Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the end, meeting the One is a kind of grace. It feels less earned than gently given.
Nanak says, I bow to the person who stays free on the inside. They live right in the middle of everything, and still keep an open, unclinging heart.
Praise goes to the person who stays free on the inside.
So mili-aa jo prabhoo milaa-i-aa means "only the one whom God brings close meets God." Meeting the One is grace, not a prize you earn. The verse speaks of what is "written on the forehead." That is best heard as a gift, not a fixed fate.
Then Guru Arjan says, kaho naanak tinh jan balihaaree: "I am devoted to that person." This is the one who stays alip, untouched and unstuck, inside the mind, while living fully in the world. Think of a lotus flower. It grows in a muddy pond, but its petals stay clean. The warnings of this hymn turn here into a picture to aim for: inner freedom.
What helps you keep an open, unclinging heart even when things get busy?
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