Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wandering and roaming everywhere, I went through great pain — and then I came to the door of the saint.
By grace, the Supreme One blended Nanak into itself.
After the diagnosis comes the turn — and it comes through exhaustion, the same tired arrival we saw in Shabad 4. The wandering and the pain are not wasted; they are what finally bring the seeker "to the door of the saint." Sometimes it takes wearing yourself out on the dream before you're ready to wake. And the ending is the raag's deepest hope: not just rescue but merger — "blended into itself." The drop returns to the ocean. The one who ran everywhere in pain ends up not merely helped but made one with what he was running toward all along.
Can hard, exhausting times sometimes be the very thing that turns you toward what you needed?
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