Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Letting go of all self-conceit, I hold tight to the One's feet.
My sorrows and troubles have left me, Nanak, seeing the One.
The mechanism of the rescue, in one line: "renouncing all self-conceit, I hold tight to the Lord's Feet." The ego released, the feet grasped — that single movement, and "sorrows and troubles depart." Guru Arjan keeps it this simple: you don't have to solve all your troubles first; you let go of the self-importance that was half the problem and take hold of the One, and the troubles lift. The seeing (darshan) does the rest. It is the whole path in miniature — drop the ego, hold the One, be relieved.
What might lift if you set down the need to defend your own importance and simply held onto something good and steady?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI