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Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 58
Verse 30 of 63

Once Accepted as Genuine, No Verdict Calls You Counterfeit

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਸਾ ਵੇਲਾ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿਆ ॥
saa vaylaa parvaan jit satgur bhayti-aa.
Approved is that time, when one meets the True Guru.
ਹੋਆ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਦੂਖ ਨ ਤੇਟਿਆ ॥
ho-aa saaDhoo sang fir dookh na tayti-aa.
Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he does not suffer pain again.
ਪਾਇਆ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਥਾਨੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਗਰਭਿ ਨ ਲੇਟਿਆ ॥
paa-i-aa nihchal thaan fir garabh na layti-aa.
When he attains the eternal place, he does not have to enter the womb again.
ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ ਇਕੁ ਸਗਲ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੇਟਿਆ ॥
nadree aa-i-aa ik sagal barahmayti-aa.
He comes to see the One God everywhere.
ਤਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਲਾਇ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਮੇਟਿਆ ॥
tat gi-aan laa-ay Dhi-aan darisat samayti-aa.
He focuses his meditation on the essence of spiritual wisdom, and withdraws his attention from other sights.
ਸਭੋ ਜਪੀਐ ਜਾਪੁ ਜਿ ਮੁਖਹੁ ਬੋਲੇਟਿਆ ॥
sabho japee-ai jaap je mukhahu bolayti-aa.
All chants are chanted by one who chants them with his mouth.
ਹੁਕਮੇ ਬੁਝਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੁ ਸੁਖਿ ਸੁਖੇਟਿਆ ॥
hukmay bujh nihaal sukh sukhayti-aa.
Realizing the Hukam of the Lord's Command, he becomes happy, and he is filled with peace and tranquility.
ਪਰਖਿ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਏ ਸੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਖੋਟਿਆ ॥੧੦॥
parakh khajaanai paa-ay say bahurh na khoti-aa. ||10||
Those who are assayed, and placed in the Lord's treasury, are not declared counterfeit again. ||10||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Blessed is the moment you meet the true teaching.

Join the good, and you don't suffer again; reach the eternal place, and you're done with the circling. You come to see one God everywhere; you fix on the essence of wisdom and pull your gaze from other sights. Real chanting is chanting with the mouth from the heart. Grasping the One's Will, you grow glad and calm. Those weighed and placed in the One's treasury are never called counterfeit again.

Once the One has tested and accepted you as genuine, no later verdict can call you counterfeit — the question of your worth is closed.
The deeper layer

The tenth Pauree ends with a striking image from the mint: those "assayed, and placed in the Lord's treasury, are not declared counterfeit again." Once the One has tested and accepted a soul as genuine, its worth is settled permanently — no later verdict can call it fake. This answers a deep insecurity: am I real enough, good enough? Once accepted by the One, the question is closed. You have been assayed and found genuine.

A Question to Sit With

What would it settle in you to know your worth had been assayed once and accepted for good?

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