Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The teacher who turns toward the Guru, and gives students understanding, is the one to call learned.
Keep the Naam in mind, gather the Naam — that is the profit to earn in this world.
On the true writing-board of a true heart, study the Word, the finest of all.
Nanak says: the learned one, the wise scholar, is the one who wears the Naam of the One like a necklace.
The true Pandit is known not by caste, credentials, or recited texts, but as the gurmukh who gives understanding and "wears the Name" (raam naam gal haar). Sachee patee — the true writing-tablet is the true mind. Worth moves from the title to the heart.
These lines close the whole acrostic.
Who has taught you the most — and was it their titles, or their heart?
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