Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hold the One in mind, and you find the real jewel -- and once you have it, you never let it go; you have found where you belong.
Hold the One in mind, and heaven is not somewhere far off; you rest, right now, in a deep and easy peace.
This one says that heaven is a peace you can rest in now.
Jaas japat ratan har milai — remembering Him, the jewel of the One is found. Ratan means jewel. The priceless thing is the One's own presence. Bahur na chhodai har sang hilai — once found, it is never let go. You hilai, grow close and at home, with the One, the way a new house slowly becomes home.
Then Guru Arjan moves heaven to a new place. Baikunth is heaven. Ka-ee baikunth vaas — many find a home in heaven. Sukh sahj nivaas — one lives in sahj, easy, settled peace. Both are described as something here and now, not a far-off afterlife. Think of a quiet evening at home after a busy day. That kind of peace is open to a settled mind right now.
Where is a place -- or a feeling -- where you already feel completely at home?
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