Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Long-carried sorrows and mistakes run away when the Teacher smooths the healing balm of wisdom over our eyes.
In the Sangat I stepped free of all this trouble — and now my whole love rests on the One.
When wisdom clears our eyes, old sorrows and mistakes fall away.
Gur gi-aan anjan naytar deet — the Guru puts the ointment of wisdom on our eyes. Anjan is a healing balm for the eyes. Gi-aan means wisdom. Once the eyes are clear, the old kilvikh dukh — mistakes and sorrows — simply run off. And saaDhsang in dukh tay niksi-o: in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — the trouble is left behind.
Think of walking through a dark room and stubbing your toe again and again. Nobody needs to punish you for that. You just need the light switched on. The habits from the start of the shabad work the same way. They are not punished. They are healed by clear sight.
When something is finally explained clearly to you, how does the worry around it change?
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