ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸੀ ਤਉ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ॥
aas niraasee ta-o sani-aasee.
When you abandon hope and desire, then you become a true Sannyaasi.
ਜਾਂ ਜਤੁ ਜੋਗੀ ਤਾਂ ਕਾਇਆ ਭੋਗੀ ॥੨॥
jaaN jat jogee taaN kaa-i-aa bhogee. ||2||
When the Yogi practices abstinence, then he enjoys his body. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When you give up your endless hoping and wanting, then you are a true renunciate.
When the true seeker masters himself, he is finally at home in his own body.
The true renunciate isn't the one in robes — it's the one who has let go of endless wanting.
The real Sannyaasi is redefined: not the one in ochre robes, but the one who has dropped hope and desire — the inner renunciation, available to a householder. And the genuine seeker, having mastered himself, "enjoys his body" — at home in his own life rather than at war with it. Mastery brings ease, not grim deprivation.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you could enjoy more if you stopped anxiously wanting more of it?
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