Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The darkness lifts from inside a person the moment the Teacher's Word lights up like a lamp within.
And the tangled net of doubt gets cut away for anyone who leans, with trust, on the company of the wise.
Andhkaar miti-o tih tan tay — 'darkness is erased from that body' — gur sabad deepak pargaasaa, when the Teacher's Word shines like a deepak, a lamp. Light-in-darkness is the classic image of understanding replacing confusion (recall Guru = the one who leads from darkness to light). Bharam kee jaalee taa kee kaatee — the net of bharam (doubt, the confusion that blocks clear seeing) is cut, jaa ka-o saadhsangat bisvaasaa — for the one who trusts the company of the wise. Light comes, and the tangling net falls away.
Think of a time something finally 'clicked' and made sense — how did that feel compared to being confused?
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