ਸਚੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਸਰਣਾ ॥
sach har naam sach hai sarnaa.
True is the Lord's Name, and True is His Sanctuary.
ਸਚੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਜਿਤੈ ਲਗਿ ਤਰਣਾ ॥
sach gur sabad jitai lag tarnaa.
True is the Word of the Guru's Shabad, grasping it, one is carries across.
ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥੈ ਦੇਖੈ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਫੁਨਿ ਗਰਭਿ ਨ ਜੋਨੀ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੪॥
akath kathai daykhai aprampar fun garabh na jonee jaa-i-aa. ||4||
Speaking the Unspoken, one sees the Infinite Lord, and then, he does not have to enter the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
True is the Name of the One, and true is its shelter.
True is the Guru's Word; holding on to it, a person is carried across.
Speaking of the One who is beyond all speaking, you come home to the Endless One and never have to wander lost again.
Truth is a shelter that carries you all the way home.
Everything here is sach, true and lasting: the Name, the shelter, the Word. Speaking of the One beyond all speaking (akath kathai), a person comes home, and the wandering ends.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you go, inside yourself, when you need shelter?
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