What is sat shri akal
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Respected Harbaksh Kaur ji
Sat Shri Akaal is a greeting as well as a part of Jaikara.
Jaikara is ‘BOLE SO NIHAAL SAT SRI AKAAL.’
To understand this firstly we have to know meanings of the words.
Sat – Truth
Sri – Sarvottam (Best/ Highest)
Akaal – Timeless (Parmaatma/ Rabb/ Akaal Purakh, Is said to be akaal/ timeless)
So the actual meaning of Jaikara is –
Whoever follows and sing the virtues of the Akaal Purakh (which is timeless and the best) will always remain in a state of eternal bliss (Nihaal).
Thank you for asking the question.
I agree with the response given earlier.
Please allow me to add:
Even though I am not able to find this phrase as such in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
Please allow me to correct the spellings of “SHRI” it is “SRI ” in Punjabi. This will help with proper pronunciation.
Now SAT SRI AKAAL if taken a word at a time,
SAT is the Truth,
SRI is the highest or best
AKAAL is Timeless or beyond time.
So, the meaning of this could be: The Truth is highest and eternal.
The Creator is also referred to as Truth in Gurbani. So, it could be interpreted as The Creator is supreme and Eternal. This is without adding any other extrapolations.
Hope this helps.