Out of Truth, Back Into Truth

ਸਾਚੌ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੂਚੇ ਏਕ ਮਇਆ ॥

saachou upjai saach samaavai saachay soochay ayk ma-i-aa.

We emerge from Truth, and merge into Truth again. The pure being merges into the One True Lord.

ਝੂਠੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

jhoothay aavahi thavar na paavahi doojai aavaa ga-on bha-i-aa.

The false come, and find no place of rest; in duality, they come and go.

ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੈ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਇਆ ॥

aavaa ga-on mitai gur sabdee aapay parkhai bakhas la-i-aa.

This coming and going in reincarnation is ended through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Lord Himself analyzes and grants His forgiveness.

ਏਕਾ ਬੇਦਨ ਦੂਜੈ ਬਿਆਪੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਸਾਇਣੁ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥

aykaa baydan doojai bi-aapee naam rasaa-in veesri-aa.

One who suffers from the disease of duality, forgets the Naam, the source of nectar.

ਸੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

so boojhai jis aap bujhaa-ay gur kai sabad so mukat bha-i-aa.

He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one is liberated.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾਰੇ ਤਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਪਰਹਰਿਆ ॥੨੫॥

naanak taaray taaranhaaraa ha-umai doojaa parhari-aa. ||25||

O Nanak, the Emancipator emancipates one who drives out egotism and duality. ||25||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

We come out of Truth and merge back into Truth; the pure merge into the One True One.

The false come and find no place to rest; caught in duality (feeling split off from the One), they keep coming and going.

The Guru's Word ends this coming and going; the One tests us, and forgives.

Whoever is sick with duality forgets the Naam, the medicine of pure nectar.

Only the one the One helps to understand, understands; through the Guru's Word, that person is set free.

Nanak says: the One who carries across carries over whoever drives out ego and duality.

The one great sickness is forgetting; the cure is remembering.

The deeper layer

Saachou upjai saach samaavai, we emerge from Truth and merge back into it. Aykaa baydan doojai, the one true illness is duality, living divided, forgetting. Its cure is Naam rasaa-in, the Name that is the source of nectar. Freedom is a gift: aapay parkhai bakhas la-i-aa, the One appraises and forgives.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you remember what matters when you have forgotten?

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