Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The sweet-smelling sandalwood tree is wrapped all around by snakes. How can anyone reach it and take the sandalwood?
I draw out the mighty sword of the Guru's wisdom. Cutting away the poison again and again, I drink in the sweet nectar.
The Guru's wisdom is a sword that cuts through whatever blocks the way to the sweetness inside.
The chandan, sandalwood, circled by bhu-i-angam, snakes, pictures a precious inner sweetness guarded by dangers. The kharhag, sword, is gur gi-aan, the Guru's wisdom. The poison cut away is bikh, the inner harm of greed and attachment. This is a picture of clearing the path inside, never of hurting any living thing.
What is a hard thing you had to get past to reach something wonderful?
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