ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਵਰਤਹਿ ਸਗਲ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥
tarai gun varteh sagal sansaaraa ha-umai vich pat kho-ee.
The three qualities permeate the whole world; acting in ego, it loses its honor.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਚਉਥਾ ਪਦੁ ਚੀਨੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥
gurmukh hovai cha-uthaa pad cheenai raam naam sukh ho-ee. ||3||
But one who becomes Gurmukh comes to realize the fourth state of celestial bliss; he finds peace through the Name of the Lord. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The three restless pulls run through everyone, and getting lost in “me” makes us forget our own worth.
But rest in the still fourth center, and a quiet bliss opens up — peace arrives through the Name.
Rest in the still fourth center, and a quiet bliss opens up.
The three gunas run through all; haumai vich pat khoee — “losing honor in ego” — is read as forgetting your own worth, not being shamed. The cure is the same cha-uthaa pad, the fourth state beyond the three pulls, where a quiet bliss opens and peace comes through the Name.
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