Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I would give anything for the teaching that woke me — again and again, my whole self for it.
When that true teaching lands, the One moves into the mind and settles in, and you stay steeped in it.
This line is a thank-you, the kind that bursts out of someone.
It is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad (hymn). Balihaaree gur aapnay — I give myself to my Guru, again and again. Why such thanks? Because meeting the true Guru, the One man vasai — comes to live in the mind.
Notice the word "live." The One does not just drop by for a visit. It is like someone moving into your home and unpacking their bags. And then sehjay rahai samaa-ay — you stay calmly soaked in the One.
Think of a friend who taught you to ride a bike when you kept falling. You could never have done it alone. Your thanks is not a chore you owe. It just spills out. That is the thanks in this verse. It overflows from someone who got a gift they could never have made themselves.
When has help arrived that you could never have arranged for yourself? How did it change how you felt?
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