Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone longs to be centered and balanced. But without the Guru, no one can find it.
The Pandits and astrologers read and read until they grow weary. The fanatics are lost in doubt.
Meeting with the Guru, intuitive balance is obtained — when God, in His Will, grants His Grace.
Sabh ko chahai sahj suk, bin gur sahj na ho-ay — everyone (sabh ko) longs for (chahai) sahj (intuitive balance, effortless poise) and suk (peace, ease); but without the Guru, sahj is not obtained. The opening is an observation about universal human longing: everyone wants to feel centered, at ease, balanced, at peace. The search takes different forms — pleasure, achievement, religion, philosophy — but the deep want underneath all of them is sahj. And the claim: without the Guru, it cannot be reached. Not for lack of effort or intelligence, but because sahj belongs to the fourth state, beyond what any of the three modes of striving can produce.
Pandit jotikee bharm-ay firday, aahankaaree dujai bhaa-ay — the Pandits and astrologers wander in delusion (bharm-ay firday); the ego-driven are lost in the love of duality (dujai bhaa-ay). Two categories: the intellectual seekers (Pandits, scholars) who read until exhausted, and the zealous practitioners driven by ego and the love of duality. Both categories are searching for sahj; both categories cannot find it through their own means.
Satgur miliai sahj uppjai, jaa man mani-aa har so-ay — meeting the Satguru, sahj wells up (uppjai — arises, springs forth) when the Lord, in His Will, is accepted in the mind (man mani-aa). Uppjai (wells up, arises naturally, springs forth like a spring) — sahj is not manufactured. It wells up when the conditions are right: meeting the Satguru, the mind accepting the Lord. And the Lord's will is what creates those conditions.
What does it feel like when you are genuinely at ease — not forcing anything, not straining — and how often do you actually feel that?
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