ਭਵਨ ਚਤੁਰ ਦਸ ਭਾਠੀ ਕੀਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਅਗਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਜਾਰੀ ਰੇ ॥
bhavan chatur das bhaathee keenHee barahm agan tan jaaree ray.
I have made the fourteen worlds the furnace, and I have burnt my body with the fire of God.
ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਮਦਕ ਸਹਜ ਧੁਨਿ ਲਾਗੀ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਪੋਚਨਹਾਰੀ ਰੇ ॥੨॥
mudraa madak sahj Dhun laagee sukhman pochanhaaree ray. ||2||
My mudra - my hand-gesture, is the pipe; tuning into the celestial sound current within, the Shushmanaa - the central spinal channel, is my cooling pad. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I made all fourteen worlds my furnace, and lit the fire of the One inside me.
My yogi's hand-gesture is the pipe. I tune in to the quiet music playing inside, and the calm channel of the breath is the cool pad that catches the drops.
Some fires do not destroy you; they clear away what does not belong.
The yogi's own words, the furnace, the hand-gesture, the central channel of the breath, point past technique here. The 'fire of God' burns away the false self, not the body. The 'celestial sound' (anhad) is the quiet inner music, and the calm that follows is like a cooling pad soothing heat.
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