Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What discipline could make me truly steady? And what Name could wash away the pride that keeps me feeling separate?
Now the questions reach the real problem.
Kavan tap jit tapee-aa ho-ay — what discipline makes a person truly disciplined? Tap is hard, steady practice. Then comes the key question: kavan so naam ha-umai mal kho-ay — what Name will wash away the dirt of ha-umai?
Ha-umai is the ego. It is the feeling of being a separate self, cut off from everything else. Here it is called mal, a stain. A stain is something to wash out, like mud on a school shirt. It is a sickness to heal, never a crime.
The seeker rightly senses that this separateness is what stands in the way. So they ask for the one thing that dissolves it. The question now points at the heart of the matter.
What does it feel like when you drop the need to be separate or better, and just belong?
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