Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
For the Gurmukh, the one who faces the Guru, the life of the soul wells up. The Gurmukh goes to the home of the One.
Nanak says: the Gurmukh merges in the True One. The Gurmukh reaches their own highest place.
Facing the Guru, your soul comes alive and you come home.
He repeats the word gurmukh four times, like a drumbeat. A gurmukh is someone whose face is turned toward the Guru's teaching.
For the gurmukh, jee-a paraan upjahi: "the life of the soul wells up," like a spring bubbling out of the ground. The gurmukh siv ghar jaa-ee-ai, "goes to the house of the One." The gurmukh sach samaa-ee-ai, "blends into the True One." And the gurmukh nij pad paa-ee-ai, "reaches their own highest place."
That last one means finding your true self. Think of a plant that finally gets sunlight. It becomes fully what it already was. That is the self that was always yours.
When do you feel most alive and most like your true self?
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