Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If someone offers no warmth to the Guru at first, later excuses won't do the work that love would have done.
Someone stuck halfway, torn inside — how can mere words bring them peace?
A heart with no love for the True Guru inside comes empty and leaves empty.
But when grace touches such a heart, the True Guru is suddenly seen as the very presence of the One.
Then they drink in the nectar of the Guru's Word, and all the burning, all the worry, all the doubt melts away.
Nanak says: after that they live in joy, day and night, singing the praises of the One from morning to morning.
Halfway through, difficulty turns to grace. First comes a person "stuck mid-way" (aDh vich) — not fully turned toward the Guru, not free either — and words offered late cannot replace warmth offered honestly. Then the pivot: jay kirpaa karay — "if grace comes" — and everything changes. The dry, half-hearted heart drinks apio, nectar, and kaarhaa andaysaa bharam — burning, anxiety, and doubt — all dissolve. A difficulty opens, the moment grace enters, into steady joy.
Have you ever felt "stuck in the middle" about something — not quite in, not quite out? What helped you finally step through?
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