Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever rests their conscious mind on the One becomes steady - a calm that does not wobble.
Graced by the One, what would such servants ever need to fear?
As the One is, so the One shows - filling His own creation. Searching, searching, searching - and then: finding! By wisdom's grace, the essence of it all opens.
Now wherever I look, I see Him at the root of everything - the subtle inside things, and the shapes things wear.
After long, long searching, the seeker finds the One at the root of everything.
This verse holds a line full of joy, and you can hear the excitement in the words. Sodhat sodhat sodhat seejhi-aa — searching, searching, searching, and at last, success! Three searchings and one finding. That is the honest pattern of the seeker's road. It is like working on a jigsaw puzzle for days, until the last piece clicks in.
And the finding comes gur parsaad, by the Guru's grace. It is not the sum of all the searching. The search gets you ready. Grace opens the door. It is the upside-down vessel again, which only grace can turn upright to be filled.
What is found comes in the last lines, calm and sure. Jab daykh-a-u tab sabh kichh mool — wherever I look, I see Him at the root of all things. Naanak so sookham so-ee asthool — He is the sookham, the subtle and unseen, and the asthool, the shapes we can see. Both are Him. The world is not left behind for spirit. It is spirit wearing a form.
Freedom from fear follows simply. So sayvak kaho kis tay darai — whom would that servant fear? Fear needs someone else to be afraid of, and the finding took that away.
Have you ever searched for something a long time and suddenly seen it was everywhere? What changed - the world, or your eyes?
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