Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I have any goodness at all, it is this: I take responsibility for my own words and carry their weight myself.
The only words that are truly solid are the One's.
All the eating and drinking and laughing in the world is empty if the One is not held dear in the heart.
Guru Nanak says his one good quality is owning his words, and he says life's fun is empty without love.
"I carry the load of my words upon my head." That means he takes responsibility for what he says. He carries its weight himself.
Then he compares. Only the Creator's words are fully real and solid. Ours are smaller, and we must answer for them. Think of signing your name on a promise. Once it is signed, it is yours to keep.
Last comes the everyday stuff: eating, drinking, laughing. These are not called bad. They are called empty if the One is not dear in the heart. The test is never the activity. It is whether love is inside it.
Is there a word you have spoken whose weight you still need to carry yourself?
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