Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 14
Verse 3 of 4

Rest in the Whole Teaching and Grow Wonderfully Carefree

ਮਹਾ ਗੰਭੀਰੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
mahaa gambheer sadaa sukh-daata tis kaa ant na paa-i-aa.
He is so very deep and profound, the Giver of eternal peace; no one can find His limit.
ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕੀਨੀ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥
pooray gur kee sayvaa keenee achint har man vasaa-i-aa.
Serving the Perfect Guru, one becomes carefree, enshrining the Lord within the mind.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
man tan nirmal sadaa sukh antar vichahu bharam chukaa-i-aa. ||3||
The mind and body become immaculately pure, and a lasting peace fills the heart; doubt is eradicated from within. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One is deep beyond measuring, the giver of a lasting peace, and no one has ever found its edge.

Serving the whole, complete teaching, a person becomes wonderfully carefree, settling the One right into the heart.

Heart and mind grow clear, a steady peace fills the inside, and the old doubt lifts and clears away.

Rest in the complete teaching and you grow wonderfully carefree — a steady peace fills you and old doubt clears.
The deeper layer

The middle pauri names one of Sorath's most beautiful gifts: achint — carefree, worry-free. Pooray gur kee sayvaa keenee achint — "serving the complete teaching, one becomes carefree." Worry dissolves because the heart now holds the One (har man vasaa-i-aa). The One is mahaa gambheer — "greatly deep," beyond any bottom — and yet the fruit is intimate and calming: man tan nirmal (heart and mind clear), sadaa sukh antar (lasting inner peace), bharam chukaa-i-aa (doubt cleared). Depth beyond measure resolving into a carefree, settled heart — that is Sorath.

A Question to Sit With

What is a worry you carry that might ease if you trusted things a little more?

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