Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Imagine: a body like saffron — glowing with warmth. A tongue that is a jewel — precious, chosen carefully. Breath as pure fragrance.
What if your whole body were a sacred place? What if every word you spoke were chosen like a gemstone? What if even your breathing were an offering?
That is what the Name does to those who live inside it.
This pauri introduces a new voice and imagery — saffron body, jeweled tongue, fragrant breath. These are sensory metaphors for a life saturated in the divine.
The sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage (athasath teerath) were the traditional sacred sites of Hindu religious practice — and Guru Nanak says: the face of the one anointed with the Name is holier than all sixty-eight. The pilgrimages can be made without leaving your own home.
Have you ever been somewhere 'sacred' — a temple, a forest, a meaningful place — and felt it? What created that feeling? Could it happen anywhere?
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