ਸੁਖੁ ਆਇਓ ਭੈ ਭਰਮ ਬਿਨਾਸੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਹੂਏ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜਬਹੂ ॥
sukh aa-i-o bhai bharam binaasay kirpaal hoo-ay parabh jabhoo.
Peace comes, and fear and doubt are dispelled, when God becomes Merciful.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਰੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਤਜਿ ਲਬਹੂੰ ॥੨॥੪॥
kaho naanak mayray pooray manorath saaDhsang taj labahooN. ||2||4||
Says Nanak, my hopes have been fulfilled, renouncing my greed in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Peace comes and fear and doubt lift when the One turns merciful.
Nanak says: my hopes are fulfilled, my greed let go in good company.
Hope is fulfilled not by getting more but by wanting less — greed set down in good company, and the endless wanting quiets.
The close names the fruit — peace, fear and doubt dispelled — and, tellingly, ties fulfilled hope to released greed: "my hopes have been fulfilled, renouncing my greed in the Saadh Sangat." The paradox: hope is fulfilled not by getting more but by wanting less. In good company the greed is set down, and the wanting that could never be satisfied simply quiets.
A Question to Sit With
What hope might be 'fulfilled' if you let go of the greed underneath it rather than chasing more?
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