ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਅਧੇਰਾ ਸੰਤੀ ਕਾਟਿਆ ਜੀਅ ਦਾਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਦੈਣੀ ॥
agi-aan aDhayraa santee kaati-aa jee-a daan gur dainee.
The Saints dispel the darkness of ignorance; the Guru is the Giver of the gift of life.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਲੀਨੋ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਜਲਤੇ ਸੀਤਲ ਹੋਣੀ ॥੧॥
kar kirpaa kar leeno apunaa jaltay seetal honee. ||1||
Granting His Grace, the Lord has made me His own; I was on fire, but now I am cooled. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Saints scatter the dark of not-knowing; the teaching gives the gift of life.
By grace the One made me its own; I was on fire, and now I am cooled.
The fire of a driven, craving, anxious life is cooled by grace — the fever quenched into peace.
The verse names good company and the teaching as light-bringers — they "dispel the darkness of ignorance." And it gives a vivid before-and-after: "I was on fire, but now I am cooled." The fire is the burning of craving, anxiety, and restlessness; grace cools it. The relief is physical in its imagery — the fever of a driven life quenched into peace.
A Question to Sit With
What in you is 'on fire' — burning with craving or worry? What would cooling it feel like?
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