Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 93
Verse 20 of 22

Speaking Only What Is Real

ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥੧੯॥
saachee banee sach vakhaanai sach naam liv laa-ee. ||19||
True are their words; they speak only the Truth; they lovingly focus on the True Name. ||19||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Their words are true; they speak only the Truth.

Their love rests on the True Name.

When your love rests on the True Name, truth comes naturally.
The deeper layer

Saachee banee sach vakhaanai — true speech speaking truth. Sach means more than accuracy: what is true and lasting. When love is fixed on the True Name, telling the truth stops being a rule you follow and becomes simply what you are.

A Question to Sit With

What makes it easier to tell the truth — trying hard, or having nothing to hide?

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