Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No wind can shake this lamp or put it out, and by its light you can see the throne of the Divine.
Warrior, priest, worker or trader, whatever group you were born into, no one can count its worth, not with thousands of calculations.
Nanak says: whoever lights a lamp like this is carried across and set free.
This lamp belongs to everyone. Whoever lights it is set free.
No wind can make it flicker. By its light you can see the throne of the Divine, the place where the One sits.
In Guru Nanak's time, society was split into four ranks by birth. Khatree baraahman sood kay vais names them: warriors, priests, workers and traders. People were told their worth came from which group they were born into. Guru Nanak says none of them can measure this light, not with thousands of calculations.
Aisaa deevaa baalay ko-ay means "whoever lights such a lamp." Naanak so paarangat ho-ay means "Nanak says, that one is carried across and set free." Think of a school library that lets every child borrow the same books, no matter whose child they are. The light is open to anyone, and every person is equal before it.
Why do you think it matters that this gift is open to absolutely everyone?
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