My mind longs for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, and His Name.
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind longs for the sight of the One and its Name.
I have wandered everywhere, and now I have come to follow the saint.
The two motions of the raag in a single verse: longing and arriving. The mind aches for the sight and the Name; the wandering everywhere has ended in coming "to follow the saint." Notice that the wandering was not pointless — it is what finally brought him to the saint's door (as in Shabad 21). Sometimes you have to exhaust every other road before you're ready to take the one that leads home. The longing is honored, the wandering is redeemed, and the arrival is at the humble place: following the good, rather than being led by your own restless searching.
Do we sometimes have to try many wrong roads before we're ready for the right one? Was the wandering a waste?
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