Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keep the One in mind, and the heart fills up with a quiet gladness. The habit of splitting everything into "me versus everything else" begins to melt.
Aches, hurts, and that restless never-enough feeling all cool and settle down. So let yourself sink into the Name, and rest there.
A Shalok on what remembrance actually does inside a person. Yaas japat man ho-ay anand — keeping the One in mind, the mind fills with anand, deep gladness. The key phrase is binsai doojaa bhaa-o — "the love of duality dissolves." Doojaa bhaa-o (two-ness, the sense of me-here and everything-else-there) is, in this project's lens, the very root of haumai — the illusion of separation. As that melts, so do its symptoms: dookh (pain), darad (distress), trisnaa (the restless thirst that is never satisfied). Notice these aren't defeated by force but simply "quenched" (bujhai) — they cool like a fire that stops being fed. The instruction is soft: naam samaa-o, "immerse yourself," sink in and rest. Remembrance here isn't a duty; it's a place to settle where the ache naturally quiets.
What is one thing you can rest your attention on that reliably cools your restlessness instead of feeding it?
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