Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My heart is not split in two anymore, torn between this and that, because I have stopped looking for the One in a hundred faraway places.
The living presence of the Name has quieted my endless wanting. And the strangest, best surprise? Home was inside me all along, I just needed help to see the door.
You know everything, You see everything, and any real understanding I have is a gift from You.
dubiDhaa na parhao — not caught in duality; marhai masaan na jaa-ee — not chasing the sacred at tombs and cremation grounds; ghar bheetar ghar guroo dikhaaiaa — the Guru revealed the 'home within the home,' the divine already dwelling inside. A chau-tuka (four-line stanza). The ashtapadee opens by relocating the search: not outward to holy sites but inward. sahj ratay — dyed in natural ease. The mention of tombs and crematoriums is not a slur on any practice; it points past external religion to inner realization.
Where do you feel most at home inside yourself?
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