Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The True One is the greatest of all, and the one the Guru blesses receives the True One.
The True Guru is the one who holds the True One in mind — and in that, the True Guru and the True One are simply one.
The True Guru is the one who has brought the five inner troublemakers fully under gentle control.
Those who skip serving the True Guru and only puff themselves up stay full of pretense inside, and even their words fall flat.
Whatever they say somehow doesn't reach anyone — because they have drifted away from the True Guru.
The True Guru and the True One are one, like a clear window with the sun shining through.
Two ideas hold this verse up. First: sach sachaa satgur ikay, "the True One and the True Guru are one." The Guru is like a clean window. The One shines straight through it. There is no contest between the window and the light.
Second: the panjay doot, the five inner troublemakers. They are usually named as lust, anger, greed, clinging, and ego. The True Guru has brought all five under control, vas. These inner forces are to be calmed and healed, not smashed. You do not go to war with yourself. You settle yourself, the way you calm a puppy that keeps jumping around.
Then the verse turns to aap ganaaidday, people who puff themselves up. The result is simple. When someone blows themselves up like a balloon, their words sound hollow. They drift away from the True Guru, and what they say does not reach anyone.
What are the "inner troublemakers" — like anger or greed — that pull you around? What helps you settle them gently?
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