Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Conflict, the picking of fights, the itch to argue and win, quietly melts away in the Sangat. There, among people whose hearts are settled, you meditate with love on the Naam. The Naam is the very heart of every good deed and every good way of living.
When the Beautiful One comes to live in your heart, the quarreling simply ends. There is no longer any fuel for it.
The urge to argue lives in a mind crowded with pride and twisted thinking. But Nanak says: turning toward the Guru, even for a moment, can clear it and let the peace back in.
The urge to argue and win melts away in the Sangat, and vanishes when the Beautiful One comes to live in your heart.
This is the verse for the letter Rarra, and it is about conflict. Rhaarhaa rhaarh mitai sang saaDhoo — rhaarh, quarreling, fades in sang saaDhoo, the Sangat: people with settled hearts, gathered to remember the One.
Karam Dharam tat naam araaDhoo — the Naam is the heart of every good deed and every good way of living. Roorho jih basi-o rid maahee — when the Beautiful One lives in the heart, the quarrel ends.
The one who picks fights is called saakat gaavaaraa, turned away and foolish, with aha-buDh bikaaraa, pride and twisted cleverness in the heart. That is a crowded mind to be cleared, like an illness to heal, not a criminal. Think of a room so stuffed with junk that there is nowhere to sit. Clear it, and there is space for peace.
The close is nimakh maahi naanak samjhaa-ee — cleared in a moment, through the Guru's teaching. It keeps the hopeful, healing feel of these last letters.
What helps you let go of the need to win an argument and just be at peace with someone?
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