Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O mind — the Will of our Lord is true.
Focus your love upon the One who created and adorned your body and mind.
This is the pause line, the Rahao, the center of the shabad. It says: O mind, the Master's will is true, so love the One who made you.
Man ray saachee khasam rajaa-ay means O mind, the will of our Master is true. Guru Nanak speaks straight to the mind. The mind is the problem, the listener, and the one who needs healing, all at once. Rajaa-ay means will, the way the One arranges things. It is true, real, and lasting. Going along with it is not giving up. It is lining up with what is real.
Jin tan man saaj seegaari-aa means the One who made your body and mind and decorated them. Seegaari-aa means adorned, made beautiful with care. Our body and mind are not things in the way. They are gifts from the One.
Think of a handmade birthday card. You could love the glitter on it, or you could love the friend who made it for you.
Tis saytee liv laa-ay means fix your love on that One. This turns moh, clinging, the other way around. Instead of clinging to the gifts, like family, money, or being young, love the Giver. The earlier hymn warned about clinging to exactly those gifts.
Two short lines, spoken to the mind, with one instruction. A mind that turns its love to the Maker is ready for the Name to land, as the first verse said.
What would it feel like to direct the love you give to what you have received back toward the One who gave it?
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