Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The wrongs of countless lifetimes are erased — as if you'd bathed at millions of sacred rivers.
The treasure of the Name comes by singing the wonder of the One and settling your mind on it.
This one says: the holiest bath happens inside you.
In Guru Arjan's day, people traveled very far to bathe in holy rivers. They hoped the water would wash their wrongs away. Here the Guru says it is as if you had taken koT majan isanaanaa — millions of cleansing baths. And the inner practice does all of it at once.
Pilgrimage is real. But where it was always heading was the heart. Singing about the wonder of the One, and letting your mind settle on it, is the bath. It washes deeper than water.
Think of a friend who lives far away. You could fly across the world to see them. Or you could call tonight and hear their voice right away. In the same way, the sacred is not a place you must travel to. It is a practice you can do anywhere. So it was never locked away from people who can't make the journey.
If the most sacred 'place' is actually inside you, does that change where you'd look for it?
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