Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 22
Verse 1 of 5

The Jewel-Chamber of Nectar

ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਰਹਤ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਰੀ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਸਿਧ ਨ ਜਾਨੈ ॥
tarai gun rahat rahai niraaree saaDhik siDh na jaanai.
It is beyond the three qualities; it remains untouched. The seekers and Siddhas do not know it.
ਰਤਨ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਪੂਰਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਖਜਾਨੈ ॥੧॥
ratan koth-rhee amrit sampooran satgur kai khajaanai. ||1||
There is a chamber filled with jewels, overflowing with Ambrosial Nectar, in the Guru's Treasury. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

It is beyond the world's three pulls, and it stays untouched. Even seekers and Siddhas, people famous for spiritual powers, do not know it.

There is a little room full of jewels, brimming with sweet nectar, in the Guru's treasury.

The best treasure is the one kept safe inside the teaching.
The deeper layer

There is a treasure beyond the world's push and pull, and it is kept safe in the Guru's teaching.

Tarai gun rahat rahai niraaree — it is beyond the three qualities and stays untouched. The three qualities are the three pulls that keep the ordinary mind busy: restless drive, dullness, and calm goodness. SaaDhik siDh na jaanai — even seekers and siDh, people famous for spiritual powers, do not know it.

Yet it is close. Ratan koth-rhee amrit sampooran — a little room of jewels, full to the brim with amrit, sweet nectar. Satgur kai khajaanai — it is kept in the treasury of the True Guru. Think of a secret room in your own house that you never knew about. It was there all along. The Guru shows you the door.

A Question to Sit With

What's a treasure you can't hold in your hands but is still real to you?

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