ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਗਲੇ ਤੈ ਮੋਹੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਤਾ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਲਾਖੀ ॥
jee-a jant saglay tai mohay bin santaa kinai na laakhee.
You have enticed all beings and creatures; no one knows You, except the Saints.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨਿ ਰਾਤਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਖੀ ॥੨॥੯੯॥੧੨੨॥
naanak daas har keertan raataa sabad surat sach saakhee. ||2||99||122||
Slave Nanak is imbued with the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. Focusing his consciousness on the Word of the Shabad, he realizes the Presence of the True Lord. ||2||99||122||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
That pull has charmed every living being; only the saints see it for what it is.
Nanak says: the One's servant is soaked through with kirtan. With attention resting on the Word, he comes home to what is true.
A heart soaked in song stops darting and comes to rest.
The pull has enticed every being, yet a heart soaked in song (keertan raataa), its attention fixed on the Word (sabad surat), comes to rest in the True. The cure for restlessness is absorption.
A Question to Sit With
What is something that absorbs you so fully you forget to be restless?
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