A Heart Resting in the Good Becomes Steady

ਹਉ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਵੈ ॥

ha-o balihaaree saachay naavai.

I am a sacrifice to the True Name.

ਰਾਜੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥

raaj tayraa kabahu na jaavai.

Your rule shall never end.

ਰਾਜੋ ਤ ਤੇਰਾ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਹੁ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਜਾਵਏ ॥

raajo ta tayraa sadaa nihchal ayhu kabahu na jaav-ay.

Your rule is eternal and unchanging; it shall never come to an end.

ਚਾਕਰੁ ਤ ਤੇਰਾ ਸੋਇ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੋਇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਏ ॥

chaakar ta tayraa so-ay hovai jo-ay sahj samaav-ay.

He alone becomes Your servant, who contemplates You in peaceful ease.

ਦੁਸਮਨੁ ਤ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਮੂਲੇ ਪਾਪੁ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਵਏ ॥

dusman ta dookh na lagai moolay paap nayrh na aav-ay.

Enemies and pains shall never touch him, and sin shall never draw near him.

ਹਉ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਸਦਾ ਹੋਵਾ ਏਕ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਵਏ ॥੪॥

ha-o balihaaree sadaa hovaa ayk tayray naav-ay. ||4||

I am forever a sacrifice to the One Lord, and Your Name. ||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I'm so grateful for the true Name; the One's gentle rule never ends.

A heart that rests easy in the One becomes its own quiet helper,

and troubles and hurts lose their power to reach it.

A heart resting easy in the good becomes steady — and troubles lose their power to knock it over.

The deeper layer

"I am a sacrifice to the True Name; Your rule shall never end." The One's "rule is eternal and unchanging." The one who "contemplates in peaceful ease" (sahaj) becomes a true servant, and "enemies and pains shall never touch him" — rendered as troubles losing their power to reach a settled heart, not that hardship never comes. For a child: a heart resting easy in the good becomes steady, and troubles lose their power to knock it over.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you stay steady inside when troubles come knocking?

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