ਜਾ ਮਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਤਨਾ ॥
jaa meh sabh niDhaan so har jap man mayray gurmukh khoj lahhu har ratnaa.
Meditate on the Lord, who contains all treasures, O my mind; as Gurmukh, search for the jewel, the Lord.
ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਮੇਰਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਚਰਣ ਮਲਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਦਸਨਾ ॥੨॥
jin har Dhi-aa-i-aa tin har paa-i-aa mayraa su-aamee tin kay charan malahu har dasnaa. ||2||
Those who meditate on the Lord, find the Lord, my Lord and Master; I wash the feet of those slaves of the Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One holds every treasure there is — so I look for that One as my greatest jewel.
Those who have found the One truly found everything, and I gladly learn from them and honor their footsteps.
The greatest treasure is not out in the world to be bought, but the One to be found.
Sabh nidhaan — all treasures — are gathered in the One, so the seeking here is not for gold but for har ratnaa, the jewel that is the One itself. To be gurmukh is to be turned toward the teaching. Washing the feet of those who found — a gesture of deep respect in that time and place — means honoring and learning from people already living it.
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