Those Linked to Truth by the True One Act in Truth Forever
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who are linked to Truth by the True One — they are linked to Truth. They always act in Truth.
They attain their dwelling in the home of their own inner being. They abide in the Mansion of Truth.
O Nanak — the devotees are happy and peaceful forever. They are absorbed in the True Name.
Jin sacho sach milaai-aa, tina sach lipataa-ay — those whom the True One (sacho) links (milaai-aa — united, linked) with Truth (sach) — they are linked to Truth (tina sach lipataa-ay — they are embraced by Truth). The grammar is important: the True One links them with Truth; then they are linked. Not: they linked themselves. The True One does the linking. Lipataa-ay — embraced, clinging to, wrapped in. The one whom God has embraced in Truth is wrapped in Truth.
Sadaa sach kar-m kamaavanday, sach mah shabad samaavanday — always (sadaa) they perform the deeds of Truth (sach kar-m kamaavanday — earning truthful actions, practicing truth); they are absorbed (samaavanday) in the Shabad within Truth. The embedded-in-Truth quality: their actions are true because they are absorbed in the Shabad, absorbed in the True One. The actions are not willed to be true — they are true because the source of the actions is Truth.
Har bhagtaa anand sadaa, Nanak sach naami laagai — the Lord's devotees (har bhagtaa) are in anand (bliss) always (sadaa); O Nanak, they are absorbed (laagai) in the True Name (sach naami). The closing seal of the final ashtapadee: anand sadaa. Always in bliss. Not sometimes, not when things are going well, not when the meditation is going smoothly — sadaa (always). This is the promise and the destination: the soul linked to Truth by the True One, absorbed in the True Name, dwelling in the inner home — always in bliss. This is where the Siree Raag ends: not in suffering, not in uncertainty, but in anand.
What does it feel like to imagine being 'always in bliss' — does that sound true, or does it sound too good? And what would need to change in your life for it to be true?
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