Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You could master a thousand clever techniques and strict disciplines — and not one of them travels with you in the end.
Turning away from the One leaves a heart hollow, and that emptiness touches those around it too.
Whatever is unreal simply won’t last or follow you.
But those who meet the teaching hold the True Name close — and that stays.
This one says no trick or skill goes with you in the end. Only the True Name does.
Sanjam sahas si-aanpaa — a thousand clever methods and strict rules for yourself. Ik na chalee naal — not one of them goes along with you. It's like cramming answers the night before a test. A week later the tricks are gone. What you truly understood stays.
This is not aimed at any one group. It is about practice done without love, on any path.
Tin kul laagai gaal — turning away from the One touches the whole family too. Emptiness in one heart spreads to those nearby. And koorh na chalee naal: koorh, the false and unreal, never lasts. Only the True Name, what is real, stays.
What is something that will still matter to you many years from now?
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