Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Emotional attachment to Maya is shed with intuitive ease, through the Guru's Teachings.
Without the Shabad, the world wanders lost in pain. The manmukh is consumed.
Through the Shabad, meditate on the Naam. Through the Shabad, you shall merge in Truth.
This one says the Guru's Word helps our clinging to stuff simply fall away.
Maa-i-aa moh chukaa-i-aa gurmatee sahj subhaa-ay: through the Guru's teaching, maa-i-aa moh is let go easily and naturally. Maya is the shiny world of things; moh is clinging to it. The clinging doesn't have to be fought out. It drops away as easily as a ripe mango falls from a tree. When the Guru's teaching is really taken in, there is no wrestling match with clinging. The clinging just can't hold on anymore.
Bin sabdai jag dukhee-aa firai: without the Shabad, the Guru's Word, the world wanders in pain. Manmukhaa no ga-ee khaa-ay: the manmukh, someone who follows only their own "me," gets eaten up by it. So there are two roads: the Shabad, and letting go comes easily; no Shabad, and there's wandering and pain. Guru Amar Das teaches this again and again. The Shabad is what really changes us. It isn't just facts, or instructions, or beliefs. It is the living Word that changes us at the root.
Sabday naam dhi-aa-ee-ai sabday sach samaa-ay: through the Shabad, remember the Name; through the Shabad, melt into Truth. The word Shabad comes again and again, each time doing a different job. It is where the Name lives in the mind. It is how understanding comes. It is the road into Truth. It is home, teacher and path all at once.
Has there been a time when something you clung to simply fell away on its own — not through struggle but through a shift in understanding?
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