Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When someone hides things and stays closed inside, a low, steady ache settles in, and the mind can't grow still.
Doing everything from that pinched place makes the days themselves feel heavy.
But grace brings a person to the Guru, and then the heart tunes gently to the True Name.
Nanak says: peace arrives on its own, and doubt and fear simply get up and leave.
The first of three Guru Amar Das shaloks set before the seventh Pauri. Kapat (hiding things, keeping a closed and crooked heart) is named as a source of dukh -- ache. The picture is compassionate: this is a painful condition, not a verdict. The release comes by grace: karmee satgur bhaytee-ai. And the resolution is beautifully passive -- bharam bha-o bhaagai, "doubt and fear run away" -- you don't have to fight them off; they leave when peace moves in.
Has a worry ever melted away by itself once you felt safe again?
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