ਘਰ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਕੋਟ ਨਿਧਾਨ ॥
ghar hee meh sabh kot niDhaan.
Within the home of the self are all the millions of treasures.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦਿਖਾਏ ਗਇਆ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
satgur dikhaa-ay ga-i-aa abhimaan.
The True Guru has revealed them, and my egotistical pride is gone.
ਸਦ ਹੀ ਲਾਗਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨ ॥
sad hee laagaa sahj Dhi-aan.
I keep my meditation always focused on the Cosmic Lord.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮ ॥੩॥
an-din gaavai ayko naam. ||3||
Night and day, I sing the One Name. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every treasure you could ever want — millions of them — is already inside the home of your own self.
The True Guru showed me this, and my puffed-up pride just left. My mind rests now in an easy, natural focus, and day and night I sing the One Name.
Every treasure you are searching for is already inside your own home.
Ghar hee meh sabh kot niDhaan is the shabad's heart and the raag's opening theme: the treasure is within. The pride (abhimaan) that leaves is the wall that had hidden the treasure; sahj Dhi-aan is the settled focus that remains.
A Question to Sit With
What is something valuable you already have that you sometimes forget to notice?
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