Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
From the True Word of the Shabad comes honor. True is the Name of the True One.
I am a sacrifice — I would give everything — for those who have conquered their ego and recognize the Lord.
The manmukhs do not know the True One. They find no shelter and no place of rest anywhere.
Sach sabad tay sobhaa ho-ay, sachay naam samaahai — from the True Shabad (sach sabad), glory and honor (sobhaa) come; absorbed (samaahai) in the True Naam. The Shabad as the source of real honor — not reputation earned through achievement or status but the sobhaa (radiance, glory, honor) that the divine grants to the one absorbed in the True Naam. This is the honor that doesn't depend on other people's opinions or fluctuate with circumstance.
Tis jis ahamkaar maar man vasiaa, taa-ay nau bal jaa-ee — I am a sacrifice (bal jaa-ee — I go as a sacrifice, I offer myself) to that one (tis jis) who has destroyed ego (ahamkaar maar — killed the ego) and in whose mind the Lord has come to dwell (man vasiaa). Bal jaa-ee — a devotional phrase of deep esteem: I would sacrifice myself for such a one. The highest praise the speaker can offer. What earns this praise: conquering the ahamkaar (ego-sense, pride, the I-am-the-author feeling) so that the Lord can dwell within.
Mannmukh sachaa na jaanai, tit-h thaao na thaa-ay — the manmukh does not know the True One (sachaa na jaanai — does not recognize the True/Real); they find no thaao (shelter, place of rest, resting place) anywhere (tit-h). The manmukh who has not conquered ego has no place to rest, because the ego is always threatened, always defending, always seeking what it cannot hold.
What is the difference between the honor that comes from other people's approval and the honor that comes from genuine integrity? Which one do you pursue more?
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