Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One who dies in the Word embraces love for the One; one who eats the uneatable has his doubts dispelled.
He is liberated while yet alive — the Name abides in his mind; turned to the Guru, he merges into the True One.
You can be free right now, while you are still alive.
The key phrase is jeevan mukat, free while still living. Freedom is not only something that comes after this life. It can start today.
How? Sabad marai — one who "dies in the Word." This means letting the proud, selfish part of us fade away through the Guru's Word. It is called jeevat marnaa, dying while alive. What dies is the ego, not the person.
Achar charai — one who eats what can't be eaten. The ego finds some things hard to swallow: being humble, facing hard times, living by the Name. Taking them in anyway clears away doubt.
Think of a big sibling who lets the little one win a game. Something in them had to let go. But what they get back is love and peace. Then the Name lives in the mind, and the one turned to the Guru, the gurmukh, melts into the True One.
What might it mean to be free now, rather than waiting for some later time?
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