ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਦੇਹ ਸਾਚ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਾਚੀ ਮੈ ਪੂਛਉ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਪਨਾ ॥
nirgun dayh saach bin kaachee mai poochha-o gur apnaa.
Without the Truth, this worthless body is false; I have consulted my Guru on this.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਾਚੇ ਜਗੁ ਸੁਪਨਾ ॥੯॥੨॥
naanak so parabh parabhoo dikhaavai bin saachay jag supnaa. ||9||2||
O Nanak, that God has revealed God to me; without the Truth, all the world is just a dream. ||9||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without Truth, this body, empty of goodness, is false. I have asked my Guru about this.
Nanak says: the One has shown me the One. Without Truth, the whole world is only a dream.
Touch what's real, and everything else settles into its true, passing size.
Without Truth at the center, a life is hollow, and the whole world passes like a dream.
Sach, Truth, is the center that gives a life its meaning. Nirgun dayh, a body without goodness, is a life without that center. So prabh prabhoo dikhaavai: the One shows the One, both the seeker and the found. The world as supnaa, a dream, is about how things pass, not about worthlessness.
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