ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
satgur sayvay aap gavaa-ay.
One who serves the True Guru eradicates self-conceit.
ਮਿਲਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
mil pareetam sabad sukh paa-ay.
Meeting with his Beloved, he finds peace through the Word of the Shabad.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਰਾਤਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਤੇ ਬਣਿ ਆਈ ਹੇ ॥੬॥
antar pi-aar bhagtee raataa sahj matay ban aa-ee hay. ||6||
Deep within his inner being, he is imbued with loving devotion; intuitively, he becomes one with the Lord. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When you serve the Guru, the stubborn pride inside quietly melts.
Then you meet the One you were always missing, and peace arrives through the living Word.
Love soaks all the way down, and, without forcing anything, you become one with the One.
Service melts pride; peace and union follow all on their own.
Sahj is the natural ease of a heart that has stopped fighting. Here service melts self-conceit, and union comes not by effort but by the Word (Shabad) settling in.
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