Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are beyond all worry, deeper than any depth, so vast You cannot be measured — how could anyone weigh You?
How fortunate are those who meet the True Guru and hold You in their hearts.
The True Guru's word is Truth itself, and through those words a person is shaped into something true.
When people only imitate the True Guru on the outside, saying words they do not mean, the hollowness shows through — what is false simply falls away on its own.
Inside them is one thing and on their lips another, and chasing what has no lasting value only wears them out.
The One is too vast to measure, and the True Guru's word is Truth itself; copying it on the outside only falls apart.
This verse is a pauri, the main step of the Vaar, the long song it belongs to. It sets the One, who is carefree and beyond measuring, beside people who only copy the truth.
Sat saroop means "truth in its own shape." The verse says this about Gurbani, the Guru's word. The word does not just describe truth. It is truth taking shape. And gurbaanee banee-ai: a person is shaped by it, the way clay is shaped on a wheel.
The verse also says the false are "destroyed by their falsehood." That means what is not real cannot hold up. It falls away by itself. No one is cursing anyone. Being fake just fails under its own weight. Think of a Halloween costume. You can wear a lion suit all night, but it never becomes a real lion.
Have you ever noticed the difference between someone who means what they say and someone who is only copying the words? How could you tell?
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