ਘੁੰਘਰੂ ਵਾਜੈ ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
ghunghroo vaajai jay man laagai.
You shall hear the vibrations of the tinkling bells, when your mind is held steady.
ਤਉ ਜਮੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੇ ਮੋ ਸਿਉ ਆਗੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ta-o jam kahaa karay mo si-o aagai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
So what can the Messenger of Death do to me hereafter? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You will hear the soft inner bells ringing once your mind grows steady.
After that, what could death possibly do to me?
Steady your mind and you hear a music that was always playing — and death loses its hold.
The Pause names the reward of a steadied mind: hearing "the vibrations of the tinkling bells" — the Anhad Shabad, the unstruck melody always sounding beneath the mind's noise. And once you hear it, death loses its threat — "what can the Messenger of Death do to me?" — the fearlessness of jeevat marnaa.
A Question to Sit With
What can you only hear when you finally get quiet enough?
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