Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak speaks words that are like sweet nectar. To everyone whose heart is turned toward the teacher, these words are precious and dear — they love hearing them. The Perfect teacher keeps giving and giving the teaching, never holding back. That is what the true teacher is: endlessly generous, always pouring out good for others.
The shabad closes by turning to the source of the whole revelation: the Guru's word and the Guru's giving nature. Jan Naanak bolai amrit banee — "servant Nanak speaks nectar-words (amrit banee)." The teaching that revealed the one light is itself nectar — life-giving, deathless speech. And it is piaaree bhaanee — "dear and pleasing" — to the gursikhs, those whose hearts are turned toward the teaching. The Word lands as sweetness in the heart that is open to it.
The final emphasis is parupkaaree — generous, doing good for others. The Guru karay updays — keeps giving the teaching, again and again, freely. This names something essential about the awakened: their nature is to pour out. They do not hoard the light or sell it; they give it away, endlessly, for the benefit of all. The Guru is parupkaaree the way the sun is bright — it is simply what the Guru is. This is grace from the giving side: the One does not withhold itself, and neither does the Guru.
So the whole arc completes beautifully. Rahao: I found the Beloved in the Sat Sangat. P1: and now I see the One everywhere, right beside me. P2: because the One is the single light in all beings. P3: and all of this was given freely by a Guru whose very nature is generosity. The repeated "I am a sacrifice to the Guru" finds its reason here — the seeker gives herself to the one who first gave, without limit, to her. Signed jan Naanak, the lineage's one light through Guru Ram Das.
The Guru is described as endlessly generous, always giving. Who in your life gives to others without keeping score? What do you learn from watching them?
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