Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the teacher's grace the One lives in Nanak's mind; having found it, he never suffers or grieves.
The short shabad closes on its deepest claim: the one in whom the One dwells "never suffers or grieves." This is not a promise that a devotee never feels pain — bodies hurt, losses come. It is the deeper freedom the tradition points to: the one rooted in the One is not finally shaken, because their root is in something grief cannot reach (the sahaj, the unshaken equipoise). Sorrows pass across the surface; the depth stays steady. And note it comes "by Guru's Grace" — even this steadiness is received, not manufactured. The whole shabad, built of tiny lines, has traced the arc from hearing of the One to being unshakable in it.
What's the difference between never feeling any pain and having a steady place inside that pain can't finally reach?
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