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Meaning: noun: Good or best place (heart).
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sagal thaan te ��oh ootam thaan. naanak �jih gha? vasai hari naam.
Nanak! Of all places, that heart-place is the best – in which heart the Name of the Divine dwells. -Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, 266
Message: The best place to be in is the heart-place that recognizes Divine presence in itself and in everyone and everything around it.
The purest place where the Divine resides in is one�s heart. �Feeling this presence, one becomes more aware of needing to follow the attributes of the Divine. Gradually, these attributes become a part of you and begin to play a bigger role in life. When this happens, pain and pleasure, failure and success, gain and loss, all appear to be alike.
Etymology: Blend of ootam from Sanskrit uttam (highest, best) + thaan from Sanskrit sthaan (place of abode) ? Pali thaan (place, condition) ? Prakrit thaan/thaan (place) ? Sindhi thaano (place, station) ? Punjabi thaan (place).
