Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Leaving behind home, palaces, elephants and horses, and their own homelands, people have traveled to far-off countries.
Spiritual guides, prophets, and seers gave up the world. And so they became dear to You.
This one is about how it is the love, not the leaving, that counts.
The list of seekers goes on. Here are people who give things up. Dar ghar mehlaa hastee ghorhay chhod vilaa-it days ga-ay — they left homes, palaces, elephants, and horses, and even their own countries, to seek the One.
Peer paykaaNbar saalik saadik — spiritual guides, prophets, seekers, and people of faith gave up the world. Thaa-ay pa-ay — and they were accepted.
Guru Nanak speaks of them with respect. He does not say their road is better or worse than any other.
What he puts in front is the love that made them welcome, not the leaving itself. Think of a birthday card. What matters is not how far someone traveled to bring it. It is the love inside.
Is giving things up always the point, or is it about what's in the heart?
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