ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਤਖਤਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਸੋ ਬਹੈ ਜਿ ਤਖਤੈ ਲਾਇਕ ਹੋਈ ॥
takhat raajaa so bahai je takh-tai laa-ik ho-ee.
That king sits upon the throne, who is worthy of that throne.
ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਸਚੁ ਰਾਜੇ ਸੇਈ ॥
jinee sach pachhaani-aa sach raajay say-ee.
Those who realize the True Lord, they alone are the true kings.
ਏਹਿ ਭੂਪਤਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥
ayhi bhoopat raajay na aakhee-ahi doojai bhaa-ay dukh ho-ee.
These mere earthly rulers are not called kings; in the love of duality, they suffer.
ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਾਦੇ ਬਿਲਮ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
keetaa ki-aa salaahee-ai jis jaaday bilam na ho-ee.
Why should someone praise someone else who is also created? They depart in no time at all.
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਸਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਸੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥
nihchal sachaa ayk hai gurmukh boojhai so nihchal ho-ee. ||6||
The One True Lord is eternal and imperishable. One who, as Gurmukh, understands becomes eternal as well. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The king who sits on the throne is the one who is fit for the throne.
Those who know the True One are the true royalty; the rest, however grand, are passing quickly by.
Why praise one made thing over another? The One alone lasts, and whoever understands that becomes lasting too.
The only lasting crown is knowing the One who lasts.
The sixth Pauree (||6||). A striking leveling of worldly power: earthly rulers who live in duality are not even called kings. True kingship belongs to those who realize the One. This dismantles status as the world measures it, worth is inner and eternal, not inherited or seized.
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