Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 134
Verse 3 of 3

The Mind and Body Bloom

ਸੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਬਿਨਸੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਹੂਹ ॥
sant parsaad mili-o sukh-daata binsee ha-umai hooh.
By the Grace of the Saints, I have met the Lord, the Giver of peace; the noise of egotism has been stilled.
ਰਾਮ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਦਾਸ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਉਲਿਓ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਜੂਹ ॥੨॥੯੫॥੧੧੮॥
raam rang raatay daas naanak ma-uli-o man tan jooh. ||2||95||118||
Slave Nanak is imbued with the Love of the Lord; the forests of his mind and body have blossomed forth. ||2||95||118||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

By the grace of the saints, I met the One who gives peace, and the loud, buzzing voice of my ego — the part that always insists “me, me, me” — grew quiet.

Nanak says: the One's servants are dyed in the One's love. My mind and body bloom like a whole forest bursting into leaf and flower.

When the ego’s noise finally quiets, the whole self blossoms like a forest in spring.
The deeper layer

haumai hooh is the noise of egotism: ego pictured as constant background static. Meeting the sukh-daata, the Giver of peace, makes it binsee, dissolved. Ego here is a noise to be stilled, a fever to heal. What follows is ma-uli-o... jooh — the forests of mind and body blossom, a whole inner landscape coming to life once the static quiets.

A Question to Sit With

What blossoms in you when the anxious, self-focused voice in your head finally goes quiet?

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