Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 144
Verse 57 of 69

The King on the Throne Within

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਅੰਦਰਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਤਖਤੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਆਉ ॥
andar raajaa takhat hai aapay karay ni-aa-o.
The King sits on the throne within the self; He Himself administers justice.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਦਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਮਹਲੁ ਅਸਰਾਉ ॥
gur sabdee dar jaanee-ai andar mahal asraa-o.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord's Court is known; within the self is the Sanctuary, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.
ਖਰੇ ਪਰਖਿ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਈਅਨਿ ਖੋਟਿਆ ਨਾਹੀ ਥਾਉ ॥
kharay parakh khajaanai paa-ee-an khoti-aa naahee thaa-o.
The coins are assayed, and the genuine coins are placed in His treasury, while the counterfeit ones find no place.
ਸਭੁ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਆਉ ॥
sabh sacho sach varatdaa sadaa sach ni-aa-o.
The Truest of the True is all-pervading; His justice is forever True.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਾ ਰਸੁ ਆਇਆ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਨਾਉ ॥੧੮॥
amrit kaa ras aa-i-aa man vasi-aa naa-o. ||18||
One comes to enjoy the Ambrosial essence, when the Name is enshrined in the mind. ||18||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The true King sits on a throne inside you, and there fairness itself is at work.

Through the Guru's Word that inner Court becomes known, and the shelter of the One is found within.

There the genuine coins are treasured and the false ones simply have no place; the Truest of the True fills all, and tasting the Name, sweetness fills the mind.

The truest court is inside you, and there only what is genuine is kept.
The deeper layer

The eighteenth Pauree (||18||). The 'King' and 'Court' are located within the self, discovered through the Shabad. The image of assaying coins, keeping the genuine and rejecting the counterfeit, describes an inner honesty; what is real in us is treasured, what is false quietly finds no footing.

A Question to Sit With

What is one genuine thing in you that you would want the inner King to treasure?

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