Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Joined with the Guru, you calm and tame your mind.
Day and night you enjoy the union of loving devotion.
In the gathering of the Guru and the saints, pain and sickness end.
Nanak, the servant, says: I am joined with my Beloved, the One, in natural ease.
When the restless mind grows quiet, the soul rests with its Beloved.
This last verse brings the song's two pictures together: the settling mind and the bride.
Gur man maari-o kar sanjog — joined with the Guru, the mind is tamed. That means calmed, not destroyed, like a puppy that finally stops chasing its tail. Ahinis raavay bhagat jog — day and night, it enjoys the union of loving devotion. In the gathering of the Guru and the saints, sorrow and rog heal. Rog means sickness, here the sickness of ego.
Then jan naanak har var sahj jog — servant Nanak is joined to his Beloved in sahj, natural ease. Think of coming home after a long trip and sinking into your own couch. The whole song moves from feeling alone to resting in that kind of peace.
What does it feel like when a worried, grabbing feeling inside you finally goes calm?
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