Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I place each step carefully, thinking it through before I move.
I set down the pull of two ways at once — the split between me and the One — and belong to the Formless One.
Tasting that sweetness, I find freedom, a treasure that was always here.
My restless coming and going settles, and the One who guides me keeps me safe.
Take each step with care, let go of feeling split in two, and you find a treasure that was always there.
Rakh rakh charan Dharay veechaaree — the thoughtful person places each step carefully.
DubiDhaa chhod bha-ay nirankaaree. DubiDhaa means being split in two: "me" over here and the One over there. Dropping that split, the person belongs to the Nirankaar, the Formless One.
Then mukat, freedom, is called a padaarath, a treasure. It is a treasure already there, to be tasted, not a trophy to win. Think of a gift that has been sitting in your room with your name on it. You just have to open it.
What would it feel like to stop dividing the world into me and everything else?
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