Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my dear beloved mind, the light you keep searching the world for is shining right inside your own body.
The teaching shows me this like nine great treasures opening at once. What a gift, given freely by the kind One.
Vich dayhee jot samaal -- "hold the Light within the body." The same message as Pauri 0 in a new key: not out there, in here. The nau nidh (nine treasures) is a traditional image of total abundance -- in the old stories these were the nine legendary treasures of wealth; here Guru Ram Das re-points them at the Name, saying real riches are the divine presence already within you. And it comes as daat -- a gift, da-i-aal -- from mercy, not from earning.
If the best treasure were something you already carry, how would you treat yourself?
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