Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Doubt, feeling separate, and fear never leave, and the coming and going goes on, as long as you do not know the One.
Without the Naam of the One, no one is set free. They drown and die, though there is no water at all.
Doubt and fear keep circling until you know the One, and the Naam sets you free.
Bharam bhayd bha-o: doubt, feeling separate, and fear. Aavat jaat: coming and going, round and round through births and deaths. Doob mu-ay bin paanee: drowning without any water.
It is a strong picture. Think of feeling panicked on dry land, your chest tight as if you were underwater, though nothing around you is wet. Knowing the One, through the Naam, eases that feeling of being cut off.
When you feel cut off from everyone, what reminds you that you're not?
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