ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
sorath mehlaa 5.
Sorat'h, Fifth Mehl:
ਜਿਨਾ ਬਾਤ ਕੋ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਅੰਦੇਸਰੋ ਤੇ ਮਿਟੇ ਸਭਿ ਗਇਆ ॥
jinaa baat ko bahut andaysro tay mitay sabh ga-i-aa.
Those things, which caused me such anxiety, have all vanished.
ਸਹਜ ਸੈਨ ਅਰੁ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ਊਧ ਕਮਲ ਬਿਗਸਇਆ ॥੧॥
sahj sain ar sukhman naaree ooDh kamal bigsa-i-aa. ||1||
Now, I sleep in peace and tranquility, and my mind is in a state of deep and profound peace; the inverted lotus of my heart has blossomed forth. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The things that used to make me anxious have all melted away.
Now I rest easy, deeply at peace, and my heart has opened like a flower turning to the light.
When you finally rest in the One, old worries melt and your heart opens like a flower.
A shabad of relief and inner blossoming. Jinaa baat ko bahut andaysro tay mitay sabh — every anxiety, gone. Sahj sain — sleeping/resting in sahaj, natural ease — the Sorath keynote of settledness. The ooDh kamal bigsa-i-aa — the once-inverted lotus of the heart now blossoms (vigaas) — is Gurbani's image for a heart that finally opens upward toward the light.
A Question to Sit With
What is a worry that felt huge once, but seems small now?
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