Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Guru reunites those who were separated — through the love and sweetness of the Name.
Through truth and sahaj — that effortless inner ease — great honor comes, resting on the Lord's qualities and Name.
Keep me as You please, Lord. Without You — who else could be my Husband?
Vichhurhi-aa gur maylsee — the Guru unites the separated one. After the wandering of Pauri 2 — the mountains, the foreign lands, the crying out — the Guru intervenes. Not because the bride deserved it (she was plundered by her own pride), but because reuniting the separated is what the Guru does. This is grace in action.
Saach sahj sobhaa ghanee — through truth and sahaj, great honor is obtained. Sahaj (effortless ease, intuitive equilibrium) — the state of the one who has stopped fighting what is, who has ceased the exhausting effort of self-direction. The honor (sobhaa) that comes through truth and sahaj is real honor — not the performative honor sought through pilgrimage and robes (which Pauri 4 will show is worthless without inner transformation).
Ji-o bhaavai ti-o rakh toon, mai tujh bin kavan bhataar — "As it pleases You, keep me; without You, who else is my Husband?" This is the turning point of the entire ashtapadee. The bride who was climbing mountains looking for the Husband now speaks directly to Him: keep me as You please. I surrender the direction. The ego that drove the wandering releases. And the question — without You, who else could possibly be my Husband? — has only one answer.
Is there a moment in your life when you let go of trying to direct things yourself — and what happened when you did?
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