Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 200
Verse 4 of 5

Tune to How Things Are and Sorrow Loses Its Ground

ਮਾਨਿ ਆਗਿਆ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਏ ਦੂਖਹ ਠਾਉ ਗਵਾਇਓ ॥
maan aagi-aa sarab sukh paa-ay dookhah thaa-o gavaa-i-o.
Accepting the Command of the Lord's Will, I have found total peace; the home of suffering has been destroyed.
ਜਉ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਭਏ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਸਭੁ ਆਨਦ ਰੂਪੁ ਦਿਖਾਇਓ ॥੩॥
ja-o suparsan bha-ay parabh thaakur sabh aanad roop dikhaa-i-o. ||3||
When God, our Lord and Master was totally pleased, He revealed everything in the form of ecstasy. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Coming into tune with the flow of existence, I found every kind of peace; the place where sorrow used to live simply emptied out.

When the One was fully glad with me, everything showed itself to me in the shape of pure joy.

When you come into tune with the way things are, sorrow loses the ground it stood on.
The deeper layer

Maan aagi-aa sarab sukh paa-ay — 'accepting the aagi-aa (the One's will, the flow of existence), I found all peace' — this is mannai (inner alignment; see guidelines) meeting hukam. Aligning with the flow, dookhah thaa-o gavaa-i-o — 'the place of sorrow was lost' — sorrow finds no ground to stand on. Jao suparsan bha-ay parabh thaakur — when the One is fully pleased — sabh aanad roop dikhaa-i-o — 'everything was shown as the form of bliss.' The world doesn't change; the seeing changes, and the same world now appears as joy.

A Question to Sit With

Have you noticed that when your heart is at peace, the very same day can look completely different?

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