ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਜਿਸੁ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਲੇ ॥
so jan mukat jis ayk liv laagee sadaa rahai har naalay.
He alone is liberated, who lovingly focuses his attention on the One Lord, always dwelling with the Lord.
ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਗਹਣ ਗਤਿ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਸਚੈ ਆਪਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ॥
tin kee gahan gat kahee na jaa-ee sachai aap savaaray.
His depth and condition cannot be described. The True Lord Himself embellishes him.
ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੇ ਸਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਨਾ ਉਰਵਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਰੇ ॥੩॥
bharam bhulaanay se manmukh kahee-ahi naa urvaar na paaray. ||3||
Those who wander around, deluded by doubt, are called manmukhs; they are neither on this side, nor on the other side. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The free person is simply someone whose love is fixed on the One, who lives always close by.
How deep that closeness goes, no one can fully describe; the True One quietly beautifies them from within. The ones who wander lost in doubt are simply those who turned away — for now not fully on either shore.
Freedom is a heart that simply stays close to the One.
Gahan gat — the deep, unmeasurable state — resists description on purpose: closeness to the One is felt, not diagrammed. The image of being on neither shore (naa urvaar na paaray) pictures the ache of a divided heart without condemning the person caught in it.
A Question to Sit With
What makes you feel closest to what matters most to you?
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