Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every treasure sits in the One's home; whatever the One does, comes to pass.
Living by remembrance, the saints wash the heart clean of its stains.
With the One's gentle presence held in the heart, all trouble is lifted away.
Meeting the perfect Guru, a person no longer aches in the round of coming and going. Nanak says: my thirst to see the One is deep — and by grace, that thirst is answered.
Sabh nidhaan ghar jis dai — "all treasures are in the One's home." Whatever you could want is already stored there. The holy jap jap jeeveh — "live by remembering" — and paapaa mal dhovai, "wash the stain off their missteps" (mistakes as stains to be cleaned, never crimes to be punished — ego as a disease to heal). Charan kamal hirdai vaseh — the "lotus feet in the heart," a gentle image of the One's nearness held inside — sankat sabh khovai, "removes all distress." Mar janam na rovai ("weeps not in death and birth") means no longer aching in the circling. The close is beautiful thirst: daras pi-aas ghanee — a "deep thirst" to see the One — answered, kirpaa kar, by grace freely given.
Is there something you deeply long for that isn't a "thing" at all? What does that longing feel like?
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