ਮਹਾ ਅਨੰਦ ਭਏ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੰਤਨ ਕੈ ਪਰਸਾਦੇ ॥
mahaa anand bha-ay sukh paa-i-aa santan kai parsaaday.
I have found the greatest bliss, and I am at peace, by the Grace of the Saints.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਬਿਸਮਾਦੇ ॥੪॥੮॥੧੯॥
kaho naanak har si-o man maani-aa rang ratay bismaaday. ||4||8||19||
Says Nanak, my mind is reconciled with the Lord; it is imbued with the wondrous Love of the Lord. ||4||8||19||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A great gladness came over me and I found real peace, and it came through the kindness of good company.
My heart and the One agreed at last, and now I am colored through with a wonder I did not expect.
Real peace is when your inside and the truth finally agree.
Har si-o man maani-aa — the mind came into agreement with the One. This is mannai: not merely believing something is true, but living from it until there is no gap left. The color imagery — rang ratay bismaadhay — is dye that has soaked all the way through, a wonder (bismaad) that has become the fabric itself rather than a coat worn on top.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you believe that you also actually live by?
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