Welcome Wisdom and the Unkind Things Leave

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pa-orhee.

Pauree:

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਵਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਡੀਆ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ॥

satgur vadaa kar salaahee-ai jis vich vadee-aa vadi-aa-ee-aa.

Praise the Great True Guru; within Him is the greatest greatness.

ਸਹਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਤਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਈਆ ॥

seh maylay taa nadree aa-ee-aa.

When the Lord causes us to meet the Guru, then we come to see them.

ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਾਈਆ ॥

jaa tis bhaanaa taa man vasaa-ee-aa.

When it pleases Him, they come to dwell in our minds.

ਕਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਹਥੁ ਧਰਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਕਢੀਆ ਬੁਰਿਆਈਆ ॥

kar hukam mastak hath Dhar vichahu maar kadhee-aa buri-aa-ee-aa.

By His Command, when He places His hand on our foreheads, wickedness departs from within.

ਸਹਿ ਤੁਠੈ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈਆ ॥੧੮॥

seh tuthai na-o niDh paa-ee-aa. ||18||

When the Lord is thoroughly pleased, the nine treasures are obtained. ||18||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Honor true wisdom — the greatest greatness lives in it.

When it comes to dwell in your heart, unkindness quietly leaves, and every good thing arrives.

Welcome true wisdom into your heart, and the unkind things quietly leave on their own.

The deeper layer

The Pauree praises the Guru as the home of the greatest greatness. And it describes what happens when true wisdom comes to dwell in the mind: as if a gentle hand is placed on your forehead, wickedness departs — the harmful things simply leave — and the nine treasures (every kind of richness) arrive. The order matters: you don't first scrub yourself clean and then earn wisdom; wisdom moves in, and the cleansing happens as a result. Welcome the good, and it does the housework.

A Question to Sit With

What good thing, once you let it in, made the not-so-good things fade away?

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