Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The darkness of not-knowing lifted right off me.
The teaching lit a lamp of understanding, and suddenly the room of my mind was bright.
This one says that understanding is a lamp. Once it is lit, the dark lifts.
Agi-aan anDhayraa mit ga-i-aa — the darkness of agi-aan, not-knowing, is gone. Gur gi-aan deepaa-i-o — the Guru has lit the lamp of gi-aan, wisdom.
Think of walking into a dark room and flipping on the light. You don't have to fight the dark. It just leaves. The shabad just before this one uses the same lamp picture.
Not-knowing is treated here as a darkness that lifts, not a fault to be blamed.
When has understanding something finally made a confusing dark feeling go bright?
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