Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Guru's arrow of true understanding can break through even the hardest, most stubborn confusion. Suddenly the light comes on inside.
In the dark I once mistook a rope for a snake and was afraid. But that fear is over now. I have found a calm, steady home within.
This one says that in the light, the scary snake turns back into a rope.
Gur kai baan bajar kal chhaydee — the Guru's arrow has pierced the hard core of Kal, this dark age. Pargati-aa pad pargaasaa — and a state of light has dawned.
Sakat adhayr jayvrhee bharam chookaa — in the darkness of Maya, the world's illusion, I took a rope for a snake, but that mistake is over. This is a classic picture of bharam, illusion. In the dark, harmless things look terrifying. In the light, the fear simply melts, because there was never a snake.
Think of a hoodie on a chair that looks like a monster at night. Switch on the light, and it is just your hoodie. Nihchal siv ghar baasaa — now I live in the nihchal, unshakeable, home of the One. Understanding, once it arrives, ends the fear at its root.
Have you ever been scared of something in the dark that turned out to be harmless once you saw it clearly?
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