Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those whom God Himself unites with Himself — they are liberated.
Meditating on the Naam, the cycle of coming and going is ended. The journey stops.
O Nanak — focus your mind on God, and find peace in the Saadh Sangat.
The closing pauri resolves the shabad's urgency (departure is near, provision-gathering required) with the one resolution: God Himself unites the soul with Himself (aap milaa-ei-aa). The agent is always the divine. The soul does not engineer its own liberation — it is given.
"Cycle of coming and going" — aavan jaanaa — the reincarnation cycle that the 8.4-million-births journey represents. The Naam ends this cycle: not by philosophical rejection of rebirth, but by the soul being united with what it was always seeking.
What is the quality of peace you experience in the company of genuine, grounded people? How is it different from being alone or with distracting company?
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