Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I trusted some other power, I would go knock on its door. But where else would I go to ask? There is nowhere else. Through the teaching, I sink quietly into the One.
This one says there is only one door worth knocking on.
Aan man-o ta-o par ghar jaa-o — if I trusted someone else, I would go to their house. Kis jaacha-o naahee ko thaa-o — but whom would I ask? There is no other place. This is a calm line, not a sad one. There is no other door, because there is no second One.
Think of a child in a big crowd who looks only for the one face that means home. Every other face may be kind, but only one is where she belongs.
The verse ends softly. Naanak gurmat sahj samaa-o — through the teaching, Nanak melts gently into the One. Gurmat means the Guru's teaching. Sahj is natural, easy calm. Meeting the One is not a deal you strike. It is an easy melting in, like sugar in warm milk.
Who or what do you turn to first when you need help? Why that one?
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