Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
They are at peace at home in the middle of everything, and just as at peace when set a little apart. Quietly, the tug-of-war inside the body settles.
When the mind has grown this calm and glad, it meets the very Joy at the center of things.
This one says you can be at peace right in the middle of a busy family life.
This is a key teaching for a tradition of householders, people who live with family and work. Sehjay garih meh sahj udaasee — in ease at home, in ease when set apart. Garih is the home, the thick of family and chores. Udaasee means detached, stepping back. Sikhi does not ask you to run away from the world. The calm holds in both places.
Think of the eye of a storm. The wind whirls all around, yet the center is still.
Sehjay dubiDhaa tan kee naasee — in ease, the dubiDhaa, the "two-ness" or divided mind, fades away. And the reward: taa ka-o bhayti-aa parmaanand — they meet parmaanand, the highest joy. It is found not by escaping life, but by being fully and calmly in it.
Can you imagine feeling calm and steady right in the middle of a loud, busy day?
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