ਸੁੰਨ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਦੀਜੈ ਬੰਧੁ ॥
sunn nirantar deejai banDh.
Focused deep within, in perfect absorption,
ਉਡੈ ਨ ਹੰਸਾ ਪੜੈ ਨ ਕੰਧੁ ॥
udai na hansaa parhai na kanDh.
the soul-swan does not fly away, and the body-wall does not collapse.
ਸਹਜ ਗੁਫਾ ਘਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਾਚਾ ॥
sahj gufaa ghar jaanai saachaa.
Then, one knows that his true home is in the cave of intuitive poise.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਚਾ ॥੧੬॥
naanak saachay bhaavai saachaa. ||16||
O Nanak, the True Lord loves those who are truthful. ||16||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Hold steady deep within, in the stillness, and stay gathered there.
Then the swan of the soul does not fly off, and the wall of the body does not fall.
You come to know that your true home is the cave of calm inside.
Nanak says: the True One loves those who are true.
The cave worth finding is not in a mountain; it is the calm inside you.
The cave worth finding is the calm inside you. Sunn is deep inner stillness, a yogi's word for the void, here a gathered quiet. In that stillness the soul-swan (hansaa) stays and does not fly off, and the body-wall (kandh) stands. Sahj gufaa is the cave of easy calm, inside you, not on a mountain.
A Question to Sit With
Where is the calmest place inside you?
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