ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਮਨਿ ਵੂਠੇ ॥
charan kamal gur kay man voothay.
The Lotus Feet of the Guru abide within my mind.
ਦੂਖ ਦਰਦ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਝੂਠੇ ॥੧॥
dookh darad bharam binsay jhoothay. ||1||
I am rid of pain, suffering, doubt and fraud. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The lotus feet of the Guru have made their home in my mind.
The pain, the hurt, the nagging doubt and the false, phony things are gone from me.
When something true settles inside you, the false and phony things quietly make their exit.
When something true lives inside you, the false things leave.
The verse says charan kamal gur kay man voothay: the Guru's lotus feet live in my mind. Lotus feet are a loving picture of the Guru's nearness. Then dookh darad bharam binsay jhoothay: pain, hurt, doubt and false things fade away.
Think of switching on a light in a dark room. You do not have to push the dark out. It simply goes. The true presence moves in, and the false moves out.
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