Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keep the true One in mind, and rest easy right inside your own heart.
Soaked in what's true, the mind grows clean and its restless circling ends.
It's the me-versus-them way of seeing, and doubt, that wear a person down.
Guru Amar Das opens with the invitation to "contemplate the True Lord forever" and "dwell in peace in the home of your own self." The death-imagery ("the Messenger of Death shall not touch you") is rendered, per the wellbeing rules, as fear losing its grip and the restless "coming and going" ending. The trouble named is duality and doubt — the me-vs-them seeing that "ruins." For a child: keep what's true in mind and rest easy inside; it's the me-vs-them way of seeing that tires a heart out.
What helps you rest easy inside instead of feeling restless and divided?
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