Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mother, my heart is so thirsty — I can't last even a moment without the One I love. Everything in me wants just to see that face.
So I keep the pure Creator's Name in mind, and the mistakes and heaviness in my body and heart get washed away. The Perfect One never fades, never ends, and gives a peace whose praises are spotless and clean.
"My mind is so thirsty" (tarsai) names a spiritual thirst that is the flip side of love — you only ache for the absence of what you truly love. This thirst is not a problem to be medicated away but a compass pointing home. And the answer to it is remembrance that washes: keeping the Name in mind cleanses "all the sins and errors of my mind and body." Todee keeps returning to this — the turning toward the One is not just consoling, it is cleansing, like clean water over something that had gotten grimy.
What's something you miss so much it aches? What does that ache tell you about what you love?
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