Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By great good fortune the true teaching is found, and living by it, pain cannot settle on me.
Its word can never be erased — the teaching and the One shine as a single light.
Guru Arjan ends by saying that the Guru's word can never be erased.
Gur pooraa paa-ee-ai vadbhaagee — the perfect Guru is found by great good fortune. Vadbhaagee means very lucky, and here it means grace. Gur kee sayvaa dookh na laagee — serving the Guru, pain cannot take hold.
Gur kaa sabad na maytai ko-ay — no one can erase the Guru's sabad, the Word. Think of words carved into stone instead of written on a whiteboard. Then comes the last line: gur naanak naanak har so-ay — Nanak is the Guru, and Nanak is the One. The Guru, the teaching and the One are a single light. To truly meet the teaching is to meet the One.
What is a lesson that has stayed with you and never worn away?
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