Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 3), Salok 44 — The True Emperors
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who serve the True Guru with a single mind — I fall at the feet of those humble people.
Through the Guru's Word, the One comes to live in the mind, and the hunger for Maya — the pull of the world — goes away.
Spotless and bright are those humble people who turn to the Guru and merge in the Naam.
Nanak says: all other kingdoms are false. Only those filled with the Naam are true emperors.
A heart full of the Naam holds the only kingdom that lasts.
Jinaa satgur ik man sayvi-aa: those who serve the Guru with one mind. The speaker falls at their feet. In them, har man vasai, the One lives in the mind, and maa-i-aa kee bhukh, the hunger for Maya, leaves.
They are nirmal oojlay, spotless and bright, merged in the Naam. The last line turns power around: naam ratay paatisaah, those dyed in the Naam are the true emperors. Every other empire passes.
What would make your heart feel full, the way a king's treasury is full?
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