Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O mind, live in the calm, balanced home of your own inner self.
Praise the Lord's Name, and you will no longer come and go, again and again.
This one says: live in the calm home inside you, and praise the Name.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line. It is the center of the shabad.
Man ray nij ghar vaasaa ho-ay — O mind, live in your own home. That home is a steady, balanced place inside. Gurbani calls this sahaj: natural, easy balance. It isn't feeling nothing. It's being rooted in something that can't be shaken.
Think of a tree in a storm. The branches toss, but the trunk stays put because the roots go deep.
Praise and blame are what shake us most. Someone says "great job," and we float. Someone says something mean, and we sink. A mind that lives in its own home still hears both. It just doesn't stand on them.
Raam naam saalaahi too — praise the Lord's Name. Then you won't keep coming and going, round and round, again.
What would it feel like to be genuinely unaffected by what people think of you — not indifferent, but free? What would open up?
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