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Honored Through Every Age

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਜਗੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥
bin satgur jag bharam bhulaa-i-aa har kaa mahal na paa-i-aa raam.
Without the True Guru, the world is deluded by doubt; it does not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖੇ ਇਕਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਦੂਖ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥
gurmukhay ik mayl milaa-i-aa tin kay dookh gavaa-i-aa raam.
As Gurmukh, some are united in the Lord's Union, and their pains are dispelled.
ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਦੂਖ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ਸਦਾ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥
tin kay dookh gavaa-i-aa jaa har man bhaa-i-aa sadaa gaavahi rang raatay.
Their pains are dispelled, when it is pleasing to the Lord's Mind; imbued with His Love, they sing His Praises forever.
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਭਗਤ ਸਦਾ ਜਨ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਜਾਤੇ ॥
har kay bhagat sadaa jan nirmal jug jug sad hee jaatay.
The Lord's devotees are pure and humble forever; throughout the ages, they are forever respected.
ਸਾਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਪਹਿ ਘਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
saachee bhagat karahi dar jaapeh ghar dar sachaa so-ee.
They perform true devotional worship service, and are honored in the Lord's Court; the True Lord is their hearth and home.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਹਿਲਾ ਸਚੀ ਸਚੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦੇ ਹੀ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੪॥੪॥੫॥
naanak sachaa sohilaa sachee sach banee sabday hee sukh ho-ee. ||4||4||5||
O Nanak, true are their songs of joy, and true is their word; through the Word of the Shabad, they find peace. ||4||4||5||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Without the true Teacher the world wanders, lost in doubt, and misses the One's mansion. Some, facing the Teacher, are joined to the One, and their aches are carried away.

Their aches are lifted when it pleases the One, and, colored in His love, they sing His praises for good.

Those who love the One stay pure and humble, respected through every age. They live their devotion truly and are known at the One's door, where the True One is their very home. True is their song of joy and true is their word; through the Word comes peace.

The honor that lasts through every age comes from a clean and humble life, not from status.
The deeper layer

har kay bhagat sadaa jan nirmal jug jug sad hee jaatay — the devoted stay pure and are jaatay, recognized/respected, through every age. Honor here is quiet and lasting, rooted in nirmal, spotless living, not in status. ghar dar sachaa so-ee — the True One is their hearth and home: their belonging is to the One, so the world's rankings cannot unsettle it. The refrain names doubt, bharam, as what leaves the world wandering — and the Teacher as the way out.

A Question to Sit With

Who is someone quietly good that you respect more the longer you know them?

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