Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When you come to know your own heart, a deep steadiness settles in, and the crying quiets.
This understanding grows when you meet the Guru.
Some doors feel too heavy to move alone — but the living Word opens them wide, and you walk through into freedom.
When you understand your own heart, the needless crying stops.
Aap veechaar means thinking about and understanding yourself. Na rovai ko-ee means whoever does this does not cry. That understanding, sojhee, comes when you meet the True Guru. Knowing yourself is the turning point of this whole shabad.
Then the verse gives a strong picture: bajar kapaat, doors as heavy and hard as stone. Without the Guru, they will not open. With the Shabad, the Word, they swing wide, and you walk through into freedom. Think of a heavy door at school that you cannot push open alone. Then someone who knows the trick shows you how.
What is something about yourself you have come to understand better lately?
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