ਸਾਰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
saarag mehlaa 5.
Saarang, Fifth Mehl:
ਮਾਈ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਾਧਾ ॥
maa-ee sat sat sat har sat sat sat saaDhaa.
O mother, True, True True is the Lord, and True, True, True is His Holy Saint.
ਬਚਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੋ ਪੂਰੈ ਕਹਿਓ ਮੈ ਛੀਕਿ ਗਾਂਠਰੀ ਬਾਧਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bachan guroo jo poorai kahi-o mai chheek gaaNthree baaDhaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Word which the Perfect Guru has spoken, I have tied to my robe. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mother, the One is true, true, true, and the One's holy people are true, true, true.
The word the Perfect Guru spoke, I have tied into the corner of my robe.
Keep what is true tied close, and carry it everywhere you go.
The threefold "True, True, True" hammers home sach — the most real thing, the one that endures when everything else washes off. Tying the Word into the knot of one's robe is the image of keeping a teaching so close it goes wherever you go. The rahau frames the whole shabad: what is real lasts; everything else passes.
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