Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Go, lucky friend, and live in the Sangat — that is where you quietly grow into the One.
In the Sangat, the aches and hungers and heaviness lose their grip, and your love settles on the One. The restless coming and going stops; you are at home. Nanak says: keep the One in mind, and love never breaks off, and the sticky pull of wanting cannot catch you anymore.
Go and live in the Sangat; there you grow closer to the One.
Santaa sang samaa-ee-ai — in the Sangat, you merge with the One. That is the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One.
Tah dookh na bhookh na rog bi-aapai — there, pain, hunger and sickness cannot take hold. The heart's love rests on the One's lotus feet, a picture of the One's gentle, beautiful presence.
The verse says there is no birth or death there, no coming and going. The restless back-and-forth stops. You arrive at a nihchal refuge, one that cannot be shaken. This is sahaj, a calm, steady peace. Think of the feeling of being tucked in at home on a stormy night.
Praym bichhohu na — this love never breaks off. And moh, the sticky pull of clinging, cannot grab a heart that is already at home.
Where, or with whom, do you feel most completely at home in yourself?
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