Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through the Word, clinging and pride are burned away; from the perfect Guru, real understanding comes.
Through the Word, you find the One present within you —
and then your coming and going stop, and you grow steady, absorbed in the Name.
Real understanding burns away pride and makes you steady.
Moh gumaan gur sabad jalaa-ay — through the Guru's Word, clinging and pride are burned away. Moh is clinging to things and people as if they were ours forever. Gumaan is pride. The Word, the Sabad, works on them like a fire.
The big idea is that understanding does the work, not willpower. It is like being afraid of the dark until someone turns on the light. You did not fight the fear away. You just saw clearly, and the fear left.
And then you grow steady. Aavan jaan rahai — the coming and going stops. The restless circling calms down, and the soul rests in the Name, naam samaanay.
What understanding has actually changed how you live, not just what you know?
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