Autumn Empties the Earth as the True Guru Empties Doubt
Kishkindha Kanda, Doha 17
Doha 17 · Movement 2 of 2
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During the rains, the ground had swarmed with innumerable living creatures. Autumn arrives, and the multitude that crowded every wet surface can no longer be seen.
The change is sudden enough to make absence itself visible. The earth remains, but what obscured its open face has vanished with the season.
So the company of doubts and delusions disappears when one meets the true guru. Question may have covered the whole field of the mind like rain-born life upon the ground. In the presence of the sadguru, the crowd disperses and the ground of understanding stands clear.
The true guru enters the mind as autumn enters the earth, and the multitude of doubts is gone.
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भूमि जीव संकुल रहे गए सरद रितु पाइ। सदगुर मिले जाहिं जिमि संसय भ्रम समुदाइ।।17।।
The earth had teemed with countless creatures, but they vanished when the autumn season came. Just so, all doubts and delusions (sansay, bhram) vanish the moment one meets a true guru (sadguru).