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Verse 3 of 4

The Restless Burning Goes Quiet Before Your Love

ਪਿਰੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਗੁਰਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
pir sang kaaman jaani-aa gur mayl milaa-ee raam.
The soul-bride knows that her Husband Lord is with her; the Guru unites her in this union.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਤਪਤਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
antar sabad milee sehjay tapat bujhaa-ee raam.
Within her heart, she is merged with the Shabad, and the fire of her desire is easily extinguished.
ਸਬਦਿ ਤਪਤਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਆਈ ਸਹਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ॥
sabad tapat bujhaa-ee antar saaNt aa-ee sehjay har ras chaakhi-aa.
The Shabad has quenched the fire of desire, and within her heart, peace and tranquility have come; she tastes the Lord's essence with intuitive ease.
ਮਿਲਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਅਪਣੇ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਖਿਆ ॥
mil pareetam apnay sadaa rang maanay sachai sabad subhaakhi-aa.
Meeting her Beloved, she enjoys His Love continually, and her speech rings with the True Shabad.
ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋਨੀ ਥਾਕੇ ਭੇਖੀ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
parh parh pandit monee thaakay bhaykhee mukat na paa-ee.
Reading and studying continually, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages have grown weary; wearing religious robes, liberation is not obtained.
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਜਗੁ ਬਉਰਾਨਾ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥੩॥
naanak bin bhagtee jag ba-uraanaa sachai sabad milaa-ee. ||3||
O Nanak, without devotional worship, the world has gone insane; through the True Word of the Shabad, one meets the Lord. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Once you know the One you love is right here with you, a calm settles in and the restless burning goes quiet.

All the reading and reciting in the world, all the fancy robes, can't do what this quiet closeness does.

The restless burning of always wanting more goes quiet in the presence of what you truly love.
The deeper layer

The center of the Chhant: knowing the Beloved is already with her, the fire of desire is easily extinguished — the restless burning of always-wanting-more simply goes out, replaced by peace and tranquility. And the verse makes Mehl 3's favorite point: parh parh... thakay — the scholars and silent sages grow weary with endless reading, and religious robes don't bring freedom. It's not that learning is bad; it's that closeness isn't earned by performance. The fire is quenched by presence, not by piling up study or costume. Nearness does what effort cannot.

A Question to Sit With

What quiets your restlessness better than achieving or acquiring one more thing?

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