Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One Creator set this whole play in motion.
Inside the human body He has placed everything.
A rare few let the **shabad** pierce all the way through them. They find the palace of the One's presence, and He calls them in like an honored guest.
This one says everything you are looking for is already inside you.
Kaa-i-aa sareerai vich sabh kichh paa-i-aa — inside the human body, everything has been placed. The One didn't hide the treasure on a far mountain or in a faraway heaven. It is stitched into the very body you walk around in. Later in this song comes the surprising twist: people search hard outside for what sits inside them all along.
The way in is sabad bhayd, being pierced by the shabad, the Word. Bhayd means to pierce, like an arrow going clean through. When the Word really lands, it doesn't just brush past or sit in your memory like a fact for a test. It goes all the way through the hard shell of the ego and reaches the treasure room inside. That is why just reading, like a pandit (a learned scholar) who only studies, can't reach it. Reading can bounce off the surface. The Word, truly taken in, goes to the center.
Then comes a lovely picture: the mahal, the palace where the One is present. You don't travel there. It is inside, where everything was placed. And the kindest part: mahlay mahal bulaavani-aa — He calls you in. You don't break down the door. The One who lives in your innermost room opens it and invites you home, like a friend waving you inside. The "few" (ko-ee) aren't special by birth. They are simply the ones who let the Word go deep enough to hear the call.
What would change about how you live if you really believed that everything you most need is already inside you?
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