Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
They see the Truth and they speak the Truth. Their bodies and minds are True.
True are their teachings, and True are their instructions. True is the reputation of the true ones.
Those who have forgotten the True One are miserable — they depart this world weeping and wailing.
Sach suniaa sach mannai-aa, tin sach ghariaa — those who have heard (suniaa) the Truth and accepted (mannai-aa — believed, received, accepted) the Truth — for them, Truth has been practiced (sach ghariaa — shaped in Truth, molded in Truth). The progression: hear Truth → accept Truth → be shaped by Truth. The shaping (ghariaa — as a potter shapes clay) is the result of genuine acceptance. Not intellectual agreement but the acceptance that changes the shape of who you are.
Sach bolahi sach suniaa, tin kai sach kai-aanee — they speak the Truth (sach bolahi), they have heard the Truth (sach suniaa); their dwelling and reputation (kai-aanee) is in Truth. The circle: having heard and accepted Truth, they now speak Truth, and so their speech also is True. The truth heard → truth accepted → truth internalized → truth spoken. The character that results is simply truthful.
Jin sach visaariaa say dukhi-ay, bhai-aa rovin pachhutaanee — those who have forgotten the True One (sach visaariaa — have forgotten the Truth/True One) are miserable (dukhi-ay); they depart weeping and repenting (rovin pachhutaanee). The contrast with the true ones who depart in sach: the ones who forgot depart in tears. They had the chance — the human birth is the chance — and they forgot. The regret at departure is the weight of what was possible and not taken.
What does it feel like when you are not being fully truthful — with yourself, with others — and what does it cost you over time?
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