Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without understanding, a person just circles — coming and going.
One who never served the teaching leaves full of regret. But let the One show mercy, and you find the teaching, and ego is banished; hunger and thirst leave, peace moves in. So love the One in your heart, always.
The eighth Pauree names understanding as the exit from the circling life, and — as always — credits the turn to mercy: "if the Lord shows His Mercy, one finds the Guru." The fruit is the departure of "hunger and thirst" — the restless wanting stilled — and peace moving in. Understanding is not information but the graced shift that ends the circling.
What restless 'hunger and thirst' would you love to see quieted? What might settle it?
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