Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A life joined to the good becomes precious, like plain metal turned to gold.
Doubt and grabbing wash away, and a heart merges into what's true.
Then there's a steady gladness, day and night, and the puffed-up feeling melts away.
The verse gives the transformation image: kanchan kaaiaa—"the body becomes like gold, when the True Guru unites one with Himself." A life joined to the good is transmuted — the ordinary made precious, like base metal turned to gold (the alchemy image, as in Bihaagraa ki Vaar's paaras). "Doubt and Maya removed... I am in constant bliss, day and night; egotism dispelled." For a child: a life joined to the good becomes precious, like plain metal turning to gold.
What ordinary thing about your life might become 'gold' as you fill it with good?
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