Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keeping the Name in mind again and again, the very place where sickness lived inside me was dismantled. The trouble did not just quiet down — its home was taken apart.
This one says that remembering the One takes apart the very place where trouble lived.
Simrat simrat parabh kaa naa-o — remembering the One's Name, again and again. Sagal rog kaa binsi-aa thaa-o — the thaa-o, the home, of every rog, sickness, is taken apart.
Notice the word thaa-o, place. Remembrance does not just calm the trouble for a while. It removes the ground the trouble stood on. Think of weeds in a garden. Cutting off the tops helps for a week. Pulling out the roots clears the spot.
In this shabad, the "sickness" is often read as the ache of feeling apart from the One. That is a way of understanding the verse. It is not a claim about curing an illness of the body or the mind.
What worry has a 'home' in you that you would like to take apart for good?
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