Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
They are truly fortunate and honorable — the perfect merchants.
They are lovely, so wise and fine; Nanak, buy the Name of the One.
The "perfect bankers/merchants" are those who invested wisely — who put their life's capital into the one imperishable thing. And notice what accrues to them: they are called "beautiful, wise, handsome." Real inner wealth shows; the person whose deepest investment is sound carries a genuine loveliness that no amount of borrowed finery imitates. The shabad ends as a direct, warm invitation — "buy the Name" — as if a friend who found a sure thing were pulling your sleeve toward it. There is nothing gloomy about this devotion; it is offered like good news, like a tip on the one deal that never goes bad.
What's the difference between looking impressive on the outside and having something genuinely valuable inside?
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