Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the grabbing, self-centered me grows quiet inside the Word, a freedom opens up, and the mind rests at the One's feet.
The One is an ocean whose water is always clean. Whoever bathes in it comes out calm and at ease.
Freedom comes when the grabbing "me" grows quiet in the Word, and the One is a pool of clean water that brings peace.
The old words say man sabad marai: the mind "dies" in the Word. That means ego goes quiet. It is the grabbing, me-first voice inside that settles down. It is never about harming yourself. When that voice rests, mukto hovai, a person becomes free.
Then a picture: har sar saagar, the One is a lake, an ocean. Its water is sadaa jal nirmal, always clean. Whoever bathes there comes out calm and at ease.
Many people bathe at holy rivers and pilgrimage places. This verse speaks of an inner bath, one that cleans the heart. Think of how you feel after a long, warm shower on a hard day.
What leaves you feeling clean and refreshed on the inside?
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