gur sabaddikhaali-aa sach samaali-aa ahinis daykh beechaari-aa.
The Guru reveals the Shabad; dwelling on the True Lord, day and night, he beholds and reflects on God.
ਧਾਵਤ ਪੰਚ ਰਹੇ ਘਰੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ॥
Dhaavat panch rahay ghar jaani-aa kaam kroDh bikh maari-aa.
The five restless desires are restrained, and he knows the home of his own heart. He conquers sexual desire, anger and corruption.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਭਈ ਗੁਰ ਸਾਖੀ ਚੀਨੇ ਰਾਮ ਕਰੰਮਾ ॥
antar jotbha-ee gur saakhee cheenay raam karammaa.
His inner being is illuminated, by the Guru's Teachings; He beholds the Lord's play of karma.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਪਤੀਣੇ ਤਾਰਾ ਚੜਿਆ ਲੰਮਾ ॥੧॥
naanak ha-umai maar pateenay taaraa charhi-aa lammaa. ||1||
O Nanak, killing his ego, he is satisfied; the meteor has shot across the sky. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
A shooting star streaks across the night — so fast you almost miss it. A flash of understanding can come just like that.
When the heart is ready, the teaching lights up inside and shows me the One, and then day and night I keep beholding that light.
The restless pulls inside me — wanting, anger, the urge to grab — grow quiet, and for the first time I know my own heart as a home.
When the small, me-first feeling settles, I am content, lit up from within like that streak of light across the sky.
Understanding can arrive like a shooting star — and leave you lit from within.
The deeper layer
A taaraa (here read as a shooting star or meteor) is gone in a blink — the image of sudden inner seeing. The “perfect karma” is rendered as the heart being ready and grace arriving; the quieting of the five restless desires is the fruit, not the price.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever had a flash of understanding that changed how you saw something?
