Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without serving the Guru, there is no devotion,
even if you try all kinds of ways.
When the Word wipes away "me" and "mine", the feeling of being a separate self, the pure Naam comes to live in the mind.
Devotion comes through serving the Guru, and the pure Naam moves in once "me and mine" are gone.
Gur sayvaa bin bhagat na ho-ee: devotion does not come from piling up efforts (anayk jatan). The knot is ha-umai mayraa, the sense of being a separate self, something to see through rather than something to punish. When it loosens, nirmal naam, the pure Naam, comes to live in the mind of its own accord.
Have you ever tried hard to force a feeling, only to find it came on its own once you stopped?
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