Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The fire of endless wanting is quieted by the word of the teaching.
Then the pull of "two-ness" and doubt melt away, and ease comes on its own.
Following the teaching, the Name settles into the heart and makes its home.
Through the true word, one sings the wonders of the One.
This one gives the cure: the teaching puts out the fire of wanting, and the Name moves in.
Tarisnaa agan sabad bujhaa-ay — "the fire of craving is put out by the Shabad." Tarisnaa is craving, the endless wanting. The Shabad is the Word, the teaching. It is the same fire-and-water picture found in the hymn about the elephant.
Doojaa bharam sahj subhaa-ay — two-ness and doubt melt away with natural ease. Doojaa means "the second," the sense of being split from the One. Bharam is doubt. They go not by force, but on their own.
Gurmatee naam ridai vasaa-ay — "through the Guru's teaching, the Name comes to live in the heart." It makes a home there.
And saachee banee, the true word, turns into song.
Think of a hot, tired day. Someone hands you cold water, you sit in the shade, and soon you are humming. That is the whole path: the fire put out, doubt melted, the Name at home, the heart singing.
What settles your restlessness most reliably — pushing harder, or turning toward something steadier?
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