Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can read every book in the library, but if your heart is still restless and grabbing at things, all that reading is just busywork.
People who read only to look clever wear themselves out, and get lost chasing whatever glitters.
The one who is wise is the one who thinks deeply about the Guru's Word and then looks inside their own heart. That is where the treasure is hidden, and that is where the door opens.
Find the One who holds every good thing, and you settle into a natural, easy peace. Nanak says: blessed is the trader who turns toward the Guru and makes the Naam their one support.
Information and wisdom are two different things. Parhnaa gurhnaa — reading and studying — is good, and on its own it is not enough while there is trisnaa, thirst and craving, inside. The learned pandit is the one who andar khojai — searches within — and finds the tat, the essence. Note the word sahaj in the last line: the natural ease of a heart that has stopped fighting. The Vaar keeps redirecting the reader from the outer performance to the inner ground.
Have you ever known a lot of facts about something but still not understood it? What is the difference between knowing about something and knowing it from the inside?
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