Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A tongue soaked in truth is true, and so are the heart and body that go with it.
Spending your whole life praising things that don't last leaves you empty.
"True is the tongue imbued with Truth, and true are the mind and body." When truth soaks all the way through — words, thoughts, actions aligned — the whole person becomes true, with no gap between inside and outside. And the warning: pouring your life into praising fleeting things (koorh, the unreal) "wastes" it. For a child: when your words, thoughts, and actions all line up with what's true, your whole self becomes solid and real.
Does it feel different inside when what you say, think, and do all match up?
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