Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Loading the Merchandise of the True Name, you shall gather in your profits forever with the Capital of Truth.
In the Court of the True One, you shall sit in truthful devotion and prayer.
Your account shall be settled with honor, in the Radiant Light of the Name of the Lord.
The merchant metaphor completed: the True Name as merchandise, Truth as capital, the profits gathered forever. The accounting in the divine's Court: settled with honor (izzat) in the Radiant Light (parkash) of the Name.
The Ashtapadee closes by bringing the merchant metaphor and the divine Court together. The trader who carried the right merchandise arrives at the Court with honor. The journey was trading; the destination is the Court; the currency is the Name.
What are you 'loading' for your journey — what are you actually investing in that you'll carry with you? Is it what you want to be carrying?
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