Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Lord — You are inside and You are outside. You know everything that anyone has ever kept secret.
Whatever anyone does — You know. So, O mind, think of the Lord.
The one who commits sins lives in constant fear. The one who lives with integrity rejoices.
Lord, You are True, and Your Justice is True. So why should anyone actually be afraid?
Those who recognize the True Lord merge with the True One.
The Lord as Knower of secrets
Har antar bāhar, har rāzī janāṇaī — "O Lord, You are inside and outside as well. You are the Knower of secrets." The Lord's omniscience is not surveillance. It is not a punitive watching-from-above. It is described here as rāzī janāṇaī — "Knower of secrets." He knows what is hidden. He knows what is concealed. But the knowing is framed within a teaching about justice, not fear.
Fear as a sign of sin, joy as a sign of righteousness
Jo karam karay so ḏaray, dharamī man ānand — "the one who commits sins lives in fear, while the one who lives righteously rejoices." This is a description of the inner psychological consequence of one's orientation. The one living with concealment, deception, and sin lives in fear of being known. The one living in alignment — in Truth — rejoices, because what the Lord knows is what they want known.
"Why should anyone be afraid?"
Tu sach, tērī nyā'u sach, darū kislai — "O Lord, You Yourself are True, and True is Your Justice. Why should anyone be afraid?" The teaching is: fear of the Lord's omniscience is only rational if you have something to hide. If you live in Truth, the all-knowing Lord's knowing is not a threat — it is a comfort. The one who has nothing to hide welcomes being known.
*Is there anything in your life that you hope no one finds out about? And conversely, is there anything you do that you would be proud to have completely known? What does the difference tell you?*
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