Just as a washerman applies soap to a dirty cloth and then beats it time and again on a slab to make it clean and bright.
Just as a goldsmith heats the gold time and again to remove its impurity and makes it pure and shining.
Just as fragrant breeze of Malay mountain shakes other plants violently making them sweet-smelling like sandalwood.
Similarly, the True Guru makes His Sikhs aware of the troublesome ailments and destroys the dross of maya with His knowledge, words and Naam, and then makes them aware of their self. (614)