Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My soul was burning like fire, with a knife cutting deep. But once I recognized the One's flow and made peace with it, I am calm, day and night.
The burning ache inside calms when you recognize the flow of things and make peace with it.
Jee-arhaa agan baraabar tapai — my soul burns like fire. Bheetar vagai kaatee — inside, a knife is cutting. This is the ache of the soul that has been confessing.
Then comes the answer. Paranvat naanak hukam pachhaanai sukh hovai din raatee — prays Nanak, recognizing the Hukam, there is peace day and night. Hukam is the flow of existence, the One's Command that moves through everything.
The peace does not come from fixing everything or erasing the past. It comes from lining up with that flow. Think of a leaf that stops snagging on the rocks and lets the stream carry it along. The shabad began in shame, and it ends in steadiness.
What is something you cannot change that you might find peace by accepting?
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