine love for Him.
ਬਿਨਸਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਮਰਿ ਹਾਂ ॥
binas na jaa-ay mar haaN.
He does not perish, or go away, or die.
ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਹਾਂ ॥
gur tay jaani-aa haaN.
He is known only through the Guru.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨਾ ॥੨॥੩॥੧੫੯॥
naanak man maani-aa mayray manaa. ||2||3||159||
Nanak, my mind is satisfied with the Lord, O my mind. ||2||3||159||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, serve Him — He is unknowable and inscrutable; enshrine love for Him.
He does not perish, or go away, or die; He is known only through the Guru. Nanak, my mind is satisfied with the One, O my mind.
You don't have to understand the One to love and serve it — and loving it, the mind is satisfied.
The One is "unknowable and inscrutable" — and yet to be loved and served; you do not have to comprehend Him to love Him. He "does not perish, or go away, or die" — utterly reliable — and is "known only through the Guru." The mind that finds Him is "satisfied".
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