Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Name of the Lord is the Treasure — it has no end and no limitation.
The Gurmukhs are beauteous — the Creator has blessed them with His Mercy.
Har naam nidh-aan anant hai, koi ant na paa-ay — the Lord's Name is the Treasure (nidh-aan — wealth-store, treasury) that is without end (anant — infinite, without limit or boundary). In contrast to the wealth of Pauri 3 in Shabad 115 (gold and silver, a net of entanglement), the Name as Treasure is entirely different in kind: it cannot be exhausted, cannot be stolen, cannot be lost, cannot be counted. Koi ant na paa-ay — no one has found its limit.
Gurmukh sobhaa suhandri, kartai aap wadaa-i — the Gurmukhs are beauteous (sobhaa suhandri — beautiful, radiant, glowing); the Creator Himself has bestowed greatness (wadaa-i — honor, elevation, glorious distinction) upon them. The beauty of the Gurmukh is not physical — it is the radiance that comes from having received the infinite Treasure of the Name. The Creator's direct bestowal: not earned through the Gurmukh's merit but given through the Creator's own magnanimity.
The pauri is brief and luminous: two facts. The Name has no end. The Gurmukhs who have received it glow with the Creator's bestowed beauty. No more needs to be said.
What is something you have received that you feel you did not earn — and how do you carry it?
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