ਤੁਮ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਅਟਲ ਸੁਲਿਤਾਨ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਜਾਚੈ ॥
tum niDhaan atal sulitaan jee-a jant sabh jaachai.
You are the treasure, eternal Lord King; all beings and creatures beg of You.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਮ ਇਹੈ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਰਾਖੁ ਸੰਤਨ ਕੈ ਪਾਛੈ ॥੪॥੬॥੧੭॥
kaho naanak ham ihai havaalaa raakh santan kai paachhai. ||4||6||17||
Says Nanak, such is our condition; please, Lord, keep us on the Path of the Saints. ||4||6||17||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the treasure that never runs out, and every living thing turns to You for what it needs.
This is honestly where I stand — so keep me walking with those who love You, and I will be alright.
Choose your company well — you become who you walk beside.
The closing line asks for one gift above all: raakh santan kai paachhai — keep me in the company, in the footsteps, of those who love the One. It is a quiet admission that we are shaped by whom we walk beside. Nidhaan is the inexhaustible treasure; atal sulitaan, the unshakable King — everything that lives draws on it, and none of it runs low.
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