Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Maghar is good for the heart that sings about all that is good in the One and rests close to that goodness.
A heart full of virtue keeps singing those praises, and it loves the Beloved who never changes and never wavers.
The One is steady, wise, and always the same, while the whole rushing world keeps shifting and spinning.
Through understanding and quiet meditation, my heart merges in the One; I delight in the Beloved, and the Beloved delights in me.
I have heard songs and music and the poems of poets, and only the Name of the One takes my pain away.
Nanak says: the Beloved loves the heart that offers loving devotion.
Maghar (November-December) brings early-winter calm: the nihchal One — unmoving, changeless, wise — beside the chanchal world that keeps shifting and spinning. After the monsoon's turbulence this is a still point. Gi-aan and dhi-aan (understanding and meditation) are the way the heart merges into that goodness. Songs and poems delight, and the Naam alone takes the pain away; ab bhagtee is devotion offered from deep within.
What is one thing in your life that stays steady no matter how much else changes?
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