Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The true seeker stays steady, not tossed around by every hope and want, resting their whole heart on the One.
Drinking that deep peace, the mind stops wandering and comes to rest at home, inside. Searching my own heart with the Guru's teaching as a lamp, I find the treasure of the Name that was here all along.
The treasure you are looking for is already inside you.
Aas niraas means staying steady in the middle of hopes. The true seeker has hopes, but is not pushed around by them. Their love stays on the One.
Har ras peevai — they drink in the sweetness of the One, and peace comes. Nij ghar taarhee laa-ay — they rest deep in their own inner home. The mind stops wobbling and wandering.
The last line is the key. Garihu sareer gurmatee khojay — with the Guru's teaching, they search the home of the body. There they find the naam padaarath, the treasure of the Name.
There is an old story of a musk deer. It smells a lovely scent and runs all over the forest looking for it. It never guesses the scent comes from its own body. We are like that. What we search for everywhere is already within us, waiting to be found.
What might you find if you looked inward instead of everywhere else?
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