Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Perfectly fulfilled and famous are those in whose minds the Supreme Lord God abides.
Their reputation is spotless and pure. They are famous all over the world.
O Nanak — I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on my God.
This one says that the goodness of those who hold the One in their hearts shines out into the world.
Jin man vasi-aa paarbarahm — those in whose minds the Highest Lord lives. They are full inside. And tin kee sobhaa nirmalee pargat bha-ee jahaan — their good name is clean, and known all over the world.
This isn't being a celebrity. It's that the world, busy as it is, can still see real goodness and respond to it. The Gurmukh doesn't chase fame. It finds them. Think of a kind classmate everyone trusts. They never asked to be popular; people just notice.
Naanak tin kurbaan — Nanak gives himself to those who remember his God. This is the Guru's usual way: bowing with love to those who have found what he teaches.
Who is someone you respect deeply whose reputation is not based on self-promotion but on what people can simply see in them? What do they have that makes them visible in that way?
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