Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says, calling out loud: this whole wide world is like a dream.
Why don't you remember the One? Even Maya, the world's glitter, is the One's servant.
The world is like a dream, and even its glitter serves the One.
Supnai ji-o jag pasaar — the whole wide world is like a dream. Life here does not last forever. The verse says this gently, not gloomily.
Then comes a comforting turn. Maa-i-aa jaa kee chayree — even Maya, the passing show of the world, is the One's servant. So the dream is not an enemy or a jail. It belongs to the One too.
Think of a school play. The sets, the costumes and the lights are wonderful, and they come down after the show. The stage underneath stays.
Remembering the One means remembering the ground that the whole bright, passing show stands on.
Does it change how you hold the world to imagine that even the passing parts belong to the One?
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