Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wisdom, honor, and real wealth — these live in the hearts of people who are saturated with the oneness.
What praise can you add to them? What decoration can you put on what is already whole?
Those who have this connection — they have everything. And everyone can see it, even if they can't name what they're seeing.
This closing pauri turns from the ugly inner habits described at the start of the shabad to their opposite: the person whose heart holds the Name. Everything that greed, falsehood, and anger destroy, this connection restores.
Guru Nanak asks: what more can you add to someone who is already complete? The question is rhetorical — nothing. The person aligned with the oneness doesn't need adornment, because they carry their own light.
Have you met someone who just had something about them — a quality you couldn't quite name — that made you feel peaceful in their presence? What do you think that was?
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