Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Where there is joy, pain runs far away.
The jewel of my mind is tuned in, resting in the deepest truth.
Pain cannot stay where joy lives.
Jah anand dukh door pa-i-aanaa means where there is anand, deep joy, dukh, pain, runs far away. Kabir is not saying you beat pain away by force. He is telling us what happens by itself.
Man maanak liv tat lukaanaa means the jewel of the mind, the man maanak, is tuned in and rests in the tat. Liv means loving attention. Tat means the deepest truth, what lies underneath everything.
Pain feeds on a mind that is scattered and jumpy. Think of a phone with a hundred apps open, getting hot and slow. Close them, and it cools down. When the mind finds its true resting place, pain loses the ground it stood on.
Where does your mind feel most calm and steady?
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