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Verse 4 of 4

Real Understanding Rises in You Like a Gift

ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਇ ਸਾ ਊਪਜੈ ਹੋਰ ਮਤਿ ਨ ਕਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
jo har mat day-ay saa oopjai hor mat na kaa-ee raam.
That understanding, imparted by the Lord, wells up; there is no other understanding.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ਰਾਮ ॥
antar baahar ayk too aapay deh bujhaa-ee raam.
Deep within, and beyond as well, You alone are, O Lord; You Yourself impart this understanding.
ਆਪੇ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ਅਵਰ ਨ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ॥
aapay deh bujhaa-ee avar na bhaa-ee gurmukh har ras chaakhi-aa.
One whom He Himself blesses with this understanding, does not love any other. As Gurmukh, he tastes the subtle essence of the Lord.
ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਖਿਆ ॥
dar saachai sadaa hai saachaa saachai sabad subhaakhi-aa.
In the True Court, he is forever True; with love, he chants the True Word of the Shabad.
ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਵਡਾਈ ॥
ghar meh nij ghar paa-i-aa satgur day-ay vadaa-ee.
Within his home, he finds the home of his own being; the True Guru blesses him with glorious greatness.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇਈ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਾਇਨਿ ਮਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਈ ॥੪॥੬॥
naanak jo naam ratay say-ee mahal paa-in mat parvaan sach saa-ee. ||4||6||
O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence; their understanding is true, and approved. ||4||6||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Real understanding rises up as a gift; there's no other way to get it.

The One is deep within you and far beyond you, both at once.

A heart it has taught finds a home right inside itself and rests in what's true.

Real understanding rises up in you like a gift — from the One who is both deep inside you and far beyond you at once.
The deeper layer

The shabad closes: "that understanding, imparted by the Lord, wells up; there is no other understanding." Real wisdom isn't manufactured; it wells up as a gift when a heart is ready. "Deep within, and beyond as well, You alone are" — the One both intimate and infinite. Such a heart "finds the home of its own being." The colophon (||4||6||) closes the Mehl 3 shabad run. For a child: real understanding rises up in you like a gift — and the One that gives it is both deep inside you and far beyond you at once.

A Question to Sit With

Has an understanding ever 'welled up' in you all on its own, like a gift?

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