ਤੁਮਹਿ ਖਜੀਨਾ ਤੁਮਹਿ ਜਰੀਨਾ ਤੁਮ ਹੀ ਮਾਣਿਕ ਲਾਲਾ ॥
tumeh khajeenaa tumeh jareenaa tum hee maanik laalaa.
You are my Treasure, and You are my Wealth. You are my Gems and Jewels.
ਤੁਮਹਿ ਪਾਰਜਾਤ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਏ ਤਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਏ ਨਿਹਾਲਾ ॥੨॥੩੩॥੫੬॥
tumeh paarjaat gur tay paa-ay ta-o naanak bha-ay nihaalaa. ||2||33||56||
You are the wish-fulfilling Elysian Tree. Nanak has found You through the Guru, and now he is enraptured. ||2||33||56||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are my riches — my treasure, my gold, my jewels, the kind that can never be lost.
You are the wish-granting tree of the old stories. Nanak says: I found You through the Guru, and now I am filled with a joy so full it lifts me right up.
The One is the treasure that can never be lost or spent.
Khajeenaa, jareenaa, maanik laalaa — treasure, wealth, gems, rubies — name the One as the wealth that endures, in contrast to jhooth, the riches that wash off. Paarjaat is the mythic wish-granting tree; here it points not to getting wishes but to the fullness of finally having the One. Nihaalaa is being enraptured, overflowing with delight.
A Question to Sit With
What is something precious to you that no one could ever take away?
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