I found the real treasure — and my running mind finally sat down to rest.
The Arc
The bright, glad M9 shabad of finding. I found the wealth of the Name, and I have to tell someone I love: my mind, which used to run and run, has finally sat down to rest like coming home at day's end. The tight need to own slipped away, and a clear, fresh understanding grew in its place; now greed and clinging cannot get a grip, because I hold something better — love for the One. A worry carried for what felt like forever let go the moment I found the jewel-Name, and the endless wanting quieted into a peace that was inside me all along. And this treasure is not locked away for a lucky few: anyone who turns toward the teaching can gather it.
Key Vocabulary
dhan paaio har naam — the wealth of the Name, found.
dhaavan te chhootio... bisraam — the running mind coming to rest.
nirmal giaan upjio — clear wisdom welling up, fresh as new leaves.
nij sukh — the peace of one's own inner being, there all along.
gurmukh paavai — open to any who turn toward the teaching.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The rest that comes when the mind stops chasing; peace already within; wealth open to all.
For Raag Basant
The most spring-bright of Guru Tegh Bahadur's Basant shabads — wisdom welling up like new growth.
Translation Notes
M9 comfort-forward, and easily so: this is a joyful 'I found it' shabad. 'Cynicism of countless lifetimes' rendered as a long-carried worry finally set down. Grace and the inner peace foregrounded as always-present and open to anyone.
I found the real treasure — and my running mind finally sat down to rest.
The Arc
The bright, glad M9 shabad of finding. I found the wealth of the Name, and I have to tell someone I love: my mind, which used to run and run, has finally sat down to rest like coming home at day's end. The tight need to own slipped away, and a clear, fresh understanding grew in its place; now greed and clinging cannot get a grip, because I hold something better — love for the One. A worry carried for what felt like forever let go the moment I found the jewel-Name, and the endless wanting quieted into a peace that was inside me all along. And this treasure is not locked away for a lucky few: anyone who turns toward the teaching can gather it.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The rest that comes when the mind stops chasing; peace already within; wealth open to all.
For Raag Basant
The most spring-bright of Guru Tegh Bahadur's Basant shabads — wisdom welling up like new growth.
Translation Notes
M9 comfort-forward, and easily so: this is a joyful 'I found it' shabad. 'Cynicism of countless lifetimes' rendered as a long-carried worry finally set down. Grace and the inner peace foregrounded as always-present and open to anyone.