ਨਾਮੁ ਧਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ਲਾਭੁ ਪੂਰੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਦਿਤਾ ॥
naam Dhan gun gaa-o laabh poorai gur ditaa.
The Perfect Guru has given the wealth of the Naam, and the profit of singing the Lord's Glorious Praises.
ਵਣਜਾਰੇ ਸੰਤ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਹੁ ਅਮਿਤਾ ॥੪॥੧੩॥੧੧੫॥
vanjaaray sant naankaa parabh saahu amitaa. ||4||13||115||
The Saints are the traders, O Nanak, and the Infinite Lord God is their Banker. ||4||13||115||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The perfect Guru has given the wealth of the Name and the profit of singing the One's praises.
The Saints are the traders, O Nanak, and the Infinite Lord God is their Banker.
The Saints trade in the Name, and their Banker is the Infinite One — their business cannot fail.
The merchant image culminates: "the Saints are the traders... and the Infinite Lord God is their Banker." The Saints deal in the wealth of the Name, and their Banker — the one who backs all their trade — is the Infinite One Himself (cf. Shabad 97, the Trader and Banker). Backed by an infinite Banker, their business cannot fail.
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