ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਲੇਖੁ ਸਚੇ ਦੀਵਾਨਾ ॥
purakh alaykh sachay deevaanaa.
The Primal Lord cannot be held to account; True is His Celestial Court.
ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਏ ਸਚੁ ਨੀਸਾਨਾ ॥
hukam chalaa-ay sach neesaanaa.
The Hukam of His Command is in effect; True is His Insignia.
ਨਾਨਕ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹਹੁ ਘਰੁ ਅਪਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੫॥
naanak khoj lahhu ghar apnaa har aatam raam naam paa-i-aa. ||5||
O Nanak, search and examine your own home, and you shall find the Supreme Soul, and the Name of the Lord. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one can call the First One to account; the One's court is true and just.
The flow of the One's Hukam, the way existence works, carries everything, and its mark is true.
Nanak says: search your own home, look closely, and there you will find the Great Soul and the Name.
Stop searching far away; look closely at your own heart.
Alekh means beyond being written down or held to account. Hukam is the flow of existence, the way things work. The instruction is to search ghar apnaa, your own home, because that is where the Name is waiting.
A Question to Sit With
What have you been looking for outside that might be waiting inside?
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