Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One's servant is filled with loving devotion, easily and naturally.
In reverent awe of the Guru, he melts into the True One.
Without the perfect Guru, this love does not come;
the self-willed lose their honor and cry out in pain.
Real love for the One comes easily, once the Guru lights it in you.
Bhagat rataa jan sahj subhaa-ay — the One's servant is soaked in loving devotion, easily and naturally. Sahj means calm and natural, with no strain. That love grows out of bhai, a deep awe and respect for the Guru.
Think of a candle. It cannot light itself. It needs a flame from something already burning. The verse says the same about love for the One: bin gur pooray bhagat na ho-ay — without the perfect Guru, this love does not come.
Love is lit, not built by force. The manmukh, the person who follows only their own will, tries to do it all alone. Such a person ends up losing honor and crying out in pain.
What good feeling, when it's genuine, comes easily rather than by force?
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