Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
For the one who faces the Guru, Truth is food, and the body is clean and pure.
Their mind is spotless, and they are forever an ocean of goodness.
They are not tossed from birth to death, coming and going.
By the Guru's grace, they merge into the True One.
Truth can be your everyday food, and it makes you clear and steady inside.
Gurmukh sach bhojan — truth is the food of the gurmukh. A gurmukh is someone who faces the Guru. Truth here is not something you use once in a while. It is what you eat every day, what keeps you going. The same picture appears elsewhere in Gurbani: truth as food, clothes and home.
Think of how the food you eat becomes part of your body. When truth is your food, it becomes part of you. Such a person is gunee gaheeraa — deep as an ocean of good qualities. They stop being tossed from birth to birth, and by the Guru's grace they settle into the True One.
If truth were a food, what do you think it would taste like?
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