Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The humble one on whom grace rains does find the One — though how few really turn and understand.
Nanak says: win the quiet battle over your own ego, and you come to meet the One.
Every shortcut fails. What is left is a humble heart.
The earlier verses named empty chanting, holy show and pilgrimage. Here they all come to one good answer: grace, received by a humble person. karam hovai so-ee jan paa-ay — the one on whom mercy falls finds the One. The word karam here means mercy.
"How few understand" is not snobbish. It is honest. It is rare to stop performing and simply turn. A gurmukh is someone who turns toward the Guru's teaching.
Then comes the last step. vichahu ha-umai maaray — win over the ego inside. Think of a race you run against yourself. No one else can win it for you. Not the holy place, not the crowd, not the words: the change is inside. Make it, and the meeting happens.
What would 'turning' — really turning, not performing — look like for you this week?
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