ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਮਤਿ ਊਤਮ ਹੋਇ ॥
satgur mili-ai mat ootam ho-ay.
Meeting with the True Guru, the intellect is elevated and exalted.
ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਢੈ ਧੋਇ ॥
man nirmal ha-umai kadhai Dho-ay.
The mind becomes immaculate, and egotism is washed away.
ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਬੰਧਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
sadaa mukat banDh na sakai ko-ay.
He is liberated forever, and no one can put him in bondage.
ਸਦਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੬॥
sadaa naam vakhaanai a-or na ko-ay. ||6||
He chants the Naam forever, and nothing else. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Meeting the True Guru, your understanding is lifted up high.
The mind becomes spotless, and ego (the feeling of being a separate self) is washed away.
You are free forever, and no one can tie you up.
You speak the Naam always, and nothing else.
When the walled-off self washes away, nothing can chain you.
Meeting the True Guru washes the mind clean of ego, and a mind that is clean stays free.
Man nirmal haumai kadhai dhoe: the mind is washed clean as haumai (the feeling of being a separate self) is rinsed out. Ego is a stain that comes off, the way mud rinses from a shirt, leaving a mind that is free and full.
A Question to Sit With
What feels lighter after you let go of trying to prove you are separate or special?
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