Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If the mind becomes balanced and detached — settled into its own true home, saturated with deep reverence — then it enjoys the highest wisdom.
It shall never feel hunger again. It shall know no pain.
O Nanak, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the mind becomes balanced. And in that balance, it finally arrives.
The closing pauri describes the sahaj (balanced, effortless, natural) state — the deepest resting place of the mind. Sahaj is not achieved through effort; it is revealed when effort ceases. The mind in sahaj feels neither the hunger of desire nor the pain of loss.
"The mind becomes balanced through the Guru's Shabad" — the specific technology. Not will, not ritual, not social performance — but the Shabad, the living word of the teaching, is what produces sahaj.
What does 'feeling balanced' mean to you? Not just calm, but genuinely settled? When do you feel that, even briefly?
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