Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Living by the teaching, I grow steady and rooted, and I do not wobble. Living by the teaching, I speak the true Name with an easy, natural joy. Drinking that sweetness and turning it over patiently, I taste the very heart of what is real.
Living by the teaching makes you steady, easy and wise, like butter slowly churned from milk.
Gurmat chaal nihchal nahee dolai — walking by gurmat, the Guru's teaching, you become nihchal, steady. You stand firm in every wind. Then sahj, natural ease, comes back: gurmat saach sahj har bolai. The true Name is spoken easily, never forced.
The last picture is lovely. Peevai amrit tat virolai — drink the nectar and churn it. Long ago, people churned milk by hand for a long time until butter came. The churning draws out tat, what is truly real.
Steady, easy and patient. The teaching is not only believed. It is worked with, like churning. And the working brings out the best part.
What is something good in your life that only came out after patient, steady effort?
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