Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, no one is as great as the Guru.
I see no other place. The Guru leads me to the True Lord.
This is the pause line, the Rahao, the center of the song. It says: no one is as great as the Guru, because the Guru brings us to the True One.
Mayray man gur jayvad avar na ko-ay — O my mind, there is no one as great as the Guru. Doojaa thaa-o na ko sujhai — I can't even picture going anywhere else. Gur maylay sach so-ay — the Guru leads me to meet the True One.
Other verses in this song speak of what the Guru and the Name clear away. Rog is sickness. Sog is sadness. Bharam is doubt. The first two weigh heavily on body and heart. Doubt keeps us from giving ourselves fully. The Name washes over all three.
The One is also called Sukh Saagar, the Ocean of Peace. Not a small cup of peace, but an ocean: deep, wide, and never used up.
Think of a friend who always knows the way home when you are lost in a new city. You don't need a hundred maps. You just stay close to the one who knows the way.
Of the three — disease, sorrow, doubt — which one has been most present in your life recently? What has helped? What hasn't?
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