Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 107
Verse 2 of 4

Not a Speck of Dust on the Heart

ਪਿਰੁ ਪਾਇਅੜਾ ਬਾਲੜੀਏ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਹਜੇ ਮਾਤੀ ਰਾਮ ॥
pir paa-i-arhaa baalrhee-ay an-din sehjay maatee raam.
When the young, innocent bride finds her Husband Lord, she is automatically intoxicated with Him, night and day.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਅਨਦੁ ਭਇਆ ਤਿਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਰਾਤੀ ਰਾਮ ॥
gurmatee man anad bha-i-aa tit tan mail na raatee raam.
Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, her mind becomes blissful, and her body is not tinged with filth at all.
ਤਿਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਰਾਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
tit tan mail na raatee har parabh raatee mayraa parabh mayl milaa-ay.
Her body is not tinged with filth at all, and she is imbued with her Lord God; my God unites her in Union.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਵੇ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਪਣਾ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
an-din raavay har parabh apnaa vichahu aap gavaa-ay.
Night and day, she enjoys her Lord God; her egotism is banished from within.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਅਪਣੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
gurmat paa-i-aa sahj milaa-i-aa apnay pareetam raatee.
Through the Guru's Teachings, she easily finds and meets Him. She is imbued with her Beloved.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਾਵੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥੨॥
naanak naam milai vadi-aa-ee parabh raavay rang raatee. ||2||
O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, she obtains glorious greatness. She ravishes and enjoys her God; she is imbued with His Love. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When the young heart finds its Beloved, it is gently glad all day and night. Through the Teacher's guidance the mind fills with joy, and not a speck of grime clings to it.

Not a speck clings, for it is colored through with the One, who joins it to Himself.

Day and night it delights in its Beloved, letting the small self dissolve from within. Through the Teacher it finds and easily meets the One, colored in its Beloved. Through the Name comes real greatness; colored in that love, the heart delights in the One.

A heart colored through with love stays clear, with not a speck of grime clinging to it.
The deeper layer

This one says a heart soaked in love stays clean. Nothing sticks to it.

Tit tan mail na raatee means not a raatee, not the tiniest speck, of mail, dirt, clings to it. Being colored through with the One keeps it clear. Think of a nonstick pan. The egg slides right off.

Vichahu aap gavaa-ay means the aap, the small, separate "me," melts away from within. This is haumai, ego, easing, so the heart has room to be filled with the One.

Sahjay maatee means gently glad, happy in natural ease. The picture is of a mind so full of love that nothing can make it dirty.

A Question to Sit With

What keeps your mind feeling clear and clean, so worries do not stick to it?

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