Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My Master, we are Your children, safe in Your shelter. You alone are the true and only One; You Yourself gently dissolve the grasping self.
Those who stay awake and aware find the One, and through the deep song their ego melts.
Right in the middle of a busy family life, the One's people stay light and unhooked inside, thinking on the heart of true understanding. By serving the teaching they find a lasting peace, keeping the One held in the heart.
The rahaao: ham baarik saran tumaaree — "we are Your children, in Your shelter." A tender, trusting image — not servants trembling but children safe. The precious teaching here is girhee meh sadaa har jan udaasee — "in the midst of family life, the One's servant stays inwardly detached." This is Guru Amar Das's householder ideal, which the project foregrounds: you do not renounce the world to find the One; you live fully in it — job, family, home — while staying inwardly unhooked and awake. Real spirituality happens inside ordinary life, not by fleeing it.
How can you be fully part of your busy family and school life while still keeping a calm center inside?
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