Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says the same: the gate to freedom is very narrow; only the very small pass through.
Through ego the mind is bloated — how could it pass? But meet the true teaching, ego goes, and light fills you; then the soul is free for good, resting in deep peace.
The Third Mehl echoes Kabir's image, confirming the teaching across voices: "only the very tiny can pass through," and the mind "bloated" by ego cannot. Meeting the teaching, "egotism departs, and one is filled with the Divine Light" — the swelling replaced by radiance. Smallness here is not weakness; it is the freedom of a self no longer puffed up enough to be stuck.
Where would getting 'smaller' — less puffed up — actually set you free?
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