ਹਉ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਕਉ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਦਰਸਾਇਆ ॥
ha-o bal bal bal bal charan kamal ka-o bal bal gur darsaa-i-aa.
I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice to His Lotus Feet. I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਹੂ ਪਰਵਾਹਾ ਜਉ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਮੈ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੨॥੧੮॥੪੧॥
kaho naanak kaahoo parvaahaa ja-o sukh saagar mai paa-i-aa. ||2||18||41||
Says Nanak, I do not care about anything else; I have found the Lord, the Ocean of peace. ||2||18||41||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I give myself over, again and again, in gratitude to the Guru and to the sight of the One.
Nanak says, now I do not fret about anything else at all — I have found an ocean of peace, and it is enough.
When you have found a deep peace, the small worries quietly lose their hold on you.
Bal bal — I am a sacrifice — is an old expression of pouring-out gratitude and love, repeated here like a heartbeat. Having found sukh saagar, the ocean of peace, the heart is free of parvaahaa, the anxious caring-about-everything. When the deep thing is found, the small worries lose their grip.
A Question to Sit With
What is a worry that feels big now but might feel small once you feel at peace?
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