Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 277
Verse 3 of 9

Doubt Isn't Argued Away; It Starves When Wealth Comes

ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤਉ ਰਹੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ॥
aavan jaavan ta-o rahai paa-ee-ai gur pooraa.
Coming and going is ended only when one finds the True Guru.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਨੁ ਰਾਸਿ ਦੇਇ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕੂਰਾ ॥੨॥
raam naam Dhan raas day-ay binsai bharam kooraa. ||2||
He gives the wealth and capital of the Lord's Name, and false doubt is destroyed. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The coming and going stops only when you find the Perfect Guru.

He gives the wealth and capital of the Name — and the false doubt collapses.

Doubt is not argued away — it starves the moment the true wealth is in hand.
The deeper layer

The answer to the opening question, given without suspense: the wheel stops at the Guru's feet. And the mechanism is Aasaa's beloved commerce: the Guru hands over dhan raas — wealth and working capital — of the Name; the soul, bankrupt and borrowing from every counterfeit lender, is suddenly funded. Notice what destroys the doubt: not argument but capital. Doubt starves when the treasury is real; the beggar stops questioning whether bread exists while eating it.

A Question to Sit With

What doubt of yours might dissolve not by thinking harder but by experiencing more?

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