The Robe of Truth — Coming and Going End

ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣ ਰਹੇ ਚੂਕਾ ਭੋਲਾ ਰਾਮ ॥

aavan jaan rahay chookaa bholaa raam.

My coming and going in reincarnation have ended; doubt and hesitation are gone.

ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਚੋਲਾ ਰਾਮ ॥

ha-umai maar milay saachaa cholaa raam.

Conquering my ego, I have met the True Lord, and now I wear the robe of Truth.

ਹਉਮੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਖੋਈ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਹੋਈ ਚੂਕੇ ਸੋਗ ਸੰਤਾਪੈ ॥

ha-umai gur kho-ee pargat ho-ee chookay sog santaapai.

The Guru has rid me of egotism; my sorrow and suffering are dispelled.

ਜੋਤੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਆਪੈ ॥

jotee andar jot samaanee aap pachhaataa aapai.

My might merges into the Light; I realize and understand my own self.

ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਘਰਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਤੀਣੀ ਸਾਹੁਰੜੈ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਣੀ ॥

pay-ee-arhai ghar sabad pateenee saahurrhai pir bhaanee.

In this world of my parents' home, I am satisfied with the Shabad; at my in-laws' home, in the world beyond, I shall be pleasing to my Husband Lord.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ਚੂਕੀ ਕਾਣਿ ਲੋਕਾਣੀ ॥੪॥੩॥

naanak satgur mayl milaa-ee chookee kaan lokaanee. ||4||3||

O Nanak, the True Guru has united me in His Union; my dependence on people has ended. ||4||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The endless coming and going settles, and my doubts quietly clear.

When the me-first feeling loosens its grip, I meet the True One and put on a robe woven of what is real.

The teacher lifts the heaviness off me, and old sorrow lifts too. My little light slips into the great Light, and I finally understand who I really am.

Here and now I am at peace with the Word, and I trust I am held in that love forever. I no longer live anxious about what everyone thinks of me — I belong to the One.

When your little light slips into the great Light, you finally know who you are.

The deeper layer

The “robe of Truth” is a life woven of what is real. The soul-bride’s “parents’ home / in-laws’ home” (this world / the world beyond) is de-gendered to here-and-now and forever. “Dependence on people ended” becomes freedom from anxiety about others’ opinions.

A Question to Sit With

What would change if you worried less about what everyone thinks of you?

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