Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 105
Verse 4 of 4

Light Inside the Heart

ਸਾ ਧਨ ਬਾਲੀ ਧੁਰਿ ਮੇਲੀ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
saa Dhan baalee Dhur maylee mayrai parabh aap milaa-ee raam.
The Primal Lord, my God, has united His young and innocent bride with Himself.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਘਟਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਹੋਆ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭ ਥਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
gurmatee ghat chaanan ho-aa parabh rav rahi-aa sabh thaa-ee raam.
Through the Guru's Teachings, her heart is illumined and enlightened; God is permeating and pervading everywhere.
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭ ਥਾਈ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
parabh rav rahi-aa sabh thaa-ee man vasaa-ee poorab likhi-aa paa-i-aa.
God is permeating and pervading everywhere; He dwells in her mind, and she realizes her pre-ordained destiny.
ਸੇਜ ਸੁਖਾਲੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ਬਣਾਇਆ ॥
sayj sukhaalee mayray parabh bhaanee sach seegaar banaa-i-aa.
On his cozy bed, she is pleasing to my God; she fashions her decorations of Truth.
ਕਾਮਣਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਖੋਈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
kaaman nirmal ha-umai mal kho-ee gurmat sach samaa-ee.
The bride is immaculate and pure; she washes away the filth of egotism, and through the Guru's Teachings, she merges in the True Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ਕਰਤੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਵੈ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੪॥੩॥੪॥
naanak aap milaa-ee kartai naam navai niDh paa-ee. ||4||3||4||
O Nanak, the Creator Lord blends her into Himself, and she obtains the nine treasure of the Naam. ||4||3||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One Himself joined this young heart to Himself from the very start. Through the Teacher's guidance a light came on inside, and the One is seen filling every place.

The One fills every place and settles into the heart, and what was written from long before comes true.

Resting easy, the heart is pleasing to the One, wearing truth as its adornment. Clean and clear, it washes off the grime of ego and, through the Teacher, melts into the True One. The Maker joins it to Himself, and it finds the whole treasure of the Name.

When the Teacher's light comes on inside, the grime of ego simply washes away.
The deeper layer

gurmatee ghat chaanan ho-aa — through the Teacher's teaching, a chaanan, a light, dawns inside the ghat, the heart. haumai mal kho-ee — the mal, the grime of ego, is washed off: ego is treated as dust to be cleaned, not a crime to be judged. naam navai nidh — the Name as the navai nidh, the nine treasures, all wealth gathered into one inner richness. poorab likhi-aa paa-i-aa — what grace set in motion long before comes to be; the joining is His doing, aap milaa-ee kartai.

A Question to Sit With

What is a moment when something suddenly became clear to you, like a light turning on inside?

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