ਬੂਝੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਹੇਲਾ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਜਾਰੋ ॥
boojhee tarisnaa sahj suhaylaa kaam kroDh bikh jaaro.
My thirst is quenched, and I have been intuitively embellished. The poisons of sexual desire and anger have been burnt away.
ਆਇ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਬਸੈ ਇਹ ਠਾਹਰ ਜਹ ਆਸਨੁ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੋ ॥੧॥
aa-ay na jaa-ay basai ih thaahar jah aasan nirankaaro. ||1||
This mind does not come and go; it abides in that place, where the Formless Lord sits. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The endless thirst I used to feel — always wanting more — is finally satisfied, and I have grown quiet and content.
The heat of grabbing and anger cooled and burned off, and my mind stopped its restless coming and going. It settled down and made its home where the formless One rests.
When the endless wanting is quenched, the mind finally settles home.
Trisnaa is craving-thirst; kaam krodh are desire and anger, handled here as a fever that burns off rather than sins to be ashamed of. Aasan nirankaaro — the seat of the Formless — is where the settled mind abides; nirankaar, the formless Oneness, has no shape yet is the place of deepest rest.
A Question to Sit With
What does it feel like when a craving finally quiets and you feel content instead?
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