Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 119
Verse 2 of 3

When the Spell Wears Off

ਸਿਮਰਤ ਏਕੁ ਅਚੁਤ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਾਦ ॥
simrat ayk achut abhinaasee binsay maa-i-aa maad.
Meditating in remembrance on the One Unmoving, Eternal, Unchanging Lord God, the intoxication of Maya wears off.
ਸਹਜ ਅਨਦ ਅਨਹਦ ਧੁਨਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਭਏ ਬਿਖਾਦ ॥੧॥
sahj anad anhad Dhun banee bahur na bha-ay bikhaad. ||1||
One who is blessed with intuitive peace and poise, and the vibrations of the Unstruck Celestial Bani, never suffers again. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When I hold the One who never moves and never changes, the dizzy spell of wanting simply wears off.

A quiet, natural peace settles in — like music playing that no one had to strike — and the old aching does not come back.

You don't fight the spell of wanting — steady remembering lets it wear off on its own.
The deeper layer

Achut abhinaasee is the unmoving, undying One. Maa-i-aa maad, the intoxication of maya, is the same spell of wanting from the earlier shabads, here wearing off on its own. Sahj anad is intuitive, effortless peace; anhad dhun, the unstruck melody, the inner music that sounds by itself when the heart is still. Bikhaad, the suffering, never returns — not by force but because the ground itself has changed.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever felt a quiet calm or music inside when your mind finally went still?

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