Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Standing up, sitting down, or lying down to sleep — you can rest in a quiet ease all the way through.
Nanak says: praising the Name, mind and body grow cool and settled, like heat lifting off in the evening.
A tiny, tender Shalok that spreads peace across the whole ordinary day: uthandi-aa bahandi-aa suvandiaa — "while rising, sitting, sleeping" — sukh so-ay, be at ease through all of it. The teaching isn't reserved for a special posture or a special hour; it soaks into the plainest motions of living. The image in the second line is physical and lovely: seetal ho-ay, "cooled" — man tan, mind and body. When something true is held steadily, the whole system settles the way ground cools once the sun goes down. Peace here is a temperature.
What is one small, ordinary moment in your day where you could invite a little more calm?
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