Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind — meditate on the Lord, the Giver of Peace.
Only by God's Support is everlasting peace obtained. Peace that the bitter world cannot give.
The Giver of peace, not the peace itself, is what you seek — because the Giver produces what cannot be purchased.
The rahao identifies the Sukh daata (Giver of Peace) as the proper object: not peace as an experience to be obtained but the One who gives peace. This is a subtle teaching: seeking peace itself produces chasing. Seeking the Giver of peace — the Source — produces what cannot be chased.
Chiranjeevanee sukh — everlasting peace. The contrast with the world's transient pleasures (which turned bitter): the Giver of peace gives peace that does not turn. It does not have a moment where it reveals bitterness.
Have you ever chased a feeling — tried to reproduce a wonderful experience you had — and found it was harder the more you chased it? What was that like? And what does it suggest about how to find peace?
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