Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the One who is a treasure-house of kindness turns toward someone with grace, they are set free. A deep completeness settles in them.
The teaching has gently healed their sense of separation. Nanak says: that is the person who truly dwells in the One.
The song ends on grace: the Guru is the one who heals the split.
Jaa ka-o bha-ay kirpaal kirpaa niDh — "when the Treasure of Mercy becomes kind." Kirpaa is kindness. NiDh is a treasure. Then khalaasee, release, comes. And sagal siDh, complete fulfillment, follows.
Now notice who does the healing. Gur dubiDhaa jaa kee hai maaree — "the one whose two-ness the Guru has overcome." It is the Guru who dissolves the split, not sheer willpower.
All the brave "whoever conquers" words turn around at the end. We do not conquer it by ourselves. Grace conquers it for us.
Think of a knot you have pulled at for ages. A patient grown-up takes it and loosens it gently in a minute.
And such a person is barahm beechaaree. It means they live thinking on the One, at home in the One.
Is it possible that the thing you most struggle to fix in yourself gets healed when you stop forcing it?
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