Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without a stroke of great good luck you won't find such a true teacher, no matter how badly everyone wants one.
But if the curtain of falseness gets pulled back from inside you, a lasting peace is what you find behind it.
You cannot force meeting a true teacher, and peace comes when the curtain of falseness is pulled back.
The first line is about bhaag, good fortune. Meeting the real teaching is a gift. You cannot grab it just by wanting it very hard. This keeps the whole path humble.
The second line is about the work we can do. Koorhai kee paal means the wall or curtain of falseness inside us. It is made of pretending, fooling ourselves, and living for how things look. When it comes down, sadaa sukh, lasting peace, is there.
Think of a window with the blinds shut. You do not have to make the sunlight. You only have to open the blinds. Peace is not built; it is uncovered. It was already waiting on the other side.
The two lines belong together. You cannot make the meeting happen, and you cannot skip taking down the curtain.
What is one small piece of pretending you could set down, just to see what's behind it?
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