Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Colored through and through by one steady love, I know and lean on the One, and nothing else crowds my mind.
My mind has grown fragrant, like sandalwood, and the heaviness of pride and self-importance has simply fallen away.
A heart soaked in love grows fragrant, and pride quietly falls away.
Ayk sumat rat — colored by one steady love. The mind is so soaked in love for the One that nothing else crowds in.
Then the lovely picture: chandan baas bha-ay man baasan — the mind becomes fragrant like sandalwood. In India, sandalwood is known for sharing its scent with everything near it. So a heart rooted in the One becomes sweet to be around.
When that love fills you, abhimaan falls away. Abhimaan is pride and self-importance. It is one form of haumai, the me-first feeling. You do not have to force it out.
It leaves the way tightness leaves your shoulders when you finally relax. Letting go of pride is a relief, not a punishment.
Have you noticed how being around a genuinely kind person makes you feel lighter?
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