Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through the Guru's teaching and the Sangat of the holy, every sorrow I carried lifted away.
Now I look at friend and enemy with the same eyes, and everything I say becomes a way of remembering the One.
When you see the One in everyone, friends and enemies start to look the same.
The verse says sorrow is lifted through two things. One is the Guru's teaching. The other is saaDh kee sangat, the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. There, santaap, pain and worry, melts away.
Then comes the big step. "Mitar satar paykh samat" means looking at friend and enemy with the same eyes. Nobody is ranked higher or lower.
Think of seeing your whole class from an airplane window. From up there, you cannot tell who is popular and who is not. Everyone is just people.
When the same One is seen in everyone, even ordinary talk becomes a way of remembering. "Sagal sambhaakhan jaap" means all my speaking becomes remembrance.
Can you picture seeing someone you clash with as carrying the same spark you do? What changes?
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