ਚਲਤਉ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਚਾਖੈ ॥
chalta-o man raakhai amrit chaakhai.
The unstable mind is restrained by tasting this Nectar.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦੁ ਭਾਖੈ ॥
satgur sayv amrit sabad bhaakhai.
Serving the True Guru, one comes to cherish the Ambrosial Nectar of the Shabad.
ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਏ ॥
saachai sabad mukat gat paa-ay.
Through the True Word of the Shabad, the state of liberation is obtained.
ਨਾਨਕ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥੪॥੧੩॥
naanak vichahu aap gavaa-ay. ||4||13||
O Nanak, self-conceit is eradicated from within. ||4||13||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The restless, wandering mind is steadied by the taste of this Nectar.
Serving the True Guru, you come to treasure the sweetness of the Word.
Through the True Word, freedom is found, and self-conceit is rooted out from within.
The wandering mind is steadied not by scolding but by a sweeter thing to rest on.
The cure works on the unstable mind — the same staggering mind that Shabad 34 called a drunken elephant. The Nectar does not lecture the mind; it steadies it by giving it something sweeter to rest on. Liberation comes "through the True Word of the Shabad," and its sign is the uprooting of self-conceit — haumai gone.
A Question to Sit With
When your mind is restless, what truly settles it — fighting it, or giving it something better?
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