ਮਹਾ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਕਾ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਤੈ ਪਰਥਾਇ ॥
mahaa purkhaa kaa bolnaa hovai kitai parthaa-ay.
The speech of the great spiritual beings has a higher purpose.
ਓਇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਭਰੇ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਹਹਿ ਓਨਾ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥੮॥
o-ay amrit bharay bharpoor heh onaa til na tamaa-ay. ||8||
They are filled to over-flowing with Ambrosial Nectar, and they have absolutely no greed at all. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When truly wise people speak, their words carry a purpose bigger than themselves — they're pointing at something real, not showing off.
They're brimming with an inner sweetness, and they aren't grasping for anything. That's why their words land so gently and go so deep.
Wise words serve something bigger than the speaker.
mahaa purkhaa kaa bolnaa hovai kitai parthaa-ay — the speech of great beings always serves a higher purpose; amrit bharay bharpoor... til na tamaa-ay — filled to overflowing with amrit (nectar), with not a grain of greed. Words carry the quality of the heart behind them.
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