Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why waste your days squabbling? Turn your heart toward the One that never fades.
Love it, melt into it, give yourself to it completely.
The letter Rarra (the second, retroflex one) cuts straight through pettiness: kaahay jhagarahu — why quarrel? Set against all our small conflicts is akhut — the Imperishable, the thing that doesn't wear out. The verse's remedy for quarrelsomeness is not a rule but a redirection of love: dhi-aavahu, samaavahu, kurbaan — meditate on it, merge into it, become a sacrifice to it. When your heart is full of what lasts, the pull to bicker over what doesn't simply fades. You don't win the argument; you outgrow it.
What's a small quarrel you could let go of by focusing on something that matters more?
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