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Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 48
Verse 2 of 4

A Heart That Lets Go of Self Comes Fully Alive

ਸਚੜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
sachrhaa saahib sabad pachhaanee-ai aapay la-ay milaa-ay.
The True Lord and Master is realized through the Word of His Shabad; He blends all with Himself.
ਸਾ ਧਨ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
saa Dhan pari-a kai rang ratee vichahu aap gavaa-ay.
That soul-bride is imbued with the Love of her Husband Lord, who banishes her self-conceit from within.
ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
vichahu aap gavaa-ay fir kaal na khaa-ay gurmukh ayko jaataa.
Eradicating her ego from within herself, death shall not consume her again; as Gurmukh, she knows the One Lord God.
ਕਾਮਣਿ ਇਛ ਪੁੰਨੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਭਿੰਨੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ॥
kaaman ichh punnee antar bhinnee mili-aa jagjeevan daataa.
The desire of the soul-bride is fulfilled; deep within herself, she is drenched in His Love. She meets the Great Giver, the Life of the World.
ਸਬਦ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਮਾਤੀ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥
sabad rang raatee joban maatee pir kai ank samaa-ay.
Imbued with love for the Shabad, she is like a youth intoxicated; she merges into the very being of her Husband Lord.
ਸਚੜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੨॥
sachrhaa saahib sabad pachhaanee-ai aapay la-ay milaa-ay. ||2||
The True Lord Master is realized through the Word of His Shabad. He blends all with Himself. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Good, true words help us know the One, who gently blends every heart into itself.

A heart soaked in love lets go of its self-importance and comes fully alive.

Its deepest wish is filled, and it's drenched, all through, in love.

A heart that lets go of self-importance and fills with love comes fully alive, its deepest wish filled.
The deeper layer

The verse gives the recipe again: the One is realized "through the Word," and a heart "imbued with Love" is the one that "banishes self-conceit from within." Dropping ego, "death shall not consume her again" — rendered as coming fully alive, free of the fear of endings. "Her desire is fulfilled; deep within, she is drenched in His Love." For a child: a heart that lets go of self-importance and fills with love comes fully alive, its deepest wish filled.

A Question to Sit With

What happens inside you when you stop worrying about yourself and just love?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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