Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person can decorate the body in a hundred ways — fine silk, beautiful rooms, soft carpets, grand gatherings — and still feel a quiet ache underneath it all, especially when pride runs the show. Even pleasure can feel heavy when the inside is empty.
Enjoy the beauty of life, and remember what holds you up when everything else fades. Nanak says the Naam is what sets you free in the end. Keep it close — it stays with you all the way.
A decorated outside needs the Naam inside.
Garh kaa-i-aa seegaar baho bhaaNt banaa-ee — the fortress of the body is decorated in many ways, with silk robes of every color and courts laid with red and white carpets. Dukh khaanaa dukh bhognaa garbai garbaa-ee — when pride runs the show, even eating and enjoying taste of pain. Naam na chayti-o ant la-ay chhadaa-ee — the Naam is what frees a person at the end, so remember it now.
What makes you feel good on the inside, not just look good on the outside?
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