Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Now I have found peace, bowing before the teacher.
I have set down cleverness, quieted my worry, and let go of my ego.
Three things are set down here, and together they are the whole weight most of us carry: cleverness (the mind's exhausting scheming), anxiety (the churn of worry), and egotism (the effort of defending the self). Guru Arjan names peace as what arrives when these three are laid down — and they are laid down by bowing to the teacher, the single humble act that loosens all three at once. Cleverness, worry, and ego are really three faces of the same thing: the ego trying to run its own universe. Bow, and all that effort can rest. "Now I have found peace" — not by adding anything, but by setting three heavy things down.
Which of these do you carry most — trying to be clever, worrying, or defending yourself? What would it feel like to set it down?
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