T
rath
(Hind
, Pañj
b
), ‘Pilgrims' bathing place’. Gur
N
nak
rejected the Hindu practice of ritual bathing at t
raths (see
T
RTHA
) as irrelevant to salvation. He used the imagery of t
rath to describe the nature of true, interior religion. This message is clearly expressed in his verses, e.g.
di Granth 687 and 789, ‘The true t
rath is the divine
N
m
.’