Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The understanding of the teaching is a steady light inside the heart — a light that stands even above the greatest earthly power.
Day and night, the One's people love and remember, gathering the one true profit: the Name.
Nanak says: through the Name you are carried safely across, and hearts steeped in the deep song find the One.
The close lifts high. Satgur giaan sadaa ghat chaanan — "the teaching's wisdom is a steady light in the heart" — and amar sir baadisaahaa, that inner light stands even over kings. Guru Amar Das quietly ranks the inner treasure above all worldly power. Nistaaraa — "carried across" — is the gentle image of being ferried over life's difficulties by the Name, and sabad ratay har paahaa, hearts dyed in the deep song reach the One. The shabad that opened with an inexhaustible treasure closes with that treasure as a steady inner light greater than any throne.
What is a quiet strength inside a person that matters more than money or power?
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