ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
bhairo mehlaa 5.
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:
ਊਠਤ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਬੈਠਤ ਸੁਖੀਆ ॥
oothat sukhee-aa baithat sukhee-aa.
Standing up, I am at peace; sitting down, I am at peace.
ਭਉ ਨਹੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਜਾਂ ਐਸੇ ਬੁਝੀਆ ॥੧॥
bha-o nahee laagai jaaN aisay bujhee-aa. ||1||
I feel no fear, because this is what I understand. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Standing up, I am at peace; sitting down, I am at peace.
No fear touches me, because this is what I have come to understand.
Standing or sitting, you can be at peace, and fear loses its grip.
Once you understand who keeps you, you are at peace standing or sitting, and fear cannot touch you.
Oothat sukhee-aa, baithat sukhee-aa: at peace standing up, at peace sitting down. Guru Arjan names the thing he has understood in the very next line: the One is his Protector.
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