Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The teaching-facing heart keeps its love resting on the truth. Through the Word, the "me-first" voice and the pull of the shimmering world quietly burn away. And the True One draws that heart into itself, a joining that feels like coming home.
This one says that resting your love on truth lets the me-first voice burn away, and the One draws you home.
Gurmukh saach rahi-aa liv laa-ay — the gurmukh, the one who faces the teaching, keeps their love and attention resting on saach, truth.
Ha-umai maa-i-aa sabad jalaa-ay — ha-umai, the me-first ego, and the pull of maa-i-aa, the shimmering world, are burned away by the sabad, the Word. The fire here cleans. It is not a punishment. Think of the sun drying a wet towel on the line. The damp just goes.
Mayraa parabh saachaa mayl milaa-ay — my True One joins them in union. The joining is done by the One, and it feels like coming home. The shining truth of the verse before now becomes union.
What does "coming home" to yourself feel like after a scattered, distracted stretch?
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