Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without love, there is no devotional worship. Without the Shabad, no one finds acceptance.
Through the Shabad, egotism is conquered and subdued — and the illusion of Maya is dispelled.
The Gurmukh obtains the Treasure of the Naam with intuitive ease.
This one says devotion needs two things: love, and the Guru's Word.
Bin pareetee bhagat na hova-ee: without love, there is no bhagat, devotion. Bin sabdai thaa-ay na paa-ay: without the Shabad, the Guru's Word, no one is welcomed. Both are needed. Love without the Shabad is a feeling with no anchor. The Shabad without love is an empty shell. Together they make real devotion. It's like a kite: love is the wind, and the Shabad is the string. Without wind it won't rise. Without string it blows away.
Sabday ha-umai maaree-ai: through the Shabad, the ego is beaten. Maaree-ai is a strong word. It means struck down. The Shabad doesn't politely bargain with the ego. It defeats it. Maa-i-aa kaa bharam jaa-ay: and maya's trick falls away. Surface habits can't do this. The Shabad changes who we are at the root, and the ego loses its footing.
Naam padaarath paa-ee-ai gurmukh sahj subhaa-ay: the gurmukh gets the treasure of the Name, easily and naturally. After the ego is beaten, what is left is the gurmukh's natural state: sahj, easy, calm closeness to the Name. It doesn't come from straining. It is what shows up when the ego's noise is gone.
What is something that you try to do from willpower that might actually work better if it came from love?
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