ਇਕਿ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਮਹਿ ਸਦਾ ਉਦਾਸੀ ॥
ik garih kutamb meh sadaa udaasee.
Some, in the midst of their household and family, remain always unattached.
ਸਬਦਿ ਮੁਏ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ॥
sabad mu-ay har naam nivaasee.
They die in the Shabad, and dwell in the Lord's Name.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਰਹਹਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੭॥
an-din sadaa raheh rang raatay bhai bhaa-ay bhagat chit laa-ee hay. ||7||
Night and day, they remain forever attuned to His Love; they focus their consciousness on loving devotion and the Fear of God. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some stay right in the middle of home and family and yet remain wonderfully free.
The proud me grows quiet in them, and they live inside the Name.
Day and night they are tuned to love, their hearts full of a deep and tender awe.
You can be free right in the middle of ordinary family life.
A Sikh keynote: you can stay in ordinary life and be free. Bhai here is reverent awe (bhau), a loving wonder that fills the householder's heart.
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