Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through quiet praise of the One, through loving devotion, through knowing what is truly real, a lasting gladness comes. There is a true place that never washes away.
There, among good company, the beauty of the One is sung with love. There is the city of fearlessness, where the One lives forever.
This one gives the answer: the place that never washes away is found in loving the One.
After five verses about everything that passes, the answer to the Rahao arrives. It can be read not as a thing or a spot on a map, but as a way of being. Sahj sifat bhagat tat gi-aanaa — calm praise, loving devotion, and true understanding. Sahj is easy, steady calm. Bhagat is loving devotion. Tat gi-aan is knowing what is truly real.
That is the nihchal sach thaanaa, the unshakeable true place. And it has a wonderful name: anbha-o nagar, the city of fearlessness. Think of being home and safe, with the door shut on a stormy night. The one place time cannot touch is a fearless awareness of the One.
It is found in sangat saaDh, good company, where the One's goodness is sung rasai, with joy and with love.
Where do you feel a kind of peace that nothing outside can take away?
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