ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਧੁਨਿ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਘਟੈ ਨ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
hirdai naam sadaa Dhun nihchal ghatai na keemat paa-ee.
That heart, in which the Eternal, Unchanging Naam vibrates and resounds, does not diminish, and cannot be evaluated.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ਨਿਰਧਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਬੂਝ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੪॥
bin naavai sabh ko-ee nirDhan satgur boojh bujhaa-ee. ||4||
Without the Name, everyone is poor; the True Guru has imparted this understanding. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In a heart where the Naam keeps sounding, quietly, always, there is a wealth that never shrinks and can never be priced.
Without the Naam, everyone is poor. The Guru has helped me understand this.
The one wealth that never shrinks is carried inside you.
The Naam is an unbroken inner sound in the heart (hirdai naam sadaa dhun) that does not diminish and has no price. It is the living presence of the One, held in awareness. The poverty here is inner: everyone without the Naam is poor, and the True Guru makes this plain.
A Question to Sit With
What do you have that no one could ever buy from you?
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