ਬਾਰਹਾ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਸੁਧੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ ॥
baarhaa kanchan suDh karaa-i-aa.
When the gold is made one hundred percent pure,
ਨਦਰਿ ਸਰਾਫ ਵੰਨੀ ਸਚੜਾਇਆ ॥
nadar saraaf vannee sachrhaa-i-aa.
its color is true to the jeweller's eye.
ਪਰਖਿ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਰਾਫੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਾਈਜਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥
parakh khajaanai paa-i-aa saraafee fir naahee taa-eejaa hay. ||16||
Assaying it, it is placed in the treasury by God the Jeweller, and it is not melted down again. ||16||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Like gold made pure all the way through, shining true to the jeweller's eye —
once it is tested and set safe in the treasury, it is never melted down again. Whole, and kept.
Once the One makes you pure and true, you are kept safe — no more remaking.
baarhaa kanchan — twelve-carat, fully pure gold; the saraaf (jeweller, assayer) tests its true color and places it in the treasury. fir naahee taa-eejaa — never melted down again: the perfected soul is tested, treasured, and kept forever, needing no more remaking. A luminous union image.
A Question to Sit With
What in you feels solid gold — true all the way through?
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