ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਲਾਏ ਸੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
jis har sayvaa laa-ay so-ee jan laagai.
That humble being is attached to the Lord's service, whom the Lord so attaches.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਭਰਮ ਭਉ ਭਾਗੈ ॥
gur kai sabad bharam bha-o bhaagai.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, doubt and fear are dispelled.
ਵਿਚੇ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਜਿਉ ਕਮਲੁ ਰਹੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਹੇ ॥੧੦॥
vichay garih sadaa rahai udaasee ji-o kamal rahai vich paanee hay. ||10||
In his own home, he remains unattached, like the lotus flower in the water. ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one the One sets to serving is the one who serves. Through the Guru's word, doubt and fear run away.
Right in the middle of home life, such a person stays free — like a lotus flower that floats clean on the water it grows in.
You can live right in the busy world and still float free, like a lotus on water.
Kamal rahai vich paanee — the lotus in the water is Gurbani's classic image of engaged detachment: rooted in the world, yet unstained by it. Udaasee here means inner freedom kept right inside home life (garih).
A Question to Sit With
How can you be fully in something without being pulled under by it?
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