Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 5), Salok 147 — the one thing worth trading for
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the busy markets of this world, run by its three moods, the traders make their deals.
Those who load up the true goods are the true traders.
Life is a busy market, and the trader who loads up Truth is the true trader.
Tihtarhay baajaar, the markets of the “three qualities” (the three gunas of worldly existence); saudaa karan vanjaari-aa, the merchant-souls make their deals. Sach vakhar jinee ladi-aa, those who load the true merchandise are the sachrhay paasaar, the true traders. The mercantile metaphor (life as a marketplace, the soul as a trader) is common in Gurbani; the “true merchandise” is naam/sach.
If life is a marketplace, what is the one thing most worth “buying”?
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