Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 273
Verse 3 of 9

Conquer Separation and Fear Has Nothing to Grip

ਜੋ ਇਸੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਤਿਸ ਕਉ ਭਉ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
jo is maaray tis ka-o bha-o naahi.
One who kills this has no fear.
ਜੋ ਇਸੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਸੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥
jo is maaray so naam samaahi.
One who kills this is absorbed in the Naam.
ਜੋ ਇਸੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਬੁਝੈ ॥
jo is maaray tis kee tarisnaa bujhai.
One who kills this has his desires quenched.
ਜੋ ਇਸੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਸੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਸਿਝੈ ॥੨॥
jo is maaray so dargeh sijhai. ||2||
One who kills this is approved in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Whoever overcomes that split has nothing left to fear; they melt into the Name.

Whoever overcomes it finds the endless wanting finally goes quiet -- and they feel completely at home in the whole.

Conquer the sense of separation and fear has nothing to grip, craving goes quiet, and you feel at home in the whole.
The deeper layer

This one says that once the split is healed, fear has nothing left to hold on to.

The list starts again, now that we know the target is dubidhaa, feeling split off from the One.

Jo is maaray tis ka-o bha-o naahi — "whoever overcomes this has no fear." Bha-o is fear. Fear needs an "other" to be afraid of. When there is no "other," fear has nothing to grab.

Think of the dark shape in your room at night. Turn on the light and it is just your jacket on the chair.

Overcoming the split brings three more gifts. The person is soaked into the naam, the Name. Their tarisnaa, the thirst of craving, is quenched.

And they are dargeh sijhai. Word for word it means "approved in the Court." It is not about passing a judge's test. It means being fully at home, accepted, belonging in the One.

A Question to Sit With

Have you noticed that fear needs an 'other' -- a them, an it -- to be afraid of?

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