Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who belong to the flow live light and easy. Old aches and heavy loads from long ago simply fall away, and they are gathered back into the One.
Even the people we love can start to feel like chains when we grip them out of fear. The world spins on in a fog of confusion.
Rituals done without the living wisdom behind them leave the heart just as restless as before. But the door out of the fog opens the moment I meet the teaching.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line and the center of the shabad: har kay daas suhaylay bhaa-ee. Those who belong to the One live suhaylay, light and at ease.
Old aches and wrongs from long ago are cut away, and the One gathers them close. That easy feeling is the special mood of Raag Sorath, a music of contentment.
Then the verse says ih kutamb sabh jee-a kay banDhan — all these relatives are chains on the soul. That doesn't mean family is bad. It means gripping people out of fear turns love into chains. Think of holding a friend's hand so tightly it hurts. Love needs an open hand.
Gurmukh mokh du-aaraa — those who face the Teacher find the door out. Rituals done without understanding keep us going round and round, dying and being born again. The door out of that fog is the teaching.
When has holding onto something too tightly actually made you feel worse?
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