Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Like a drop of water blending back into water, a loving heart merges into the One.
Joined like that, you finally come to know your own true self.
The doubt and fear and pulling-apart all dissolve, and only the One remains.
The composition closes with Gurbani's great union image: jio jal mahi jal aae khataanaa — "as water blends with water, so does one's light blend with the Lord's Light." The loving heart merges into the One like a drop returning to the sea — nothing lost, fully home — and "comes to know his own self." Doubt, fear, and the pulling-apart of the "three qualities" all dissolve. The colophon (||4||2||) closes. For a child: a loving heart merges into the great goodness like a drop of water into the sea — safe, home, and finally knowing itself.
What do you imagine a water drop feels as it joins the whole ocean?
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