Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Grace reached me and brought me to the teacher I needed. And from the strength of that meeting, I feel steadier and well — no trouble can get its grip on me the way it used to.
Guru Arjan says grace brought him to the teacher, and from that meeting came a new strength.
Kar kirpaa bhaytay gur so-ee: by grace, kirpaa, the meeting with the Guru was arranged. The Guru is the teacher and the teaching. Tit bal rog na bi-aapai ko-ee: by that strength, no rog sticks. Rog means sickness, of the body or of the inside.
The point is a new steadiness. Think of a raincoat. The rain still comes, but it slides off instead of soaking in. That is how trouble meets someone who has met the teacher.
Who is a teacher — of any kind — whose meeting changed something for you?
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