ਤੀਰਥ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਪੈਸਉ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਨ ਸਤਾਵਉਗੋ ॥
tirath daykh na jal meh paisa-o jee-a jant na sataav-ogo.
I do not go to see sacred shrines of pilgrimage, or bathe in their waters; I do not bother any beings or creatures.
ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਗੁਰੂ ਦਿਖਾਏ ਘਟ ਹੀ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਉਗੋ ॥੩॥
athsath tirath guroo dikhaa-ay ghat hee bheetar naHaa-ogo. ||3||
The Guru has shown me the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage within my own heart, where I now take my cleansing bath. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I do not go to look at the holy places or bathe in their waters, and I do not trouble any living creature.
The Guru has shown me the sixty-eight holy places inside my own heart, and that is where I take my bath.
Every sacred place you are looking for is already inside you.
Atthsath tirath is the sixty-eight famous pilgrimage sites; the Guru shows them all ghat hee bheetar, within the body-heart. An ethic is tucked in too: jee-a jant na sataavogo, trouble no living creature. Inner pilgrimage carries a vow to harm no one (ahimsa).
A Question to Sit With
Where do you go, inside yourself, to feel clean and new again?
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