Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone around me is overjoyed — because, meeting the Guru, I've won the hardest, most important contest there is.
The walls of doubt that boxed me in came tumbling down, and I found the truest wealth, with the One right beside me.
Truly wise, and truly a leader, is the one the One makes His own.
Says Nanak: when the Master is on my side, all my family and friends rejoice.
The hardest battle is not against other people. It is against doubt.
The song ends with shared happiness. Sarsi-arhay — overjoyed are all my brothers and friends. Good news spreads. When one heart finds peace, it lifts everyone around it.
Then comes a picture of a contest. Akhaarhaa is a wrestling ring. Bikhmo bikham akhaarhaa mai gur mil jeetaa — meeting the Guru, I won the hardest match of all. And who was beaten? Bharam garhaa, the fort of doubt. Bharam means doubt and confusion. Its walls came down.
Doubt is the fear and second-guessing that box us in. Think of freezing before a big test, sure you will fail. And this win did not happen alone. The One stood right beside the singer. We win life's real match by getting free of doubt, with the One at our side.
What 'walls of doubt' would you most like to see come tumbling down in your life?
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