O friend, such is the Dear Lord whom I have obtained.
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Its palace is so beautiful, its gate so wonderful; the celestial melody sounds there.
Nanak says: I enjoy unending joy — I have found a permanent home in my Beloved.
The shabad ends in a place: the Beloved's "palace," where "the celestial melody of the sound current resounds" — the Anhad Shabad, the unstruck melody, the background music of reality heard by the quieted soul. And the final word is home: "a permanent place in the home of my Beloved." All the raag's longing and wandering resolves here — not in a fleeting visit but in permanent residence. The soul that felt homeless (Shabad 28) has found its home, and it is inside the Beloved. To live in that home, where the unstruck music plays, is anand — the joy that does not end because it does not depend on anything outside itself.
What would it feel like to find a home you never have to leave — a place where you truly belong for good?
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