Let everyone meditate on the Lord, who was True in the primal beginning, and True throughout the ages; He is revealed as True here and now, and He shall be True forever and ever. Servant Nanak is the slave of His slaves. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
O One, You are great, greater, greatest, high above all, the greatest of the great.
Those who remember the One beyond all limits, who remember Har, Har, Har, grow fresh and new.
Those who sing and hear Your praise, my Master, have heaps and heaps of wrongs cut away.
Those who follow the Guru's teaching become like You, O One. They are great, and so very fortunate.
Let everyone remember the One: true in the beginning, true through every age, true right here and now, true forever and ever. Nanak says: I am the servant of Your servants.
The One is true through every age, and the humblest seat is the happiest.
The deeper layer
The One is greater than any greatness and true through all time, and remembering the One makes a person new.
Vad vaday vaday vad: great, great, great. The words pile up like someone stretching their arms wider and wider and still not reaching the ends. Satay, satay: true, true, true, in the beginning, through the ages, now, and always.
Daas dasonaa, the servant of the servants, is the humble seat that keeps returning in this Vaar.
A Question to Sit With
What is something that was true long before you and will be true long after?
