Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 65
Verse 5 of 9

Waking From The Dream

ਜਿਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਤੂਹੈ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਬੀਜਉ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
jit ghar vaseh toohai biDh jaaneh beeja-o mahal na jaapai.
You alone know the way to that House in which You dwell. No one else knows the Mansion of Your Presence.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਸਮਝ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਦਬਿਆ ਛਾਪੈ ॥
satgur baajhahu samajh na hovee sabh jag dabi-aa chhaapai.
Without the True Guru, there is no understanding. The whole world is buried under its nightmare.
ਕਰਣ ਪਲਾਵ ਕਰੈ ਬਿਲਲਾਤਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
karan palaav karai billata-o bin gur naam na jaapai.
The mortal tries all sorts of things, and weeps and wails, but without the Guru, he does not know the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਪਲ ਪੰਕਜ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਛਡਾਏ ਜੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਸਿਞਾਪੈ ॥੪॥
pal pankaj meh naam chhadaa-ay jay gur sabad sinjaapai. ||4||
In the twinkling of an eye, the Naam saves him, if he realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Only You know the way to the house where You live. No one else can find that palace of Yours.

Without the True Guru there is no understanding. The whole world lies pressed down under a bad dream.

People try all sorts of things and cry and cry, but without the Guru they do not know the Naam.

In the blink of an eye, the Naam sets a person free, once the Guru's Word sinks in.

Understanding can arrive as fast as opening your eyes from a dream.
The deeper layer

Waking up can happen in the blink of an eye, once the Guru's Word sinks in.

Mahal is a palace, the place where the One lives, and only the One knows the way there. Without the Guru, the world is like someone stuck in a nightmare, pressed down under it. People try everything, karan palaav, and weep. Then pal pankaj meh — in the blink of an eye — the Naam sets them free. It is quick as opening your eyes from a dream.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever been stuck on something, then suddenly understood it all at once?

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