Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who plays the instrument of the Word gets to see the One who is endlessly beautiful.
That one is soaked through with the unstruck music, says Nanak, the lowly and small.
The true yogi is the one who simply plays the Word.
A yogi is someone who follows a path of strict practice and training. Here the word gets a new meaning. The real yogi is not the one who can hold the hardest poses. Beenaa sabad vajaavai jogee — the true yogi plays the Shabad, the Guru's Word, like an instrument.
The reward is darsan, a loving sight of the One, who is endlessly beautiful. That yogi is soaked in the Anhad, the music no hand plays. Think of a musician so lost in a song that the song seems to play them.
Nanak signs off as vichaaraa, humble and small. That smallness is what lets the great music come through. A hollow flute can play because it is empty inside.
What might you have to become quiet enough, or small enough, to finally notice?
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