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Verse 4 of 4

The True Home, Found by Searching

ਸਚ ਘਰੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਗੁਰ ਥਾਨੋ ॥
sach ghar khoj lahay saachaa gur thaano.
By searching, the true home, the place of the True Guru is found.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਨਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੋ ॥
manmukh nah paa-ee-ai gurmukh gi-aano.
The Gurmukh obtains spiritual wisdom, while the self-willed manmukh does not.
ਦੇਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਦਾਨੋ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਨੋ ਸਦ ਦਾਤਾ ਵਡ ਦਾਣਾ ॥
dayvai sach daano so parvaano sad daataa vad daanaa.
Whoever the Lord has blessed with the gift of Truth is accepted; the Supremely Wise Lord is forever the Great Giver.
ਅਮਰੁ ਅਜੋਨੀ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਜਾਪੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਹਲੁ ਚਿਰਾਣਾ ॥
amar ajonee asthir jaapai saachaa mahal chiraanaa.
He is known to be Immortal, Unborn and Permanent; the True Mansion of His Presence is everlasting.
ਦੋਤਿ ਉਚਾਪਤਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਪ੍ਰਗਟੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥
dot uchaapat laykh na likee-ai pargatee jot muraaree.
The day-to-day account of deeds is not recorded for that person, who manifests the radiance of the Divine Light of the Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਚੈ ਰਾਚਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਰੀਐ ਤਾਰੀ ॥੪॥੫॥
naanak saachaa saachai raachaa gurmukh taree-ai taaree. ||4||5||
O Nanak, the true person is absorbed in the True Lord; the Gurmukh crosses over to the other side. ||4||5||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Search, and you find your true home — the place where the teaching lives.

A heart turned toward the teaching gains this understanding; a heart turned only on itself keeps missing it. And even this understanding is a gift, freely given by the endlessly generous One.

That One is deathless, unborn, unchanging — a home that lasts forever.

For a heart that shines with that Light, the old tally of rights and wrongs is simply wiped clean. What is real is folded into the Real, and the awake heart crosses safely over.

Search, and you find a home that lasts forever — and the old tally is wiped clean.
The deeper layer

The true home is found by searching, yet the finding is a gift freely given. The One is deathless, unborn, unchanging. “The account not recorded” becomes the old tally wiped clean for the heart that shines with the Light.

A Question to Sit With

If your old mistakes could be wiped clean, how would you want to start fresh?

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