Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This mind is a detached renunciate, forsaking egotism.
Desire and duality afflict every heart.
The Gurmukh drinks the One's sublime essence.
At His Door, in the Mansion of His Presence, He preserves his honor.
The very mind that craves can also let go.
Man bairaagee ha-umai ti-aagee — the mind can become bairaagee, detached, and give up haumai, its ego. Yet ghat ghat mansaa dubiDhaa laagee — wanting and a split heart cling to every heart. DubiDhaa means being pulled two ways at once.
So the same mind that grabs can also open its hands. Think of a hand clutching a toy tightly. That same hand can open and let it go.
And the Gurmukh tastes the Har Ras, the sweet taste of the One. At the One's Door, in the palace of the Presence, the One keeps their honor safe. The mind can reach all the way from craving to letting go.
Could the part of you that wants the most also be the part that lets go?
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