Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
So then — who is it, living quietly inside this body like a guest in a temple?
However far you follow it, you never reach its edge. It has no edge to reach.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line. It is the center of the song.
The verse asks, i-aa mandar meh koun basaa-ee — who lives in this temple? A mandar is a temple, and here the temple is your own body. Taa kaa ant na ko-oo paa-ee — no one can find where it ends.
Calling the body a temple is itself the lesson. The holy is already living inside you. You don't have to travel far to find it. Think of a quiet guest in your home who never makes a sound. You only notice them when you grow still. In the same way, you only need to grow quiet enough to notice the endless Guest already at home in you.
If your body is a kind of temple, how might you treat it — and the person inside it — a little differently?
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