Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Gently settle your restless, wandering mind — the treasure you're looking for is already deep inside you.
Turn toward the wise word, and you'll taste a sweetness that never runs out.
The poem's warmest turn: manoo-aa thaak — steady the wandering mind, because ghat hee bheetar... nidhaan — the treasure is within you, already there. All the outward searching of the earlier verses was looking in the wrong direction; the thing sought is inside. And the reward is unending: the Gurmukh drinks the sublime essence (ras) and keeps drinking it through the ages. This is Aasaa's deep promise in one verse — quiet the restlessness, look inward, and find an inexhaustible sweetness that was waiting for you all along.
What might you find if you got quiet enough to look inside instead of always looking out?
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