Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keep the One close in your heart, and the wrongs weighing on you get wiped clean.
If your soul can rise past the pull of the five elements, you'll have found the true pilgrimage-place — right where you stand.
The true holy place is not on any map.
har charan ridai vasaa-ay — keep the Lord's feet in your heart. That is a way of saying: keep the One close. Then kilvikh hoveh naas — your wrongs are wiped away. That wiping comes from closeness, not from ritual. Being near the One heals what hard rituals only chase.
Next: panch bhoo aatmaa vas karahi — if your soul masters the five elements. These are the pulls of the body and its strong feelings. Then you live at the true tirath, the true holy place.
There is nowhere to travel. Think of the calm you feel in your own bed after a long trip. The holy place is a way of being, and you can carry it everywhere.
If the 'holy place' were a way of being rather than a destination, what would it feel like to arrive there?
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