Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I stopped letting my flickering, restless thoughts run the show, I found the One who ends all fear, and I tuned in to a single, steadying Word.
I tasted its sweetness, and the long thirst was finally quenched. By great good fortune, the One drew me close.
When the mind stops flitting about, it finds the One who ends fear. The long thirst is finally quenched.
Chanchal mat ti-aag means letting go of the fickle mind, the one that jumps from thing to thing like a squirrel. Bha-o bhanjan means the One who breaks fear. Ayk sabad liv laagee means love tuned to the one Word.
Saarang is a raag, a musical mood, full of thirst and longing, like fields waiting for rain. Here that thirst is quenched: har ras chaakh tarikhaa nivaaree — tasting the One's sweetness, the thirst is gone. The coming together is called badbhaagee, great good fortune. It is grace received, not earned.
When has slowing your busy thoughts helped you find what you needed?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI