Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind — even death wishes you well, when you remember the One through the Word.
The mind that repeats the Name receives the treasure: the knowing of reality, and the highest bliss.
For someone who remembers the One, even death turns friendly.
This is a surprising line. Ay man mirat subh — O mind, even death wishes you well. That is true for the one who remembers the One through the gur sabad, the Guru's Word.
Death is usually the thing people fear most. Here it becomes a well-wisher. Why? A life anchored in the One, who never dies, sees death as a door toward home, not as a defeat. It is a bit like the last bell of the school year. It ends something, but it leads you home. The verse is not asking anyone to wish for death. It is saying that fear of it can lose its grip. Fear turns into friendship.
The verse goes on. The mind that keeps har naam, the Name, receives a treasure. It is knowing what is real, and the highest joy. That treasure is not far away in the future. It belongs to the remembering mind right now. When even death is on your side, there is nothing left to dread.
What fear might turn from enemy to friend if you saw where it was actually leading?
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