Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the end, only those the Giver of peace draws close truly receive this quality and truly come to know the One.
The shabad ends with a second pause line, the rahaa-o doojaa. A pause line is the center of a shabad, where you stop and think. A second one is rare. It turns the whole shabad around one last time.
Tis hee gun tin hee parabh jaataa — only they receive this goodness, and only they know God. Who are they? Jis kee maan lay-ay sukh-daata — the ones the Sukh-daata, the Giver of peace, accepts.
This seals the answer that came just before. Knowing the One is not a prize for getting the effort right. It is the fruit of being drawn close by the Giver of peace.
Picture a small child who runs to a parent and is scooped up. The child did not climb. They were lifted. The seeker's long list of "how?" ends not with a method but with grace received. And that is rest.
Why might it be a relief, not a disappointment, that the deepest things are given rather than earned?
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