ਪ੍ਰਥਮੇ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥
parathmay ti-aagee ha-umai pareet.
First, I renounced my egotistical love of myself.
ਦੁਤੀਆ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਲੋਗਾ ਰੀਤਿ ॥
dutee-aa ti-aagee logaa reet.
Second, I renounced the ways of the world.
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਦੁਰਜਨ ਮੀਤ ਸਮਾਨੇ ॥
tarai gun ti-aag durjan meet samaanay.
Renouncing the three qualities, I look alike upon friend and enemy.
ਤੁਰੀਆ ਗੁਣੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧ ਪਛਾਨੇ ॥੨॥
turee-aa gun mil saaDh pachhaanay. ||2||
And then, the fourth state of bliss was revealed to me by the Holy One. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
First, I let go of my self-centered love of myself.
Second, I let go of the world's usual ways.
Letting go of the three pulls of nature, I see friend and enemy the same — and then the holy One revealed to me the fourth state.
Let go of self-love, the world's ways, and even the three pulls of nature — and a fourth, unshakable peace opens.
A clear ladder of release: self-love, then worldly ways, then the three qualities themselves. The fruit is equanimity — "friend and enemy alike" — and beyond it, "the fourth state" (chautha pad), the pure awareness beyond all three gunas, revealed by the Holy One.
A Question to Sit With
What would it feel like to treat friend and rival with the very same steadiness?
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