ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
karam hovai taa satgur paa-ay.
If God grants His Grace, then one finds the True Guru.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
ha-umai mail sabad jalaa-ay.
Through the Shabad, the filth of egotism is burned away.
ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਅੰਧੇਰੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੭॥
man nirmal gi-aan ratan chaanan agi-aan anDhayr gavaa-i-aa. ||7||
The mind becomes immaculate, and the jewel of spiritual wisdom brings enlightenment; the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When grace touches me, I find the True Guru. Through the word, the grime of me-first is cleaned away.
My mind turns clear, understanding shines like a jewel, and the darkness of not-knowing lifts.
The ego is not scrubbed away by force but washed clean by grace.
Grace brings the Guru; the mail (filth) of haumai is burned away by the Shabad. The mind becomes nirmal (clean), the jewel of gi-aan shines, and ignorance — again treated as darkness, not sin — lifts.
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