Verse 2 of 3
When the Heart Fills With Love, Wanting Loses Its Hold
ਅੰਚਲਾ ਗਹਾਇਓ ਜਨ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਕਉ ਮਨੁ ਬੀਧੋ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਕੀ ਖੋਰੀ ॥
anchlaa gahaa-i-o jan apunay ka-o man beeDho paraym kee khoree.
He has inspired His humble servant to grasp the hem of His robe; his mind is pierced through with the intoxication of divine love.
ਜਸੁ ਗਾਵਤ ਭਗਤਿ ਰਸੁ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੀ ਜਾਲੀ ਤੋਰੀ ॥੧॥
jas gaavat bhagat ras upji-o maa-i-aa kee jaalee toree. ||1||
Singing His Praises, love wells up within the devotee, and the trap of Maya is broken. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Held close and steadied, my heart fills up with a happy, love-drunk feeling.
Singing about the good, love wells up, and the sticky trap of grabbing lets go.
When your heart fills with love, the sticky trap of always-wanting loses its hold.
The verse: the One "inspired His servant to grasp the hem of His robe" — held close like a child in a crowd — "his mind is pierced with the intoxication of divine love... the trap of Maya is broken." When love wells up, the sticky trap of grabbing-and-clinging simply lets go of you. For a child: when your heart fills with love, the sticky trap of always-wanting loses its hold.
A Question to Sit With
What good feeling, when it fills you, makes the wanting let go?
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