Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The truest person is the one who has quieted that "me-first" voice inside. With the teaching as their strength, they master the five restless pulls — wanting, anger, greed, clinging, and pride. And here is the wonder: in freeing themselves, they lift up everyone around them, whole families, whole lines of people, carried along.
The truest person is the one who quiets the ego, and their goodness lifts everyone around them.
So jan saachaa je ha-umai maarai — that person is true who conquers haumai, the me-first ego. Saachaa means true, real, genuine.
Gur kai sabad panch sanghaarai — through the Guru's Word, they overcome the five. The panch, the five, are the thieves inside every heart: kaam, desire; krodh, anger; lobh, greed; moh, clinging; and ahankaar, pride. They are called thieves because they quietly steal our peace.
The last line reaches wide. Aap tarai saglay kul taarai — they cross over themselves, and carry their whole family line across too. Think of a pebble dropped in a pond. The ripples spread all the way to the edges. Goodness is never private. It ripples outward.
Can you think of one person whose goodness has quietly lifted a whole family or group?
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