Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your devotees are dyed in the color of Your love, and they live in constant delight in You. The Name — which is worth all nine treasures of the world — comes to live in their minds. Through great good fortune they find the True Teacher, and through the **shabad** they're united with You.
This one says the Name is the greatest treasure there is, and it makes people glad.
The main picture is na-o niDh naam — the Name is the na-o niDh, the nine treasures. Old stories in India told of nine famous treasures of amazing wealth, everything a person could ever want. It was the biggest jackpot anyone could imagine. Guru Amar Das takes that picture and says: the Naam, the Name, is all of it. Money, safety, being important, every treasure rolled into one, and the Name holds more. So the person with the Name in their heart is quietly the richest person alive, even if they own nothing. They aren't missing out by not chasing the world's riches. They have something that makes all of it look small.
Notice the feeling that comes with this treasure: sadaa tayrai chaa-ay — always glad and eager in You. Chaa-o is the bright, excited gladness of a child waiting for their birthday. It is the opposite of the tired, worried chasing of a manmukh, someone facing only their own ego. The devotees rang raatay, dyed in love, aren't serving with a frown. They are delighted. Real devotion is joyful, not a heavy chore.
The last lines point to grace and the Word. Poorai bhaag satgur paa-i-aa — by perfect good fortune they find the True Guru. Bhaag here means blessing, not something earned. Sabday mayl milaavani-aa — through the shabad, the Word, they are united with the One. So even this huge treasure came as a gift. The rich devotee has no reason for pride, only thanks. And the way to union is the Word, the same thread that runs through every song. Dyed in love, delighted, carrying all nine treasures in the Name, brought there by grace: the richest, gladdest life there is, and all of it a gift.
If you already had "all nine treasures" inside you, what things would you stop anxiously chasing — and how might that free you up?
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