ਇਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ਫਾਸ ॥
ih maa-i-aa moh kutamb hai bhaa-ay doojai faas.
This emotional attachment to Maya and family, and the love of duality, is a noose around the neck.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਤਰੈ ਜੋ ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ॥
gurmatee so jan tarai jo daasan daas.
Following the Guru's Teachings, the humble servants are carried across; they become the slaves of the Lord's slaves.
ਜਨਿ ਨਾਨਕਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਰਗਾਸ ॥੪॥੩॥੯॥੪੭॥
jan naanak naam Dhi-aa-i-aa gurmukh pargaas. ||4||3||9||47||
Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam; the Gurmukh is enlightened. ||4||3||9||47||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Clinging to the world, to family, to division is a noose around the neck. But following the teaching, the One's servants are carried across, and gladly become the servants of its servants. Keeping the Name, the one turned toward the teaching is filled with light.
Clinging is a noose; the teaching carries you across into the glad freedom of humble service.
The close names attachment (to Maya and family) and duality as a noose (cf. Maya's noose) -- again, family is not condemned, but clinging to it as ultimate binds. The release is the Guru's teachings, and the destination is the humblest joy: the slave of the slaves. The Gurmukh is enlightened.
A Question to Sit With
What attachment, held too tightly, might be a "noose" you could loosen?
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