Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
O holy people, know that this body is only passing; it does not last.
The One who lives inside it — know that One alone as true.
Your body is here for a season, and the One living inside it is what lasts.
This is the rahaa-o, the pause line, the center of the shabad, and it comes first. The shabad is by Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru. Ih tan mithi-aa jaan-o — know that this body does not last. Mithi-aa means passing, here for a while. It does not mean the body is worthless. Yaa bheetar jo raam basat hai saacho taahi pachhaano — the One who lives inside it, know that One as true.
Think of a blossom on a spring branch. It is beautiful, and it is here for a season. The tree it grows from stays. Get to know the lasting One inside you, starting now.
What part of you feels like it stays the same, even as everything else grows and changes?
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