ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
so pandit gur sabad kamaa-ay.
He alone is a Pandit, who lives the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਕੀ ਓਸੁ ਉਤਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥
tarai gun kee os utree maa-ay.
Maya, of the three qualities, leaves him.
ਚਤੁਰ ਬੇਦ ਪੂਰਨ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥
chatur bayd pooran har naa-ay.
The four Vedas are completely contained within the Lord's Name.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਸਰਣੀ ਪਾਇ ॥੪॥੬॥੧੭॥
naanak tis kee sarnee paa-ay. ||4||6||17||
Nanak seeks His Sanctuary. ||4||6||17||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
That one alone is a Pandit who lives the Guru's Shabad.
Maya, the world's pull with its three moods, lets go of that person.
The four Vedas are all complete in the One's Name.
Nanak says: I seek the One's shelter.
The true scholar is the one who lives what they learn.
The true scholar is the one who lives the Guru's Shabad, and all learning is complete in the Name.
So pandit gur sabad kamaa-ay — the true scholar earns/lives the Shabad. Trai gun (Maya's three strands — activity, inertia, and passion) fall away; the four Vedas are said to be fulfilled in the Name, folding all learning back into one living reality (Naam).
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