ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
satgur sayveh tin kee sachee banee.
Serving the True Guru, their words are true.
ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀ ॥
jug jug bhagtee aakh vakhaanee.
Throughout the ages, the devotees chant and repeat these words.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਜਪਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਾਰੰਗਪਾਣੀ ॥
an-din jaapeh har saarangpaanee.
Night and day, they meditate on the Lord, the Sustainer of the Earth.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥੪॥੧੩॥੩੩॥
naanak naam ratay nihkayval nirbaanee. ||4||13||33||
O Nanak, attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, they are detached, in the perfect balance of Nirvaanaa. ||4||13||33||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Serving the true teacher, your words become true. Through the ages, those who love the One repeat these words. Day and night they keep the Sustainer in mind, and tuned to the Name, they rest in a perfect, balanced peace.
Service makes your words true and settles you into a balanced, unshakable peace.
The close: service makes words true (sach). The realized rest in nirvana -- here meaning the perfect balance of sahaj, detached yet engaged. Note the word nirvana used naturally -- Gurbani drawing on a shared vocabulary of liberation.
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