Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When you live close to what is true, the dirt of the world doesn't stick to you, and there's nothing to scrub off.
String your days together with good qualities, the way you'd thread beads into a necklace, and there's nothing left to cry about.
Someone who quiets their own restlessness through deep thought doesn't just find peace; they help others find it too, and they don't have to go round and round again.
That kind of person is like a stone that turns whatever it touches to gold. The true one is dear to the True One. Their sorrows lift, and a steady happiness stays with them, day and night. They find the True Name, the Teacher shows them the way, and with truth in their heart, nothing sticks to them.
Nothing sticks to a heart that lives in Truth, and such a heart changes whatever it touches.
Saach na laagai mail — no dirt sticks to what is true. Think of a non-stick pan. Nothing clings to it, so there is nothing to scrub off.
Paaras is the philosopher's stone, a magic stone in old stories that turns lead into gold. For Guru Nanak it is a picture of a heart so in tune with the One that it changes whatever it touches.
Guneh haar paro-ay — string good qualities together like beads on a necklace. Do that, and there is nothing left to cry over.
What good habit, done every day, would be like a bead you add to a necklace?
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