Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 3), Salok 40 — Praise the One, the One Door
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I praise the One who is worthy of praise; I sing the praises of the True One.
Nanak says: the True One alone is the one door; leave all the other doors behind.
Give your praise to the One. That one door is enough.
saalaahee salaahnaa — I praise the One who is worth praising. The verse repeats the word, like a song that keeps coming back to its chorus. Praising what is good and true slowly shapes us to be good and true.
Then comes the second line. naanak sachaa ayk dar — the True One is one door. beebhaa parhar aahi — leave the other doors alone.
Think of charging a phone. One working outlet charges you all the way.
What are the different doors you sometimes knock on hoping to feel okay, and which ones help?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI