Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Keep greed, put-downs, and untruth far off — and let go of falseness. Through the true words of the teaching, you'll taste the real fruit.
Keep me however pleases You, dear One. And Nanak, Your servant, keeps singing the praise held in the deep song.
The close names three things to keep at a distance: lobh (greed), nindaa (slander/put-downs), koorh (falseness). Nindaa — running others down — is a recurring target across Gurbani; letting it go is itself part of the fruit. Then the beautiful surrender: jio bhaavai tio raakho — "keep me however pleases You" — the settled trust of hukam, the flow of existence, accepted with ease rather than resistance. The servant's last act is simply sabad salaahee, singing praise. Guru Nanak ends not with achievement but with glad surrender.
What would change if you let go of putting others (or yourself) down?
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